The 35th Signal Battalion - Enhanced is a reserve unit of the United States Army. The 35th provides critical battlefield communication support for combat operations worldwide. It is headquartered at the Fort Allen Armed Forces Reserve Center Fort Allen, Puerto Rico. The 35th Signal Battalion - Enhanced has four companies: HHC, A Co, B Co, and C Co.
807th Signal Company Activated 1 November 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring freedom Fort Allen, Puerto Rico[citation needed]
35th SIG BN deployed as the 35th Integrated Theater Signal Battalion in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM on 8 July 2007. Fort Allen, Puerto Rico[citation needed]
Reorganized 30 January 2011 as the 35th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (ESB)
B Company, 35th Expeditionary Signal Battalion deployed to Iraq in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM on 23 September 2009. Aguadilla, Puerto Rico[citation needed]
35th Expeditionary Signal Battalion deployed to Kuwait in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM on 27 November 2014.
A Company, 35th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, deployed to Kuwait in January 2022, returning in October 2022.
B Company, 35th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, deployed to Poland in October 2021 and returning in August 2022.
Reorganized 1 October 2022 into the 35th Expeditionary Signal Battalion - Enhanced (ESB-E)
Meritorious Unit Commendation, streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER (35th Sig Const Bn cited for period 7 Jun – 6 Aug 1944; GO 44 Hq, 1st Army, 16 Mar 1945)[1]
Tenne, five flashes radiating from base point argent, on a chief of the last three telephone poles palewise connected by two wires throughout of the first.
Crest
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors (argent and tenne) the Lexington Minute Man proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Motto
We Carry the word!
Orange and white are the colors of the Signal Corps. The telephone poles are symbolic of the construction activities of the organization. The five flashes commemorate the campaigns of World War II. Additionally, the flashes are indicative of messages carried over the wires. The three poles and five flashes are suggestive of the numerical designation of the organization.