The 142nd Signal Brigade was a unit of the Alabama National Guard until August 2008. The unit was originally created in October 1960 as the HHC 142nd Signal Group in Decatur, Alabama. The unit was federalized in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy to enforce desegregation at the University of Alabama and to serve Alabama Governor George Wallace a federal restraining order. In April 1978 the unit was redesignated as 142nd Signal Brigade. In 2005, parts of the brigade were deployed in the Global War on Terror.
Subordinate Units
29th Signal Battalion at Fort Lewis, Wash 279th Signal Battalion - Fort Jackson M. Balch Armory Huntsville 115th Signal Battalion - Florence 711th Signal Battalion - Mobile
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