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Consolidated 1 September 2007 with the 280th Signal Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit reorganized in the Delaware and South Carolina Army National Guard as the 198th Signal Battalion Ordered into active federal service 9 April 2013 at home stations; released from active federal service 13 May 2014 and reverted to state control
62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion; 63rd Expeditionary Signal Battalion; 67th Expeditionary Signal Battalion; 78th Signal Battalion (United States) 101st Signal Battalion; 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion; 121st Signal Battalion (United States) 122d Signal Battalion; 141st Signal Battalion (United States) 198th Signal Battalion ...
The 198th Signal Battalion is derived from the Delaware Regiment, constituted on December 9, 1775, and organized in early 1776 as Colonel John Haslet's Regiment. During the Revolutionary War, the regiment participated in fifteen campaigns.
The 198th Signal Battalion (ARNG DE), which traces its lineage to three militia units that were federalized during the War of 1812, is one of only nineteen Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812.
The 198th traces its lineage all the way back to the Revolution, to Colonel John Haslet's 1st Delaware Regiment which was formed 21 January 1776. The regiment was a significant contributor at the Battle of Cowpens on 17 January 1781. The battalion also served at Fort Miles as the 198th Coastal Artillery Battalion during World War 2.
The 198th and 115th Rifle Divisions then arrived from Leningrad, joined the assault on December 15, and helped drive the Germans back to Olomny by the 17th, enveloping the I Corps' left flank on the west bank of the Volkhov River. During this retreat, the Army's 1st and 2nd Ski Battalions constantly harassed the Germans' flank and rear.
The 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery Regiment of the Kentucky Army National Guard was ordered to service in Vietnam in late 1968. The unit supported the regular 101st Airborne Division. The Battalion's C Battery lost nine men killed and 32 wounded when North Vietnamese troops overran Fire Base Tomahawk on June 19, 1969. [5]
The 1968 reorganization resulted in the 1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry being reorganized as the 2nd Battalion, 198th Armor. On 1 November 1973 Troop A, 98th Cavalry was reorganized at Louisville from Troop C, 1st Squadron, 230th Cavalry to serve as the brigade reconnaissance troop of the newly formed 155th Armored Brigade .