History Lineage and Honors
- 18 March 1942: Constituted in the Army of the United States as the "440th Signal Battalion".
- 25 March 1942: Activated at Geiger Field, Washington.
- 14 December 1942: Reorganized and redesignated as the "440th Signal Construction Battalion".
- 23 July 1944: Reorganized and redesignated as the "440th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion".
- 23 May 1951: Reorganized and redesignated as the "440th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion".
- 16 May 1956: Inactivated in South Korea.
- 29 September 1961: Redesignated as the "440th Signal Battalion", and allotted to the Regular Army.
- 1 October 1961: Activated in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The unit was stationed at Kleber Kaserne.
- 21 September 1972: Moved to Cambrai-Fritsch Kaserne at Darmstadt, Germany.
- 16 April 1980: Reassigned to V Corps as part of the 22nd Signal Brigade
- 2008: Deactivated at Darmstadt, Germany.
The "Road Runners" of the 440th Signal Battalion have participated in two missions to Bosnia, supporting Operations "Joint Endeavor", "Joint Guard" and "Joint Forge". They were also deployed to Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom I in 2002–2004, and Operation Iraqi Freedom05-07 in 2005–2006.
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