*Lineage and Honors*
Organized and Federally recognized 6 March 1948 in the Florida Army National Guard at Crestview as Battery C, 265th Coast Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1949 as Battery C, 265th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1951 as Battery C, 265th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery C, 265th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 15 April 1959 as the 1044th Transportation Company
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 15 February 1963 as the 266th Engineer Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1964 as part of the 153d Engineer Company, an element of the 53d Armored Brigade
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 20 January 1968 as part of the 1043d Transportation Company and relieved from assignment to the 53d Armored Brigade
Reorganized and redesignated 3 January 1972 as the 160th Transportation Company
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 April 1991 as the 379th Signal Company
Redesignated 1 October 1995 as the 653d Signal Company
Ordered into active Federal service 15 December 2003 at Crestview; released from active Federal service 11 June 2005 and reverted to state control
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 September 2007 as the 870th Engineer Company
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
None
