C005443

Round shaped coin, very antique brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

The 156th Brigade Signal Company, Michigan Army National Guard, based in Adrian, has the mission to provide satellite-based communication. The 35 assigned members are challenged to provide a battlefield communications network to the troops in the field. The unit falls under the 631st Troop Command in Lansing, but their lineage is the 65th Fires Brigade, Utah National Guard.

The original 156th Signal Battalion dissolved on Sept. 1, 2006. After several changes, the 156th Brigade Signal Company stood up Sept. 1, 2012.