265th ASA Co. & B-1STB/1BCT

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Please guide questions regarding the 265th ASA to John Mastro

OFFICIAL HISTORY of the UNIT Charles (Ed) Johnson & Doug Bonnot SENTINEL and the SHOOTER Book by Doug Bonnot

Camp Eagle 1971 (John Mastro)		Source: Korean Tailor across from Company HQ?	Source: Korean Tailor across from Company HQ?
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Evolution of a design (blind, no mouth)	Evolution of a design (blind, w/ mouth)	Evolution of a design (eyes, no mouth)	U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry: The bat, a night flying mammal whose activities are shrouded in mystery and secrecy, is used to allude to those aspects that apply to the surveillance function of the Army Security Agency Battalion

The 265th Army Security Agency Co. (Airborne) was activated on 21 April, 1967 at Fort Campbell, KY & activated as a subordinate unit of the 301st ASA Battalion (Corps). The 265th was deployed to Vietnam on 19 November, 1967 with the designation 265th Radio Research Co. (Airborne). After 1552 days in Vietnam & participation in 13 named campaigns, the 265th RRC was inactivated at Phu Bai on 01 April, 1972 Please guide questions regarding the 265th ASA to John Mastro 265th/406th Reunion: Aug. 2010, Cedar Rapids, IA. Left to Right: Bill Troyer - Lee Thorsell - Dave Finley - Bruce Rollman - Doug Bonnot - Frank Leftault - Ed Johnson - John Mastro - Ken Manley - Dan Johnson - Chuck Cimino.

Company HQ, Camp Eagle, RVN, 1970. Note the bat on sign	The yellow bat was stenciled on unit vehicles prior to deployment from Fort Campbell. The bat was visible from a great distance and allowed quick assembly of unit equipment.	Signal Maintenance Section, Camp Eagle, 1969 Note the large bat on roof
Bat Room One One of the early ‘permanent’ buildings	Pictured: Tom O'Malley. Note the bat on tent.	Note the bat on tent
Bat-Douche - Vietnam 1969	265th RRC Bar & Grill, Camp Eagle August 1971 (Walt White) Note Yellow Bat above door	An expanded(?) Bat Cave, Company Main, Camp Eagle, RVN, 1969
		Tom Magill submitted video footage of this Bar & Grill and a panoramic view of Camp Eagle, Vietnam, taken in 1971. Facebook -or here- Bathead.com
265th RRC Commander’s M151 Jeep Note: Bat on LF quarter-panel	CP Evans, August 1969, 'Bat Jeep' w/ Jim, Marchesani Note: bat on RF quarter-panel of this M151 (Charles E. Johnson)	"BAT GUANO"(two words) is stenciled on windshield frame and the yellow bat appears on the RF quarter panel of this M151
Pictured: Ed Johnson. Note: Bat on right door of the M-37	M-37 with a S-144/G(?) communications shelter. Note the bat on right door of this M-37 (Denny Morris)	Pictured: Ed Johnson at CP Evans, October 1968 Note "BATGUANO" (one word) is stencilled on the windsheild frame of this MUTT. (Charles E. Johnson)
See:http://www.rattrig.com/AN-GRC-46/46.htm	1968 AN/PRD-1 HF Direction Finder Receiver Note the yellow bat on radio	1970 Captured ChiCom 139D HF Receiver installed in a US Army ammo can Note the yellow bat on radio
265th RRC - LEFT BANK Elephant Branders	"Elephant Brander" mounted on a Bell UH-1 equipped with LEFT BANK direction finding gear.	Original caption: "Cappy" Capello working an ARDF mission, 265th of the 101st ABN. November 1971. (John Mastro)
B-1STB/1BCT Alpha Company, 311th MI was redesignated as B Co., 326th Brigade Troops Battalion after their return from Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2007 the unit was again redesignated B Co., 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne.   More information about this unit would be very much appreciated	Members of IEW Platoon, 1-STB/1BCT in Iraq. White bat on splinter shield	Long Range Reconnaissance Detachment. Weapons training prior to deployment to Iraq. Note: small white bat on RF quarter-panel
326 Brigade Troops Battalion The spade establishes the company as part of the Bastogne Brigade of WW II.	The Bat Cave Unit Club in Iraq, 2008 B-1STB/1BCT, 101st Ariborne	Magnet created for a fundraiser by the Family Support Group for the B Co 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team101st Airborne