signal corps

noun

1. a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.

Word History and Origins

Origin of signal corps¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

Army Signal Corps, once it arrived in Europe.

From Literature

After two years as a radar officer in the Army Signal Corps, he entered graduate school at Columbia University, where he earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees in physics, the latter in 1962.

From New York Times

Did you know that the US Army Signal Corps used 600 pigeons during WWI?!

From Literature

Army Signal Corps sees his boss — an army captain whose identity is lost to time — order a drink of Bacardi and Coca-Cola with a squeeze of lime.

From Seattle Times

My dad, born and raised in the shipyard town of Vallejo, was a Signal Corps veteran who used his GI benefits to study painting with Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still and Richard Diebenkorn at the San Francisco Art Institute.

From Los Angeles Times