Last Updated: Thursday, 03 May 2001 12:44 PM
2 Signal Regiment
211 Signal Squadron
Recent History
211 Signal Squadron, 2 Signal Regiment, CMI, is based at Boekenhoutkloof Military Base, 50 km North of Pretoria.
Before the restructuring in the
SANDF in 1996 the unit was known as 229 Signal Squadron. Most of the
"old" signalers are sure to know 229 Signal Squadron, as the
squadron's main role is operational deployment. They've been everywhere, done
everything and have the T-shirts to prove it!
211 Signal were deployed to establish satellite- and microwave telecommunication
during Airborne Africa 2001.
These facilities were successfully applied as a direct back-link to Army HQ with
telephone and IT facilities. The aim of the deployment was to test effective
communication capability for application use to the DRC. In a sense the unit can
be regarded as the Telkom of the SANDF.
The specialist team involved at Airborne Africa consisted of the following members:
• Capt P.G. Herbst • Staff-sergeant J.L. Lange • Staff-sergeant J.A. Koch
Thank you to Staff-sergeant Jean Koch for the info and pictures *
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