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signal corps

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of signal corps

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

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Let There Be Light was the third commission in what sounds like an increasingly fraught partnership between the director and the US army signal corps.

From The Guardian Jul. 24, 2020

The new jobs within combat battalions are in personnel, intelligence, logistics, signal corps, medical and chaplaincy.

From Time Nov. 30, 2012

The new openings in combat battalions are personnel, intelligence, logistics, signal corps, medical and chaplaincy jobs.

From New York Times May 26, 2012

After attending Columbia University, Lumet was in the US army signal corps during the second world war, and served in Burma and India.

From The Guardian Apr. 10, 2011

Gerhard graduates from training in the signal corps and is sent to officer training school in Warsaw.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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