213th Engineering Squadron

History - The 213th Engineering Installation Squadron has been at Roslyn since 1959, when it moved from a Brooklyn, NY Armory. Its mission install and maintain Radio, Central Office, and Wire communications Facilities. The 213th was federally recognized in 1948 as the 602nd Signal Construction Company, and became the 213th Communications Constructions Squadron, and a member of the Air Force Team in 1952. In January 1959 the unit was redesignated as the 213th Ground Electronics Engineering Installation Agency (GEEIA), and on 1 May 70, the 213th received its present designation as the 213th EI Squadron, a member of the Air Force Communications Service. Mission - The 213th Engineering Installation Squadron provides for the engineering, Installation, and removal, and relocation of ground communication-electronics systems, and to provide for emergency and programmed, mobile, on-site, maintenance and modification of these systems. The unit also responds to National Guard Bureau taskings. SIGNIFICANCE OF UNIT EMBLEM The unit emblem was desgined by Walt Disney in the mid fifties. The orange and blue signify the state colors. The blue and yellow (For Gold) signify the Air Force colors.; The orange and white signify the roots of communication that originated in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. The lightning bolts signify electronics, the open wire transmission lines signify the telephone and antenna communication mission. Donald in Air Force Blue signifies the presence of the unit on Long Island which is noted for their famous duck. Information submitted by MSgt Jan Klebukowski.