Field Artillery

Note: 15 field artillery units have been assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery since its activation on 1 October 1941. They are listed chronologically from the date each was initially assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery and by the latest designation used while assigned. For an explanation of how Field Artillery units are organized see our Regimental System and Evolution of the Artillery Branches pages.

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HHB, 25th Inf. Div. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
25th Infantry Division Artillery		 1 October 1941 Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 25th Division Artillery was activated on 1 October 1941 using assets of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, Hawaiian Division. The 25th Division Artillery was initially composed of the 8th, 64th and 89th Field Artillery Battalions formed from the 8th Field Artillery Regiment, and the 90th Field Artillery Battalion formed from the 1st Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, Hawaiian Division. See our 1941 Div Arty Insignias page. On December 7th 1941 the Division Artillery barracks area came under heavy fire from attacking Japanese aircraft resulting in casualties of one killed in action and ten wounded in action as Division Artillery troops returned the fire. The 25th Div Arty went on to participate in all twenty-six campaigns of the 25th Infantry Division in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery has received a Meritorious Unit Citation, a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations, two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and a Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery deployed to Afghanistan in June 2004 for a one year tour of duty. Upon arrival it was given the mission of operating as a maneuver brigade task force known as Combined Task Force Thunder and was given the responsibility for Regional Command East consisting of 16 provinces in eastern Afghanistan along the Pakistan border. Task Force Thunder’s main elements consisted of three infantry battalions to include the 25th Division’s 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry. Initially based at Kandahar Airfield, it moved to Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khowst Province in September 2004. Besides conducting successful security and stability operations throughout Regional Command East, TF Thunder also effectively prevented insurgent attempts to disrupt the Afghani presidential elections in October 2004. For its service in Afghanistan Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 25th Infantry Division Artillery was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. As part of the modular conversion of the 25th Division, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 25th Division Artillery was inactivated on 15 June 2005 after nearly 64 continuous years of service with the Tropic Lightning. On 1 October 2014 Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 25th Infantry Division Artillery was reactivated at Schofield Barracks. The mission of HHB is to provide a focal point for ensuring that the field artillery battalions, which will remain assigned to the brigade combat teams, receive uniformed training and readiness direction in artillery core competencies.
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Automatic Eighth 8th Field Artillery Regiment
(Automatic Eighth)
“Audacieux et Tenace”
(“Daring and Tenacious”)		 1 October 1941 The 8th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted and organized in July 1916 at Fort Bliss Texas as a 155-millimeter howitzer regiment. Assigned to the 7th Division in 1917 it arrived in France in August 1918 but saw no combat. On 1 March 1921 the regiment was assigned to the 11th Field Artillery Brigade, Hawaiian Division, equipped with 75 mm field guns and served in direct support of the 22nd Infantry Brigade, Hawaiian Division consisting of the 27th and 35th Infantry Regiments. On 1 October 1941 the three direct support 105 mm howitzer battalions of the 25th Division Artillery were formed from the 8th Field Artillery Regiment with the 1st Battalion becoming the 8th Field Artillery Battalion. On 7 December 1941 the 8th FA came under fire during the Japanese attack on Hawaii. In preparation for the Guadalcanal campaign, the 8th FA was designated as the direct support battalion for the 27th Infantry Regimental Combat Team perpetuating the relationship begun in 1921 that was to endure through WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Landing on Guadalcanal on 30 December 1942 the 8th entered combat on 9 January 1943. The 8th FA’s accurate fire substantially aided the 27th Infantry as they quickly seized their objectives. During the Luzon campaign the 8th fired over 1,100 rounds in ninety minutes, completely destroying a Japanese force attacking the 27th Infantry. Pulled out of Japan to help repel the invasion of South Korea, the 27th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) arrived in Korea on 11 July 1950 and saw their first action near Yongdong. The 8th FA’s fires were so intense that POWs wanted to see the automatic artillery the 8th was using. On 21-24 August 1950 the 8th FA killed over 3000 of the enemy as the 27th RCT halted a major North Korean attack near Teagu. The 8th FA saw intense fighting in all ten Korean campaigns, receiving three Presidential Unit Citations. On 1 February 1957 Battery A, 8th FA was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 8th Artillery. From 1957-1960 it served as the direct support battalion for the division’s five infantry battle groups and from 1960-1963 as the direct support battalion for the 1st Battle Group, 27th Infantry. In Vietnam the 1st Battalion, 8th Artillery was the direct support battalion for the 2nd Brigade which included the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 27th Infantry. The 1/8 Arty participated in all twelve campaigns of the 25th Division, receiving a Valorous Unit Award. In 1971 the 8th Artillery was redesignated the 8th Field Artillery. In 1972 the 8th FA’s long record of direct artillery support to the 27th Infantry temporally ended with the designation of the 1/8th FA as the Div Arty 155mm howitzer general support battalion. In conjunction with the conversion of the 25th to a light division the 1st Battalion was relieved from assignment to the 25th on 16 June 1986 but remained attached to the division at Schofield Barracks. On 15 September 1997 the 1st Battalion was inactivated. The 7th Battalion was activated at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas on 23 August 1962. Organized as an 8-inch howitzer battalion, it arrived in Vietnam on 29 June 1967 and was initially assigned to the 54th Artillery Group at Bear Cat and then moved to Bien Hoa in 1967. In 1969 the battalion was reorganized as a 175mm gun/8-inch howitzer battalion. It left Vietnam on 27 July 1971 and was inactivated the next day at Fort Lewis. The 7th Battalion received credit for service in eleven Vietnam campaigns and was awarded two Meritorious Unit Commendations. On 1 October 1983 the battalion was reactivated and assigned to the 25th Division at Schofield Barracks as the direct support 105mm howitzer battalion for the 1st Brigade which restored the 8th FA relationship with the 1/27th Infantry until 1995. Upon the reassignment of the 1st Brigade to Fort Lewis, the 7th Battalion was inactivated at Schofield Barracks on 15 July 1995. The 2nd Battalion, which had served with the 7th Division since 1957, was reassigned to the 25th Division on 16 August 1995 as the direct support battalion for the 1st Brigade at Fort Lewis. The battalion served in Iraq with the 1st Brigade beginning in October 2004. The battalion parked its howitzers and conducted infantry-type security and stability operations in Qayyarah, 40 miles south of Mosul as well as trained three infantry battalions of the Iraqi Army. For its conduct of combat operations in Iraq the 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery received a Valorous Unit Award. The battalion returned to Fort Lewis in September 2005. On 1 June 2006 the 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery was inactivated; with personnel and equipment transferred to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker). The 1st Brigade Combat Team including the 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery was reactivated on 16 December 2006 with station at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The 8th Field Artillery is the only field artillery unit to have served continuously with the 25th Division since the Tropic Lightning’s activation on 1 October 1941. Read more about them.
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64th FA 64th Field Artillery Battalion
The Lancers
“Lancer Vince”
(“Lancers Conquer”)		 1 October 1941 Constituted as 3rd Battalion, 43rd Artillery Regiment (Coast Artillery Corps) and organized 7 August 1918 in France as railway artillery using naval guns. Participated in the St Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne campaigns. Inactivated in 1921. Reconstituted as the 64th Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to 25th Division and activated on 1 October 1941. Manned and equipped as a 105-millimeter howitzer battalion using assets of the 2nd Battalion 8th Field Artillery Regiment. See our 1941 Div Arty Insignias page. The 64th received its baptism of fire during the Japanese attack on Hawaii 7 December 1941. The 35th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) made up of the 35th Infantry and the 64th Field Artillery Battalion was the first contingent of the 25th Division to land on Guadalcanal on 17 December 1942. The 35th RCT was given the mission of driving the Japanese off of Mount Austin. In fierce fighting from 10-23 January 1943 the fires of the 64th contributed significantly to the destruction of the Japanese forces on Mount Austin. For their gallantry the 35th Infantry and the 64th Field Artillery received the Presidential Unit Citation. In August 1944 the 35th RCT seized Vella Lavella Island in the Northern Solomons. During the Luzon campaign the 64th FA’s effective direct supporting fires greatly aided “The Cacti” as they cleared the town of Lupao in fierce fighting. The 35th RCT then turned north into the mountains of Luzon destroying fiercely resisting Japanese forces along highway 5 through Balete Pass to the town of Santa Fe. In response to the invasion of South Korea, the 35th Infantry and the 64th Field Artillery reformed the 35th RCT and landed at Pusan on 13 July 1950. Defending the Pusan Perimeter along the Nam River the 35th RCT was assaulted by elements of four North Korean Divisions on 1 September 1950. Fighting was hand-to hand as the 64th leveled its guns at the infiltrating enemy. By 4 September the enemy was routed. For its gallantry the 64th FA received a Presidential Unit Citation. The 35th RCT went on to participate in all ten Korean campaigns achieving a reputation as one of the best RCTs in the Eighth Army. On 1 February 1957 the 64th Field Artillery Battalion was inactivated at Schofield Barracks. On 12 August 1958 the 64th was consolidated with the 43rd Artillery Regiment. The 43rd Artillery was redesignated the 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment on 1 September 1971. The battle honors awarded to the 64th Field Artillery Battalion in WW II and Korea are now carried on the battalion colors of the 1st Battalion, (Patriot) 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment stationed in Korea and the 3rd Battalion, (Patriot) 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.
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89th FA 89th Field Artillery Battalion 1 October 1941 Constituted on 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 89th Field Artillery Regiment. Redesignated as the 89th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to 25th Division. The 89th was activated at Schofield Barracks on 1 October 1941 and equipped with 105 mm howitzers. See our 1941 Div Arty Insignias page. The 89th FA came under fire during the Japanese attack on Hawaii 7 December 1941 suffering one soldier killed in action. Upon the assignment of the 161st Infantry to the 25th and in preparation for deployment to Guadalcanal, the 89th was paired with the 161st to form the 161st Regimental Combat Team. The 161st RCT arrived on Guadalcanal on 4 January 1943. The first action for the 161st RCT was the elimination of Japanese forces in what was known as the Mantanikau River Pocket. The fires of the 89th FA were instrumental in the 161st Infantry’s elimination of the holdout Japanese force. In the second phase of the Guadalcanal campaign the 161st RCT was placed under control of the XIV Corps and designated to lead the attack to destroy the remaining Japanese forces on the island. Encountering light resistance, the 161st RCT cleared the northern part of the island and by 9 February linked up with the Americal Division to end all Japanese presence on Guadalcanal. In July 1943, the 161st RCT participated in savage fighting on the island of New Georgia against dug in Japanese forces, which required pinpoint accurate artillery fire from the 89th as the 161st Infantry destroyed the Japanese pillboxes one-by-one. In the Luzon campaign the 161st RCT saw fierce fighting in clearing the Lingayen Plain of Japanese forces and opening the way to Manila. Turning north, the 161st RCT along with the rest of the 25th Division assaulted strong Japanese forces dug into the mountains of northern Luzon. In brutal mountain fighting the 89th FA supporting fires greatly aided the infantry as they cleared the Japanese from Balete pass and Highway 5. For its service in liberating Luzon the 89th received the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. After the Japanese surrender the 161st RCT undertook occupation duties on the island of Honshu. The close relationship between the 161st and the 89th came to an end on 1 November 1945 when the 161st was inactivated. The 89th became the direct support battalion for the 4th Infantry Regiment which replaced the 161st. On 15 December 1946 the 89th FA was inactivated. It was reactivated on 2 March 1951 as an airborne field artillery battalion and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division. The 89th was inactivated on 1 March 1957 in Germany.
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90th FA 90th Field Artillery Battalion
“Wiwo Ole”
(“Courage”)		 1 October 1941 Constituted in the Regular Army on 1 October 1933 as the 90th Field Artillery Regiment. Redesignated as the 90th Field Artillery Battalion assigned to the 25th Division and activated on 1 October 1941 using the personnel and 155mm howitzers of the 1st Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment. Designated the general support battalion for the 25th Div Arty. See our 1941 Div Arty Insignias page. On 7 December 1941 the 90th received its baptism of fire when the Japanese attacked Hawaii. During the Guadalcanal and Luzon campaigns the 90th Field Artillery Battalion’s 155-mm. howitzers reigned death and destruction on defending Japanese forces greatly aiding the infantry in seizing their objectives. Because of Japanese aggressive attempts to infiltrate artillery positions, battalion members often engaged in close quarters infantry combat. During the Luzon Campaign the 90th fired over 42,000 rounds in support of the 25th Division. For its contribution to the liberation of the Philippines, the 90th Field Artillery received the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. Arriving in Korea with the 25th Div Arty in July 1950, the 90th Field Artillery Battalion furnished general supporting fires for the 25th Division’s infantry regiments. In August 1950 in support of the attached 5th RCT the 90th FA came under fierce attack by infiltrating North Korean infantry. The battalion twice repulsed the enemy while sustaining heavy casualties and having two howitzers knocked out. Under intense pressure the 90th was forced to withdraw while bringing out all their wounded. For its gallantry the 90th was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. Often batteries of the battalion were attached to division task forces. Battery C, received a Presidential Unit Citation for its support of the 35th RCT at the Nam River. In support of the 1st Marine Division the 90th received a Navy Presidential Unit Citation and a Navy Unit Commendation. The battalion also received two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. The 90th Field Artillery participated in all ten of the Korean War campaigns. Returning to Schofield Barracks with the 25th Division in 1954 the 90th Field Artillery Battalion was inactivated on 1 February 1957.
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159th FA 159th Field Artillery Battalion
“Audax Vincendo”
(“Bold by Overcoming”)		 1 February 1947 Constituted 12 November 1942 and assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division. Activated on 25 February 1943 with African-American personnel at Fort Clark, Texas. Relieved from assignment to 2nd Cavalry Division and inactivated at Camp Crowder, Missouri 15 February 1944. Reactivated on 27th September 1946 at Fort Benning with African-American personnel. Assigned to 25th Infantry Division in Japan as the direct support battalion for the 24th Infantry Regiment. The 24th RCT landed in South Korea on 13 July 1950. On 20 July the 24th RCT undertook the first offensive action by the 25th Division when is attacked and recaptured the vital road junction of Yechon. The fires of the 159th FA supported the attack. It was considered the first sizable American ground victory of the Korean War. The 159th Field Artillery Battalion continued to support the 24th Infantry Regiment through heavy fighting in six campaigns. The 159th batteries were often employed with infantry task forces. At a roadblock one battery destroyed twelve attacking enemy tanks with direct fire. The 159th received a Navy Presidential Unit Citation for its participation in support of the 1st Marine Division around Wonju and the Hwachon Reservoir during the repelling of the massive Chinese offensive in April -June 1951 and the subsequent UN counter-offensive. The 159th also received a Navy Unit Commendation for support of the 1st Marine Division in holding the UN battle lines around Panmunjom from August 1952-May 1953. In addition the 159th Field Artillery Battalion was awarded two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. Shortly after the inactivation of the 24th Infantry on 1 October 1951 the 159th was relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division on 12 November 1951. The 159th Field Artillery Battalion continued to serve in the Eighth Army through all ten Korean campaigns as an integrated battalion and remained in Korea after the end of hostilities as part of the Eighth Army until inactivated on 20 April 1955. The battalion was redesignated as the 159th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion and reactivated on 15 January 1957 at Fort Sill. The battalion was inactivated on 24 June 1958 in Italy.
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69th FA 69th Field Artillery Battalion
“Born For Battle”		 27 August 1951 Constituted 17 July 1942 as the 245th Field Artillery Battalion assigned to the Americal Division as a 105mm-howitzer battalion and activated on the island of New Caledonia. Serving in the Americal Division’s 132nd Regimental Combat Team as the direct support battalion for the 132nd Infantry, the 245th arrived on Guadalcanal on 8 December 1942 and attacked Mount Austin and engaged in heavy combat with Japanese defenders. The 132nd was relieved on line by the 25th Division’s 35th RCT in January 1943. For its gallantry on Guadalcanal the 245th received the Navy Presidential Unit Citation. In January 1944 the supporting fires of the 245th Field Artillery Battalion played a significant role in destroying dug in Japanese forces on the island of Bougainville in the Northern Solomons. Arriving on Leyte Island in the Philippines in January 1945 the Americal Division participated in the clearing of the island of Japanese forces. On 25 March 1945 the Americal conducted an amphibious assault on Cebu Island. Until the end of the war the Americal cleared the island of Cebu and its surrounding smaller islands as well as Negros Island. For its participation in the liberation of the Philippine Islands from the Japanese the 245th Field Artillery Battalion was awarded the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. In September 1945 the division arrived in Japan for brief occupation duty in the Yokohama area. Departing Japan in November 1945, the 245th Field Artillery Battalion with the rest of the Americal Division was inactivated at Fort Lewis Washington on 26 November 1945. The 245th was redesignated as the 69th Field Artillery Battalion allocated to the Regular Army and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division on 9 August 1951. It was activated on 27 August 1951 equipped with 105mm howitzers. The 69th participated in five Korean campaigns as the direct support battalion for the 14th Infantry Regiment. The 69th was awarded a Navy Presidential Unit Citation and a Navy Unit Commendation and two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. The 69th Field Artillery Battalion was inactivated at Schofield Barracks on 1 February 1957.
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21st Artillery 21st Artillery Regiment
“Progressi Sunt”
(“They Have Advanced”)		 1 February 1957 Constituted 3 June 1916 as the 21st Field Artillery Regiment. Organized 1 June 1917 at Camp Wilson Texas and assigned to the 5th Division on 12 December 1917. The 5th Division arrived in France on 18 May 1918. In August during the famous battle of Saint Mihiel, the 5th Division quickly seized all of its objectives earning the name of Red Devils from the Germans. On November 3rd 1918, supported by heavy artillery fires including those of the 21st, the infantry of the 5th Division conducted a successful assault crossing of the Meuse River during the Lorraine Campaign. The 21st FA Regiment was inactivated on 23 September 1921 at Camp Bragg, North Carolina. The 21st was reactivated 6 October 1939 at Fort Knox again as part of the 5th Division. On 1 October 1940 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 21st Field Artillery Battalion and equipped with 155-mm. howitzers. During WWII it served as the general support battalion for the 5th Division Artillery. The 5th landed on Utah Beach on 11 July 1944, entered combat on 26 July and fought across northern France, reaching Verdun by 30 August. On 22 November the 5th had seized the city of Metz. By 8 February the Red Devils had entered Germany and driven eastward seizing the city of Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main Airport. The division entered Czechoslovakia on 1 May 1945. Returning to the U.S. on 19 July 1945 the 21st was inactivated on 20 September 1946. Between 1948 and 1953 it served twice as a basic training battalion. On 25 May 1954 it was reactivated as a line field artillery battalion with the 5th Division at Augsburg, Germany. On 1 February 1957 Battery B was reorganized and redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Battalion, 21st Artillery, concurrently assigned to 25th Infantry Division and activated. It was organized with one battery of 8-inch nuclear capable howitzers, two batteries of 155-mm. howitzers and one battery of the 7.62-mm. nuclear capable Honest John rockets. On 1 April 1960 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 2nd Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 21st Artillery composed of one 8-inch howitzer battery and one Honest John battery. In 1961 the Honest John rocket was replaced with the Little John rocket. On 5 August 1963 the 2nd Rocket Howitzer Battalion, 21st Artillery was redesignated as the 2nd Battalion, 21st Artillery. When the 25th left for Vietnam, the nuclear capable 2/21st remained at Schofield Barracks. It was inactivated on 1 December 1968. The 21st Artillery was redesignated the 21st Field Artillery in 1971. In 1975 the 2nd Battalion was assigned to the 5th Infantry Division as a howitzer battalion and reactivated at Fort Polk. It was inactivated in 1992.
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9th FA 9th Field Artillery Regiment
(The Mighty Ninth)
Kulia-i-ka-nuu
(“Strive to Reach the Summit”)		 1 April 1960 Constituted 1 July 1916 and organized at Schofield Barracks using personnel of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment. Inactivated in 1921 at Fort Sill. The 1st Battalion was active from 1922-1927 and again from 1930 to 1940. The 2nd Battalion was active in 1922 and 1939-1940. The 9th FA was reorganized and redesignated as the 9th Field Artillery Battalion on 1 October 1940. Assigned to the 3rd Division, it was equipped with 155-mm. howitzers and served as the division artillery’s general support battalion. In WW II the 3rd Division fought in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, participating in ten campaigns, more than any U.S. division world-wide. It was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation and two awards of the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. On 1 September 1950 the 9th FA was relieved from assignment to the 3rd Division and sent to Korea as a separate 155mm. howitzer battalion. Upon arrival in Korea the 9th FA’s primary mission was supporting the 1st ROK Division. The 9th was reassigned to the 3rd Division on 17 January 1951. The 9th FA participated in all ten of the Korean campaigns and was awarded the Bravery Gold Medal of Greece and two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. On 1 July 1957 Battery B was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Artillery, assigned to the 10th Infantry Division and activated in Germany. The 2nd Battalion was inactivated at Fort Benning on 14 June 1958. Redesignated as the 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 9th Artillery it was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and activated on 1 April 1960 as the direct support battalion for the 1st Battle Group, 35th Infantry. It was redesignated 2nd Battalion, 9th Artillery on 5 August 1963 and became the direct support battalion for the 3rd Brigade. The battalion was airlifted to the Central Highlands of Vietnam with the 3rd Brigade arriving on 28 December 1965. The 2/9th Artillery initially supported 3rd Brigade operations along the Cambodian border and then in Quang Ngai Province. On 1 August 1967 the battalion was reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division. The 2/9th Artillery participated in ten Vietnam campaigns receiving a Valorous Unit Award and three awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm. In addition Battery C received a Presidential Unit Citation while attached to the 101st Airborne Division during the battle of Dong Ap Bia Mountain, 10-21 May 1969. Inactivated on 10 April 1970 at Fort Lewis, it was reassigned to the 25th Division on 11 December 1970 and held at zero strength. On 1 September 1971 it was redesignated as 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery. The 2nd Battalion was inactivated on 25 July 1972. On 17 January 1986 the 2nd Battalion was relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and reactivated in Germany as a Pershing surface-to-surface ballistic missile battalion in response to the Soviet ground forces’ missile threat to western Europe. With the Soviet ground force missile threat removed, the 2nd Battalion was inactivated on 25 February 1991. The battalion’s colors are currently stored at Anniston Army Depot, Alabama. Presently the only active element of the regiment is the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, GA. Read more about them.
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On Time 11th Field Artillery Regiment
(The Dragon Regiment)
“On Time”		 1 April 1960 Constituted on 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army and activated on 1 June 1917 at Douglas Arizona. Assigned to 6th Division in November 1917 and equipped with 155 mm-howitzers. The 6th Division arrived in France in July 1918. The 11th FA participated in the Meuse-Argonne campaign and is famous for having fired the last U.S. artillery round of WW I on November 11th, 1918. The 11th FA Regiment was assigned to the Hawaiian Division on 1 March 1921. It served with the division’s 11th Field Artillery Brigade as the 155 mm howitzer general support regiment. On 1 October 1941, 11th FA Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 11th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 24th Infantry Division. The battalion saw its first action of WWII when the Japanese attacked Hawaii on 7 December 1941. In WW II the 11th FA served as the general support battalion of the 24th Div Arty making three amphibious assaults during four campaigns in New Guinea, and the Philippines. At the end of the war the 24th was sent to Japan for occupation duties. When the North Koreans invaded South Korea in June 1950 the 24th was the first division sent in response. Conducting a series of delaying actions, the division supported by the howitzers of the 11th FA fell back to the Pusan Perimeter where the Eighth Army stopped the North Koreans. The 11th Field Artillery participated in a total of eight Korean campaigns. For its gallantry the 11th FA received two Presidential Unit Citations and two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. On 31 March 1958 former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 1st Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as HHB, 7th Battalion, 11th Artillery. The 7th Battalion was assigned to the 25th Division and activated 1 April 1960 at Schofield Barracks returning the 11th to Hawaii after an absence of seventeen years. From 1960-63 the battalion served as the direct support battalion for the 1st Battle Group, 14th Infantry. In 1963 the battalion became the direct support battalion for the 1st Brigade. Arriving in Vietnam on 29 April 1966, the 7th Battalion participated in all twelve campaigns of the 25th Division receiving a Valorous Unit Award for Tay Ninh Province. Batteries A and B both received Presidential Unit Citations. The 7th Battalion returned to Hawaii in December 1970. (In 1971 the 11th Artillery was redesignated the 11th Field Artillery) The 7th Battalion was inactivated on 13 September 1972. On 17 September 1989 HHB, 7th Battalion 11th FA was allotted to the Army Reserve and activated as Battery G, 11th Field Artillery at Mankato, Minnesota. The battery was inactivated on 15 April 1994. Battery B, 11th FA Battalion was redesignated as HHB, 2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery on 31 March 1958, activated on 21 June 1958 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky as a 155 mm howitzer battalion. The 2nd Battalion arrived in Vietnam on 13 December 1966 and was initially assigned to II Field Forces and based at Dau Tieng. The battalion also served with Task Force Oregon and with the 23rd Artillery Group. In 1968 it was attached to the 101st Airborne Division. The 2nd Battalion participated in thirteen Vietnam campaigns receiving a Valorous Unit Award for Quang Ngai Province and two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. Battery B received a Presidential Unit Citation. Battery C received a Presidential Unit Citation and a Valorous Unit Award. The 2nd Battalion departed Vietnam on 1 January 1972. On 13 September 1972 the 2nd Battalion was assigned to the 25th Division, replacing the 7th Battalion. The 2nd Battalion 11th Field Artillery served in Iraq from January 2004-February 2005 with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team in the vicinity of the city of Kirkuk. Organized as Task Force 2-11 FA the battalion participated in security and stability operations as well as furnishing supporting fires for infantry operations receiving a Valorous Unit Award. From December 2007 to March 2009, the 2nd Battalion served with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team at Camp Taji northwest of Baghdad conducting security operations. In July 2010 the 2nd Battalion as part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team began its third deployment to Iraq. Read more about them.
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The Clan 13th Field Artillery Regiment
(The Clan)
“Without Fear, Favor, or Hope of Reward”		 1 April 1960 Constituted on 1 July 1916. Organized and activated 1 June 1917 at Camp Stewart, Texas. Assigned 10 December 1917 to the 4th Division. Arrived in France June 1918 and participated in heavy combat in five campaigns. After occupation duty the 4th returned home in 1919. On 1 March 1921 the 13th Field Artillery was assigned to the Hawaiian Division as a 75mm gun regiment in the 11th Field Artillery Brigade. On 1 October 1941 the 13th Field Artillery Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 13th Field Artillery Battalion equipped with 105mm howitzers and assigned to the 24th Division. The battalion saw its first combat during the Japanese attack on Hawaii 7 December 1941. The 13th as the direct support battalion for the 19th Infantry made amphibious assault landings on New Guinea, Leyte, Mindoro and Mindanao islands as part of the 19th Regimental Combat Team, 24th Division. At the end of the war the 24th was sent to Japan for occupation duty on the island of Kyushu. Responding with the rest of the 24th Division to the North Korean invasion of South Korea in June 1950 the 13th supported the 19th Infantry as it fought delaying actions back into the Pusan Perimeter. For its gallantry the 13th received a Presidential Unit Citation. The 13th participated in eight campaigns of the Korean War, receiving two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. On 31 March 1958 Battery C, 13th FA Battalion was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Artillery. On 1 April 1960 it was assigned to the 25th and returned to Schofield Barracks after an absence of 19 years as the direct support battalion for the 2nd Battle Group, 21st Infantry. In 1963 it became the general support battalion of the 25th Div Arty and was organized with three batteries of self-propelled 155 mm howitzers and one battery of 8 inch self-propelled howitzers. The battalion arrived in Vietnam on 2 April 1966 and was based at Cu Chi. The 3rd Battalion participated in all twelve of the 25th Division’s Vietnam campaigns. The battalion received a Meritorious Unit Commendation, three awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and one award of the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal First Class. Battery B, 3rd Battalion also received a Valorous Unit award for Binh Duong Province. The 3rd Battalion departed Vietnam for Hawaii on 8 December 1970. On 15 December 1970 the battalion was reorganized as a 105-mm howitzer battalion and became the direct support battalion for the 1st Brigade. In 1971 the 13th Artillery was redesignated the 13th Field Artillery. The 3rd Battalion was inactivated on 1 October 1983. It was reactivated on 15 January 1996, at Fort Sill as a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) battalion and assigned to the 214th Field Artillery Brigade. The 3rd Battalion is currently assigned to the 75th Fires Brigade at Fort Sill. It participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Former Battery E, 13th Field Artillery Regiment reconstituted 31 March 1958 as HHB, 5th Battalion, 13th Artillery allotted to the Army Reserve and activated 15 July 1959 at Fort Wayne, Ind. Inactivated 31 December 1968. On 6 December 1969 it was allotted to Regular Army assigned to 25th Division and activated at Schofield Barracks as the 105mm-howitzer direct support battalion for the 4th Brigade, 25th Division. The 5th Battalion was inactivated on 15 December 1970 in Hawaii.
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319th Artillery 319th Artillery Regiment
“Loyalty”		 24 July 1960 Constituted 5 August 1917 as the 319th Field Artillery Regiment and assigned to the 82nd Division. Organized and activated 9 September 1917 at Camp Gordon GA and arrived in France in late 1917. The 319th Field Artillery participated in three campaigns of WW I. The 82nd returned home and was demobilized 18 May 1919. Reorganized and redesignated the 319th Field Artillery Battalion in 1942 it was ordered into active federal service on 25 March 1942. Reorganized and redesignated as the 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 15 August 1942. Participated in all six WW II campaigns of the 82nd Airborne Division including assault landings in Normandy and Holland. The 319th was awarded two Presidential Unit Citations and two French Croix de Guerre with Palm. On 1 September 1957 Battery C, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion was redesignated as Battery C (Airborne), 319th Artillery. Reassigned to the 25th Infantry Division on 24 June 1960 with station on Okinawa as the direct support battery for the 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 503rd Infantry. Relieved from assignment to 25th Division 1 July 1961. Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 319th Artillery and assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade on 25 June 1963. Arriving in Vietnam on 13 May 1965, Battery C, 3rd Battalion had the distinction of firing the first US Army artillery round of the Vietnam War. The 3rd Battalion participated in fourteen Vietnam campaigns, receiving a Presidential Unit Citation and two awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm. The battalion left Vietnam on 23 July 1971 for Fort Campbell, Ky. Assigned to the 101st Airborne Division on 14 January 1972, it was reassigned to the 82nd Airborne Division on 2 October 1986.
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1st Artillery 1st Artillery Regiment
“Primus Inter Pares”
(“First Among Equals”)		 1 July 1961 Constituted 1 June 1821 as the 1st Regiment of Artillery and organized at Fort Independence, Mass. The 1st Regiment participated in the War of 1812, the Indian Wars, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. On 13 February 1901 the 1st Regiment of Artillery was broken up and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies of coast artillery and batteries of field artillery of the Artillery Corps. Certain batteries of field artillery consolidated into the 1st Regiment, Field Artillery on 25 January 1907. On 1 July 1924 the 1st Coast Artillery Regiment was activated with the consolidation of coast artillery companies into seven regiments. On 19 March 1959, the 1st Field Artillery Battalion and the 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Group were consolidated and reorganized into the 1st Artillery Regiment a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS). In addition to the campaign participation credits of the former 1st Regiment of Artillery, the 1st Artillery Regiment inherited the campaign credits of the 1st Field Artillery for the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection and WW II and of the 1st Antiaircraft Group for WW II. The 9th Battalion, 1st Artillery Regiment was constituted as Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment and organized 31 May 1907 at Fort Riley KS. Assigned to 4th Division in 1933 and then to the 6th Division in 1939. The 1st FA Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Field Artillery Battalion in 1940. The 1st FA participated in the amphibious assault at Maffin Bay, New Guinea and in the amphibious assault of Luzon and the subsequent intense combat on the Lingayan Plain with the 6th Infantry Division. The battalion was inactivated in Korea in 1949. It was reactivated as a training battalion at Fort Ord in1950. In 1956 the 1st FA Battalion was reassigned to West Point and inactivated in 1958. On 14 June 1961 the former Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) 1st Battalion, 1st Field Artillery was reconstituted and consolidated with HHB, 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion and redesignated as HHB, 9th Howitzer Battalion, 1st Artillery. On 1 July 1961 the 9th Battalion was assigned to the 25th Division and activated in Hawaii. It served as the direct support battalion for the 2nd Battle Group, 19th Infantry and then for the 2nd Battle Group, 35th Infantry before being inactivated on 5 August 1963. The battalion was active at Fort Carson from 1967-1968. On 1 September 1971, 1st Artillery was reorganized into the 1st FA and the 1st ADA Regiments. The 9th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery is currently inactive.
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77th Artillery 77th Artillery Regiment
“En Garde”
(“On Guard”)		 1 August 1967 Constituted 1 July 1916 as the 19th Cavalry Regiment and organized May-June 1917 at Fort Ethan Allen, VT. 19th Cavalry was converted and redesignated as the 77th Field Artillery Regiment 1 November 1917. Assigned to the 4th Division on 19 November 1917 it arrived in France in June 1918 with the 4th Division. Participated in heavy combat in five campaigns. After occupation duty it returned home in 1919 and was inactivated at Camp Lewis, Washington in 1921. Reactivated in 1935 at Fort DA. Russell, Wyoming as a 155mm howitzer regiment. Relieved from assignment to 4th Division in 1939 and assigned to the 18th Field Artillery Brigade, VII Corps on 27 January 1942. The 77th participated in the amphibious assault on Licata, Sicily 9 July 1943. Then saw combat on the Italian mainland in Naples, Anzio and Rome. On 24 February 1944 regiment was broken up with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) becoming HHB, 77th Field Artillery Group, 1st Battalion redesignated as the 634th FA Battalion and 2nd Battalion as the 631st FA Battalion. The 634th FA participated in the amphibious assault on Southern France and saw further action in the Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central European campaigns. Redesignated as 77th Field Artillery Battalion on 15 May 1945 it was inactivated 4 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, NJ. Battery B, 77th FA Bn reactivated on 1 August 1957 as HHB, 2nd Missile Battalion, 77th Artillery at Fort Hood Texas. Redesignated as 2nd Battalion (105mm howitzer), 77th Artillery, reassigned to 4th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis on 6 May 1959. The battalion arrived in Vietnam on 9 October 1966 and was initially based at Dau Tieng as the direct support battalion for the 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Reassigned to the 25th Infantry Division on 1 August 1967, it moved to Cu Chi in 1969. The 2nd Battalion, 77th Artillery participated in eleven Vietnam campaigns receiving a Presidential Unit Citation for the battle of Soui Tre and three awards of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm. The battalion departed Vietnam on 7 December 1970. It was reassigned to the 4th Infantry Division and inactivated on 15 December 1970 at Fort Lewis. The 2nd Battalion was reactivated in Germany in 1986 as a MLRS battalion and assigned to the 17th Field Artillery Brigade of the VII Corps. The battalion was inactivated on 1 March 1991. The 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery was reactivated on 18 February 2005 as the direct support battalion for the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. Read more about them. The 6th Battalion was attached to the 25th Infantry Division from May 1967 to July 1968. See Associated Units.
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26th Artillery 26th Field Artillery Regiment
“Courage and Action”		 21 March 1978 Constituted 5 July 1918 as the 26th Field Artillery Regiment and assigned to the 9th Division. Organized 2 August 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama. The 26th FA remained in Alabama during WW I with the 9th Division and was demobilized at Camp McClellan in February 1919. Reactivated as part of the 9th Division on 1 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina as a truck-drawn 75mm gun regiment. Reorganized and redesignated as the 26th Field Artillery Battalion and re-equipped with truck-drawn 105mm howitzers. Participated in the 9th Division’s amphibious assault landing in French Morocco on 8 January 1942. The 26th FA went on to see combat in an additional seven campaigns in Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France the Ardennes and Germany and received the Belgian Fourragere for its actions in the 9th Division’s crossing of the Meuse River at Dinant, Belgium on 6 September 1944. Inactivated in Germany in 1946 and reactivated the same year with the 9th Division at Fort Dix, NJ as a training unit. Reorganized as a line field artillery battalion when the 9th Division was reorganized as a combat division in 1954 in Germany. Former Battery D, 26th Field Artillery reconstituted as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Observation Battalion, 26th Artillery on 1 December 1957. Allotted to Army Reserve and activated at Norman, OK on 1 April 1959. Redesignated as 4th Target Acquisition Battalion, 26th Field Artillery on 1 September 1971. On 28 March 1978, 4th Battalion withdrawn from Army Reserve and reorganized and redesignated as Battery D, 26th Field Artillery. Concurrently assigned to 25th Division as the target acquisition battery for the Division Artillery. Battery D was inactivated at Schofield Barracks on 15 December 1985 and relieved from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division. Battery D, 26th Field Artillery was reactivated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 17 June 2007. Battery D serves as the target acquisition battery for the 18th Fires Brigade (Airborne).
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7th Artillery 7th Field Artillery Regiment
“Nunquam Aerumna nec Proelio Fractum”
(“Never Broken by Hardship or Battle”)		 16 July 1986 Constituted as the 7th Field Artillery Regiment and activated in July 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Assigned to 1st Division on 8 June 1917. Arrived in France with the 1st Division in 1917. The 7th Field Artillery participated in seven campaigns of WW I receiving two awards of the French Croix de Guerre with Palm. The 7th FA remained in Germany after the armistice on occupation duty returning to the U.S. in September 1919 to Camp Zachery Taylor, Ky. The 7th Field Artillery Regiment then moved to Fort Ethan Allen VT as a 75mm gun truck-towed regiment. On 1 October 1940 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 7th Field Artillery Battalion on 1 October 1940 and re-equipped with 105mm howitzers. The 7th FA participated in the amphibious assault landing in Algeria with the 1st Infantry Division on 8 November 1942. The 1st Division went on to see heavy action in Tunisia, Sicily, the landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day, the drive across France and campaigns in the Rhineland, the Ardennes and Germany. In WW II the 7th FA received two additional awards of the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and the French and Belgian Fourrageres. After Germany’s surrender the 7th Field Artillery Battalion remained on duty in Germany with the 1st Infantry Division until 1955 when it was reassigned to Fort Riley KS. On 15 February 1957 the 7th Field Artillery Battalion was inactivated. Battery C, 7th Field Artillery was consolidated with Battery C, 7th Antiaircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion on 1 September 1958 and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) 3rd Gun (later Missile) Battalion, 7th Artillery Regiment and activated in Germany. The 3rd Battalion (less former Battery C of the 7th AAA) was redesignated as the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery and inactivated in Germany on 1 September 1971. The 3rd Battalion was assigned to the 25th Division on 16 July 1986 equipped with 105mm howitzers and activated at Schofield Barracks. Battery F, 7th Field Artillery was reconstituted on 15 February 1957. Consolidated 7 April 1959 with Battery B, 26th AAA Battalion and redesignated as HHB 6th Battalion, 7th Artillery Regiment. Allotted to Army Reserves, assigned to the 77th Infantry Division and activated at White Plains NY 1 May 1959. 6th Battalion inactivated on 30 December 1965. On 1 September 1971 it was redesignated (less former Battery B 26th AAA) as HHB 6th Battalion, 7th Field Artillery. On 16 October 1987, HHB, 6th Battalion reallocated to Regular Army redesignated as Battery F, 7th Field Artillery assigned to the 25th Division as the general support 155mm howitzer battery and activated at Schofield Barracks. The 3rd Battalion served in Afghanistan beginning in March 2004. Known as Task Force Steel the 3rd Battalion was the first field artillery battalion to deploy to Afghanistan with its full complement of eighteen 105 mm howitzers. Batteries of the battalion were deployed at forward operating bases in support of security and stability operations in Regional Commands South and East. Elements of the battalion also participated in infantry-type operations in Kandahar Province. For its service in Afghanistan the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. Battery F, 7th Field Artillery served with Task Force Steel initially as a 120mm mortar battery in support of infantry operations. In August 2004 the battery was reunited with its 155 howitzers and furnished long range artillery fire against insurgent forces. Battery F was the recipient of the 2004 Henry Knox Award as the best Regular Army field artillery battery. As part of the modular conversion of the 25th Division, Battery F, 7th Field Artillery was inactivated on 15 June 2005 after nearly 18 years of service with the Tropic Lightning.
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377th Artillery 377th Field Artillery Regiment
“Firmiter et Fideliter”
(“Steadfastly and Faithfully”)		 16 November 2005 The 2nd Battalion (Airborne) 377th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted on 21 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Battery B, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Division and organized in November 1921 at Green Bay, Wisconsin. On 30 January 1942 the regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 377th Field Artillery Battalion. On 15 August 1942 the 377th was activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana as the 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. The battalion arrived in England on 18 October 1943. When the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment was attached to the 101st in May 1944, the 377th equipped with the 75mm pack howitzers, became the direct support battalion for the 501st, a mission that lasted through the war. On 6 June 1944 D-Day, the 377th parachuted into Normandy landing east of Ste Mere Eglise. The 377th supported the assault and seizure of D-Day objectives and subsequent operations until returning to England on 13 July 1944. The 377th next participated in Operation Market Garden making its second parachute assault on 17 September 1944 near the town of Vechel, Holland in support of the 501st Infantry’s seizure of the town and the bridges over the Aa River. From 17-23 December 1944 the 377th participated in the defense of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. For its gallantry at Normandy and Bastogne the 377th received two Presidential Unit Citations as well as several decorations from France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The 377th was inactivated in France on 30 November 1945 after participating in the Normandy, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe campaigns. From 1948-1956 the battalion served three separate tours of active duty with the 101st as a training unit at Camp Breckenridge, KY and Fort Jackson SC. On 1 July 1956 it was redesignated as the 377th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion remaining with the 101st and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky as a 105 mm howitzer battalion. On 25 April 1957 the 377th was redesignated as the 377th Artillery and became a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Battery B (Airborne), 377th Artillery was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, NC on 1 September 1957 as a Little John nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile battery. The battery was inactivated on 8 July 1965 at Fort Bragg. On 1 April 1974 Battery B was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery (organic units constituted) and assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, VII Corps Artillery. The 2nd Battalion was organized as Lance nuclear-capable surface-to-surface missile battalion and stationed at Herzogenaurach, West Germany. The battalion was inactivated in West Germany on 16 July 1987. HHB, 2nd Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as Battery B (Airborne), 377th Field Artillery and activated at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan on 16 December 2003. The battery was equipped with 105 mm howitzers and served in direct support of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry restoring once again the historic WWII relationship between the two units. Returning to Fort Richardson, Alaska, Battery B was redesignated as HHB, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 377th Field Artillery Regiment (organic units constituted) on 16 November 2005 and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.