10th Mountain Division Artillery (United States)

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10th Mountain Division Artillery
10th Mountain Division CSIB.svg
10th Mountain Division shoulder sleeve insignia
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Type USA - Army Field Artillery Insignia.svg Field artillery
RoleDivision force fires HQ
Size Brigade
Garrison/HQ Fort Drum, New York
Engagements World War II
Commanders
Current
commander
COL Jason T. Williams
Command Sergeant MajorCSM Miguel A. Quiros
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 10th Mountain Division DUI.png
Combat service identification badge 10th Mountain Division CSIB.jpg

The 10th Mountain Division Artillery (DIVARTY) is the force fires headquarters for the 10th Mountain Division. The DIVARTY served with the division from 1942 to the present, including combat service in World War II, Somalia and the Global War on Terror, and in peacetime in Germany; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Riley, Kansas; and Fort Drum, New York. As the force fires headquarters, "10th Mountain Division Artillery (DIVARTY), plans, prepares, executes and assesses combined arms operations to provide close support and precision strikes for the Division while employing Joint and organic fires and capabilities to achieve distribution effects in support of commander’s operational and tactical objectives." [1]

Contents

History

World War II

Early Cold War - Gyroscope and inactivation

Reincarnation as light infantry division

Global War on Terror

Lineage & honors

Lineage

Note: the linkage between the 10th Mountain Division Artillery and the 10th FA Bde (Panama Canal Dept) and 10th FA Bde (10th Division) is tenuous, and may not bear out when the Army updates the official lineage.

Campaign participation credit

Army Football uniforms

In December 2017, the Army Black Knights football team wore all white uniforms honoring the 10th Mountain Division in their annual rivalry game against the Navy Midshipmen football team.

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References

  1. 1 2 "DIVARTY: 10th Mountain Division Artillery." Fort Drum Organizations. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015. <http://www.drum.army.mil/DIVARTY/Pages/home.aspx>.
  2. Clay, Steven E. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery and Coast Artillery, 1919-41, vol. 2 of U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941 (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press), 708. Web. Accessed 18 October 2015. <http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/Clay/Ord_Battle_Vol2.pdf%5B%5D>
  3. 1 2 McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Mountain Division Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. (CMH Pub 60-11-1(Part 1)). Army Lineage Series. United States Army Center of Military History: Washington. 65-66. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015 <http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-11_pt1/CMH_Pub_60-11_pt1.pdf>.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Ruscio, Pfc. Laura E. "DIVARTY transforms to meet Army needs." The Mountaineer Online. 12 August 2004. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015. <http://www.drum.army.mil/mountaineer/Article.aspx?ID=734>.

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