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The 122nd Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Illinois Army National Guard. The regiment's 2nd Battalion is the cannon battalion assigned to the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
The 2nd Battalion, 122nd Artillery was deployed to help suppress the April 1968 Chicago riots. [1] : 311–2 Detachment 1, 1st Battalion, 122nd Artillery was deployed to Afghanistan in support of the 1-178 Infantry Battalion in support of Operation Freedoms Sentinel. [2]
Ordered into active Federal service 2 October 2008 at home stations; released from active Federal service 5 November 2009 and reverted to state control
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