1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment

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1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery
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Coat of arms
Active1916-2015
Country Flag of the United States.svg
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Type USA - Army Field Artillery Insignia.svg Field artillery
Size Battalion
Part ofinactive
Engagements World War I
World War II
Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 76 FA Rgt DUI.jpg

The 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment (1-76th FAR) is an inactive field artillery battalion of the United States Army. The battalion has been assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Division, 2nd Infantry Brigade, and as a separate field artillery battalion. The battalion has participated in World War I, World War II, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom. The battalion inactivated in 2015 as part of Army force reductions.

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History

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The following history section is taken directly from the 3rd Infantry Division website.
1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, Duty, The Spirit of 1776, was constituted in the Regular Army on 1 July 1916 with horse-drawn French 75mm pack guns. Initially organized at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont on 13 June 1917, it served with distinction in France with the 3d Division during World War I in the Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Champagne 1918 campaigns. The 76th Field Artillery Regiment was presented the Croix de Guerre with Gold Star by the Tenth French Army.
On 16 October 1939, the 76th Field Artillery was relieved of assignment to the 3d Division and reassigned to the 7th Division Artillery. Landing on Utah Beach, 11 August 1944, the 76th was attached to First Army and served during four campaigns throughout Northern France, the Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. In April 1945, the battalion was attached to the 1st Infantry Division for its advance into Czechoslovakia, providing continuous fires on the enemy for 189 consecutive days. On 20 November 1945, it was cited for the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes with the 30th Infantry Division. Upon return to the United States, the battalion was deactivated on 27 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
Beginning 1 August 1946, the 76th Field Artillery went through a series of activations and re-designations, and on 8 October 1954, as 1st Howitzer Battalion, 76th Artillery, it was assigned to the 2d Infantry Brigade, Fort Devens, Massachusetts. The Battalion participated in numerous field exercises and tests in support of the Brigade Group, ROTC, and National Guard units. On 13 September 1971, it was re-designated the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, assigned to the 3d Infantry Division, and activated in Germany. The battalion served as an integral part of NATO forces during the Cold War. The battalion was later deactivated on 16 February 1987 in Schweinfurt, Germany.
1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment was reactivated and assigned to 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division, at Fort Stewart, Georgia, on 24 June 2004. Within seven months, the "Patriots" Battalion deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III. During the year-long mission in support of the US Embassy, the "Patriots" conducted an average of 18 daily combat missions throughout the Multi National Forces-Iraq area of responsibility. The battalion totaled 3,849 combat patrols while under intense insurgent and terrorist pressure, traveled 530,138 miles on dangerous roads and delivered without loss or injury 61,183 diplomats, contractors, and senior military officers to their destinations across central Iraq.
The "Patriot" Battalion recently returned from a deployment in support of OIF V, where they partnered with Iraqi Army and Police forces throughout three Iraqi provinces. Their mentorship led the Iraqi government to reach total control of that province.
In 2015 the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment reflagged as the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment. They then deployed to the Joint Readiness Training Center, where they reclaimed the throne of the King of Battle by shooting counter fire missions so quickly that OPFOR was unable to use artillery or mortars for three days, a first for JRTC. [1]
NOTE: This history section needs to be updated and properly cited. The unit website cited has been removed.

Lineage and honors

Lineage

(76th Field Artillery assigned 12 November 1917 to the 3d Division)
(76th Field Artillery relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 3d Division; assigned 1 July 1940 to the 7th Division)
(76th Field Artillery Battalion relieved 1 June 1941 from assignment to the 7th Division)

Campaign participation credit

Decorations

Heraldry

Distinctive unit insignia

Coat of arms

References

  1. ↑ "1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment". Fort Stewart. Archived from the original on 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lineage and Honors Information: 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment". U.S. Army Center for Military History. 20 November 2012. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2017.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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