3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment

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3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment
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Coat of arms
Active1917
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
Size battalion
Part of 18th Field Artillery Brigade
Home stationFort Bragg, NC
Motto(s)"Noli Me Tangere" (Don’t Tread On Me)
Commanders
Current
commander
LTC Johnathan Erwin
Ceremonial chiefCSM Marc A. Robinson
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 321 FA Rgt DUI.jpg

The 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (3-321 FAR) is an artillery battalion, assigned to the 18th Field Artillery Brigade, part of the US Army XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, NC. The battalion has served in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terror. The battalion is equipped with M142 HIMARS rocket launchers.

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History

World War I

3-321 FAR traces its lineage to Battery C, 321st Field Artillery, which organized on 2 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. After training at Camp Gordon until May 1918, the battery shipped to France, and participated with the regiment in the St. Mihiel, Meuse Argonne and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. Following the Armistice, the battery redeployed to the United States and was demobilized at Camp Dix, New Jersey in May 1919.

Interwar

World War II

Cold War

Global War on Terror

Lineage and honors

Lineage

ANNEX

  • Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as part of the 307th Ammunition Train, an element of the 82nd Division
  • Organized in October 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
  • Demobilized 23 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
  • Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as part of the 307th Ammunition Train, an element of the 82nd Division
  • Organized in January 1922 at Newberry, South Carolina
  • Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1942 as Battery B, 907th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
  • Inactivated 30 November 1945 in Germany
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
  • Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Battery C, 518th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion
(518th Field Artillery Battalion withdrawn 25 June 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army)
  • Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
  • Inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
  • Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
  • Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
  • Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
  • Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Battery C, 321st Airborne Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division [1]

Campaign participation credit

Decorations

Battery A additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006 [2]
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011 [3]
Battery B additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010 [4]
Battery C additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award ribbon.svg Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008 [5]
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006 [2]
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation ribbon.svg Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008 [6]

Note: Separately cited awards are not listed by the official Army lineage and honors, last updated 12 September 1996.

Heraldry

Distinctive unit insignia

321st Field Artillery Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia

Coat of arms

321st Field Artillery Regiment Coat of Arms

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lineage and Honors Information: 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery." United States Army Center for Military History. 12 September 1996. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015. <http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0321fa03bn.htm Archived 9 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine >. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. 1 2 Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2013-23. 28 August 2013. Web. Accessed 27 October 2013. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-23.pdf>.
  3. Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2014-67. 26 August 2014. Web. Accessed 27 October 2015. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2014-67.pdf>.
  4. Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2013-49. 24 September 2013. Web. Accessed 27 October 2013. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-49.pdf>.
  5. Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2013-10. 18 June 2013. Web. Accessed 27 October 2015. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-10.pdf>.
  6. Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2013-82. 1 November 2013. Web. Accessed 27 November 2013. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-82.pdf>.