434th Field Artillery Brigade

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434th Field Artillery Brigade
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434th Field Artillery Brigade 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
Role Basic Combat Training
Size Brigade
Part of TRADOC
Garrison/HQ Fort Sill, OK
Commanders
Brigade CommanderCOL Michael Stewart
Brigade Command Sergeant MajorCSM Luis A. Arroyo-Avila

The 434th Field Artillery Brigade is a training brigade under the United States Army Fires Center of Excellence, under United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The brigade conducts Basic Combat Training for new enlistees in the U.S. Army.

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Organization

The 434th Field Artillery Brigade consists of four training battalions, a reception battalion, and a training support detachment: [1]

History

The unit was constituted on 21 November 1942 in the United States Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade. It was activated on 24 November 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas. On 22 January 1944, the 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade sailed abroad RMS Queen Mary, from New York Port of Embarkation, arrived Greenock, Scotland 28 January 1944. On 11 July 1944 the Brigade landed on Utah Beach, France.

On 2 August 1944 Field Order #10, HQ, VIII Corps designated 1st TD Brigade as HQ for Task Force “A” commanded by Gen Herbert Ernst, consisting of the 15th Cav Group, the 705th TD Battalion, 6th TD Group,509th Engineer Co, and 159th Engineer BN. Their mission was to attack from Avranches to Morlaix, to assist in clearing the Brittany Peninsula and to assist in the capture of Brest. TF A captured 1,679 Enemy Prisoners of War and inflicted heavy damage to enemy personnel and equipment.

On 17 April 1947, the Brigade was re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 434th Field Artillery Group and allotted to the organized reserves. On 1 June 1978, it was re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 434th Field Artillery Brigade. Two active reserve firing battalions reported to the Brigade: the 4/75th Field Artillery and the 7/1st Field Artillery. Each battalion comprised three firing batteries equipped with 8" M110 howitzer (self-propelled), which were capable of firing tactical nuclear weapons.

The Brigade was inactivated on 31 December 1990 in Chicago, Illinois. There remains an informal, unincorporated fraternal organization consisting of some of the officers and men who served with the firing battalions of the 434th Field Artillery Brigade.

On 17 April 2007, the Field Artillery Training Center, Fires Centre of Excellence, was reflagged as the 434th Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Sill, OK as an Army Training Center responsible for the training of the Army's newest volunteers. It was to receive, process, and train voluntolds in Basic Combat Training (BCT); MOS Cannon Crewmember; Advanced Individual Training (AIT); Warrior Transition Course; and English as a Second Language. The FATC had originally been established at Fort Sill as the FA Replacement Centre in 1950 to provide replacements for the Korean War.

"In 1978, the training and reception battalions were re-designated in accordance with the Army’s Combat Arms Regimental System. The next major change.. took place in 2004 as the 2nd Battalion, 80th Field Artillery, the brigade’s AIT battalion, was inactivated and as the 1-78 FA, the support battalion, was designated the AIT battalion and assigned to the 30th FA Regiment (now the 428th FA Brigade)." [2]

More information about the current status of 434th Field Artillery Brigade may be found here.

Lineage and honors

Lineage

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Campaign participation credit

Decorations

None [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "434th Field Artillery Brigade." Web, accessed 3 January 2018. <http://sill-www.army.mil/434/>.
  2. Williams, Thearon M. (May–June 2007). "FATC Becomes the 434th FA Brigade" (PDF). Fires, A Joint Professional Bulletin for US Field and Air Defense Artillery: 31 via Defense Technical Information Center.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lineage and Honors Information: Headquarters, 434th Field Artillery Brigade." Center of Military History. 15 May 2007. Web, accessed 3 January 2018. <http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0428fabde.htm>.