84th Field Artillery Regiment

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84th Field Artillery Regiment
84th Field Artillery Regiment COA.svg
Coat of arms
Active1917
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchArmy
Type Field artillery
Motto(s)Performance Above All
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 84 FA Rgt DUI.svg
U.S. Field Artillery Regiments
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The 84th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

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History

Pershing

3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment

Soldiers of A Battery, 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment pose with a Pershing 1B missile system at White Sands Missile Range, January 1986. This was an Engineering Development test firing, thus the missile is marked with tracking colors. Note the "Red Hats" on the right, members of the Pershing Operational Test Unit (POTU). Pershing 1B - A Battery 3-84 - White Sands (1986).png
Soldiers of A Battery, 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment pose with a Pershing 1B missile system at White Sands Missile Range, January 1986. This was an Engineering Development test firing, thus the missile is marked with tracking colors. Note the "Red Hats" on the right, members of the Pershing Operational Test Unit (POTU).

The 3rd Missile Battalion, 84th Artillery Regiment was formed at Fort Sill in 1963 and deployed to Heilbronn, West Germany under the 56th Field Artillery Group. It was initially equipped with four Pershing 1 nuclear missiles, upgraded to six in 1964 and eight in 1965 and in 1969 replaced these with 36 Pershing 1a missiles. The battalion was redesignated as the 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment in 1968. Service Battery was inactivated and reflagged as C Company, 55th Maintenance Battalion in 1982. The battalion exchanged the Pershing 1a missiles for Pershing II missiles in 1984. The battalion was inactivated in 1986 and reflagged as the 4th Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment.

Commanders
  • 1964: Lt. Col. William Fleshman
  • 1967: Lt.Col Horton
  • 1971: Lt. Col John E. Donahue
  • 1972: Lt. Col. Paul Kieffer
  • 1973: Lt. Col. Sam Ady
  • 1979: Lt. Col. Ronald P. Forest
  • 1982: Lt. Col. James Loftus
  • 1985: Lt. Col Hugh Williams

Lineage

(1st Battalion activated 1 July 1936 at Fort Riley, Kansas.)
(1st Battalion concurrently inactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas).

Heraldry

Distinctive unit insignia

Description: A Gold color metal and enamel device 1+116 inches (2.7 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, on a saltire Or a winged spur of the first. Attached below the shield a Red scroll inscribed "PERFORMANCE ABOVE ALL" in Gold letters.

Symbolism: The shield is red for Artillery. The saltire is taken from the State flag of Alabama, the birthplace of the Regiment. The winged spur signifies that the unit was mounted.

Background: The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment on 3 December 1936. It was redesignated for the 84th Field Artillery Battalion on 12 November 1940. It was redesignated for the 84th Artillery Regiment on 28 October 1958. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment.

Coat of arms

Shield: Gules, on a saltire Or a winged spur of the first.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules a crescent of the first, a fountain within a chevron raguly Sable overall, and issuant therefrom a fleur-de-lis Gold the outer leaves in base conjoined to the crescent.

Motto: Performance Above All

Symbolism: Shield: The shield is red for Artillery. The saltire is taken from the State flag of Alabama, the birthplace of the Regiment. The winged spur signifies that the unit was mounted. Crest: The two Distinguished Unit Citations awarded the organization during World War II are symbolized by the crescent for French Tunisia and the raguly chevron for the bridgehead at Remagen. The irregular upper edge of the chevron alludes to the attempted destruction of the Ludendorff Bridge by the retreating enemy. The fountain is used to represent the organization's action along the Meuse River; and the fleur-de-lis symbolizes the unit's action in the Ardennes.

Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment on 3 December 1936. It was redesignated for the 84th Field Artillery Battalion on 18 November 1940. It was redesignated for the 84th Artillery Regiment on 28 October 1958. It was amended to add a crest on 1 July 1965. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment.

Current configuration

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References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates  public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document: "84th Field Artillery Regiment".

  1. McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "84th Field Artillery". Field Artillery (PDF). Army Lineage Series (Second ed.). Washington D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. pp. 79–980. CMH Pub 60-11.