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- ↑ http://www.fortbraggpresscenter.com/go/doc/5287/2388438/82nd-Airborne-Division-Artillery-Activation-Ceremony 82nd Airborne Division Artillery Activation Ceremony, 15 October 2014
- ↑ "Thunder's Return: Moment with 3rd ID DIVARTY commander". The Frontline. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ↑ http://www.dvidshub.net/image/1460770/divarty-returns#.VBHH9WBX_1Z 1st Armored Division Artillery Brigade, July 2014
- ↑ http://www.army.mil/article/135133/ Historic artillery unit inactivated at Fort Sill, 2 October 2014