Field Artillery Brigade

Field Artillery Brigades are field artillery and rocket formations of the United States Army. They were previously named Fires Brigades for a short period. Fires Brigades were then either inactivated and reflagged as Division Artillery (DIVARTY) or reorganized and redesignated as Field Artillery Brigades. Currently active Field Artillery Brigades are:

Active duty artillery brigades:

• 17th Field Artillery Brigade, artillery brigade of I Corps
• 18th Field Artillery Brigade, artillery brigade of XVIII Airborne Corps ^[1]
• 41st Field Artillery Brigade, artillery brigade of United States Army Europe and Africa
• 75th Field Artillery Brigade, artillery brigade of III Armored Corps
• 210th Field Artillery Brigade, artillery brigade of Eighth United States Army

National Guard artillery brigades:

• 45th Field Artillery Brigade (Oklahoma Army National Guard) ^[2]
• 65th Field Artillery Brigade (Utah ARNG)
• 115th Field Artillery Brigade (Wyoming Army National Guard) ^[3]
• 130th Field Artillery Brigade (Kansas ARNG)
• 138th Field Artillery Brigade (Kentucky ARNG)
• 142nd Field Artillery Brigade (Arkansas ARNG)
• 169th Field Artillery Brigade (Colorado Army National Guard) ^[3]
• 197th Field Artillery Brigade (New Hampshire ARNG)

Army Reserve artillery brigades:

• 402nd Field Artillery Brigade

Former field artillery brigades:

• 42nd Fires Brigade, reflagged to 3rd Infantry Division Artillery ^[4]
• 51st Field Artillery Brigade, 26th Division, First World War. Charles L. Phillips commanded the brigade. ^[5]
• 52nd Field Artillery Brigade, 27th Division, First World War ^[5]
• 53rd Field Artillery Brigade, 28th Division, 1917-18
• 54th Field Artillery Brigade (Virginia Army National Guard, 329th Regional Support Group traces its origins to this headquarters)
• 56th Field Artillery Brigade (1972–1986), equipped with the Pershing II missile now the 56th Artillery Command
• 57th Field Artillery Brigade (Wisconsin Army National Guard) ^[3]
• 135th Field Artillery Brigade (Missouri Army National Guard) ^[3]
• 147th Field Artillery Brigade (South Dakota National Guard), ^[3] reflagged to 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
• 151st Field Artillery Brigade
• 153rd Field Artillery Brigade (Arizona National Guard) ^[3]
• 212th Fires Brigade, reflagged to 1st Armored Division Artillery ^[6]
• 214th Fires Brigade, reflagged to 4th Infantry Division Artillery ^[7]
• 227th Field Artillery Brigade (Florida Army National Guard), reorganized in 1988 as the 50th Support Group, now 50th Regional Support Group

See also

• Reorganization plan of United States Army

References

1. http://www.fortbraggpresscenter.com/go/doc/5287/2388438/82nd-Airborne-Division-Artillery-Activation-Ceremony 82nd Airborne Division Artillery Activation Ceremony, 15 October 2014
2. Field Artillery. US Field Artillery Association. 1987.
3. Army. Association of the United States Army. 1983.
4. "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.
5. Thayer 2016.
6. http://www.dvidshub.net/image/1460770/divarty-returns#.VBHH9WBX_1Z 1st Armored Division Artillery Brigade, July 2014
7. army.mil Historic artillery unit inactivated at Fort Sill, 2 October 2014

• Thayer, Bill (4 July 2016). "Charles L. Phillips in Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, Volumes III to VIII". Bill Thayer's Web Site. Chicago, IL: Bill Thayer. Retrieved 30 September 2023.