Field Artillery Brigade
Components of the United States Army
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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:
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]
- 103rd Field Artillery Brigade (Providence, Rhode Island National Guard), disestablished 2008[6]
- 113th Field Artillery Brigade (North Carolina National Guard)[3]
- 118th Field Artillery Brigade (Georgia National Guard)[3]
- 135th Field Artillery Brigade (Missouri Army National Guard)[3]
- 141st Field Artillery Brigade, Alabama Army National Guard, formed from elements 141st Field Artillery, became XIX Corps Artillery
- 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]
- 196th Field Artillery Brigade (Chattanooga, Tennessee National Guard)[3]
- 209th Field Artillery Brigade (New York National Guard)[3]
- 212th Fires Brigade, reflagged to 1st Armored Division Artillery[7]
- 214th Fires Brigade, reflagged to 4th Infantry Division Artillery[8]
- 224th Field Artillery Brigade (Virginia Army National Guard)[3]
- 227th Field Artillery Brigade (Florida Army National Guard), reorganized in 1988 as the 50th Support Group, now 50th Regional Support Group
- 631st Field Artillery Brigade (Kansas National Guard[3]