1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
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The 1st Battalion 6th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
was constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 3d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, and organized at Fort Jay
, New York, as Captain James Stille's Company, 3d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
Redesignated 1 April 1802 as Captain James Stille's Company, Regiment of Artillerists
Redesignated 9 June 1805 as Captain John Fergus's Company, Regiment of Artillerists
Redesignated 30 June 1808 as Captain William Wilson's Company, Regiment of Artillerists
Redesignated 3 June 1809 as Captain Enoch Humphrey's Company, Regiment of Artillerists
Redesignated 11 January 1812 as Captain Enoch Humphrey's Company, Corps of Artillery
Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Captain Enoch Humphrey's Company, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division
Redesignated 21 August 1816 as Company C, 3d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division
Redesignated 1 June 1821 as Company B, 4th Regiment of Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 7th Battery, Field Artillery, Artillery Corps
Reorganized and redesignated 11 June 1907 as Battery D, 6th Field Artillery
(6th Field Artillery assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division [later redesignated as the 1st Division]; relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division; assigned 22 June 1940 to the 8th Division; relieved 20 July 1940 from assignment to the 8th Division)
Inactivated 1 August 1940 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland
Absorbed 4 January 1941 by Battery A, 6th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (Battery A, 6th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1941 as Battery A, 6th Field Artillery Battalion; [6th Field Artillery Battalion assigned 8 August 1942 to the 37th Infantry Division]; inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Anza
, California; redesignated 24 July 1946 as Battery A, 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division; activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill
, Oklahoma)
Former Battery D, 6th Field Artillery, reconstituted 15 February 1957 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery, assigned to the 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Polk
, Louisiana (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery, concurrently consolidated with Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion [organized in 1898], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery)
Relieved 5 May 1971 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division
Redesignated (less former Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery (former Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery – hereafter separate lineage)
1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, relieved 21 June 1975 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Inactivated 1 October 1983 at Fort Bragg
, North Carolina
Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated in Germany
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment
Relieved 16 April 2007 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
over and a new mission on the horizon, the Centaurs of 1–6 FA began a transition to Peace enforcement operations while still maintaining their warfighting skills. Assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat team of the 1st Infantry Division and headquartered in Bamberg, Germany, 1–6 FA would find itself a short distance away from a growing problem in the Balkans
.
In 1997, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina
in support of Operation Joint Guard from 10 March 1997 until 10 October 1997. During this time they supported Task Force Eagle from a number of operating bases, providing convoy escorts, security and most importantly, fire support coverage of allied operations in the American area of responsibility. The excellence displayed by 1–6 FA resulted in the reception of the Army Superior Unit award upon return to Bamberg, Germany. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-6fa.htm
After completion of their mission in Bosnia, the Centaurs returned home and in early 1998, began am training program at which time the unit transitioned from the older M109A5 SP Howitzer to the highly advanced, highly accurate and extremely lethal M109A6 SP Howitzer, commonly referred to as the Paladin. In November 1999 the battalion was once again deployed, this time to Kosovo, where it pulled security at Camp's Bondsteele and Montieth until redeploying to Bamberg in the summer of 2000.
A few years later, the Centaurs of 1–6 FA would once again be called on by their country to face a growing threat in the middle east. 1st BN, 6th FA deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, again serving with honor. (More Needed)
After their service in Iraq, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery regiment reflagged in Fort Hood, Texas, in April, 2007 with the rest of 3rd BDE, 1st ID.
1-6 FA Deployed to Afghanistan
June 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. They are expected to redeploy back to Fort Hood, Texas in mid to late 2009. After redeployment 1–6 FA along with the rest of 3rd BDE will move to Fort Knox, KY.
Campaign Participation Credit
War of 1812: *New Orleans
Indian Wars: *Creeks; *Seminoles; *Modocs; *Bannocks; *Utah 1860
Mexican War: *Buena Vista
Civil War: *Peninsula; *Manassas; *Antietam; *Fredericksburg; *Chancellorsville; *Gettysburg; *Wilderness; *Spotsylvania; *Cold Harbor; *Petersburg; *Maryland 1863; *Virginia 1863
War with Spain: *Santiago; *Puerto Rico
Mexican Expedition: Mexico 1916–1917
World War I: *Montdidier-Noyon; *Aisne-Marne; *St. Mihiel; *Meuse-Argonne; *Lorraine 1917; *Lorraine 1918; *Picardy 1918
World War II: *Northern Solomons; *Luzon (with arrowhead)
War on Terrorism: *Iraq
Decorations
See also
6th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
The 6th Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1907-History:The 6th Field Artillery Regiment was first activated in 1907 from numbered companies of artillery...
was constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 3d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, and organized at Fort Jay
Fort Jay
Fort Jay is a harbor fortification and the name of the former Army post located on Governors Island in New York Harbor. Fort Jay is the oldest defensive structure on the island, built to defend Upper New York Bay, but has served other purposes...
, New York, as Captain James Stille's Company, 3d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
History
Constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 3d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, and organized at Fort Jay, New York, as Captain James Stille's Company, 3d Battalion, 2d Regiment of Artillerists and EngineersRedesignated 1 April 1802 as Captain James Stille's Company, Regiment of Artillerists
Redesignated 9 June 1805 as Captain John Fergus's Company, Regiment of Artillerists
Redesignated 30 June 1808 as Captain William Wilson's Company, Regiment of Artillerists
Redesignated 3 June 1809 as Captain Enoch Humphrey's Company, Regiment of Artillerists
Redesignated 11 January 1812 as Captain Enoch Humphrey's Company, Corps of Artillery
Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Captain Enoch Humphrey's Company, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division
Redesignated 21 August 1816 as Company C, 3d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Southern Division
Redesignated 1 June 1821 as Company B, 4th Regiment of Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 7th Battery, Field Artillery, Artillery Corps
Reorganized and redesignated 11 June 1907 as Battery D, 6th Field Artillery
(6th Field Artillery assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division [later redesignated as the 1st Division]; relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division; assigned 22 June 1940 to the 8th Division; relieved 20 July 1940 from assignment to the 8th Division)
Inactivated 1 August 1940 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland
Absorbed 4 January 1941 by Battery A, 6th Field Artillery Battalion (active) (Battery A, 6th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1941 as Battery A, 6th Field Artillery Battalion; [6th Field Artillery Battalion assigned 8 August 1942 to the 37th Infantry Division]; inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Anza
Camp Anza
Camp Anza was a United States Army installation near Riverside, California during World War II. Construction began on July 3, 1942, and was completed on February 15, 1943....
, California; redesignated 24 July 1946 as Battery A, 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division; activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill
Fort Sill
Fort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.Today, Fort Sill remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the South Plains built during the Indian Wars...
, Oklahoma)
Former Battery D, 6th Field Artillery, reconstituted 15 February 1957 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery, assigned to the 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Polk
Fort Polk
Fort Polk is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, approximately 7 miles east of Leesville, Louisiana and 20 miles north of DeRidder, Louisiana....
, Louisiana (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery, concurrently consolidated with Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion [organized in 1898], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery)
Relieved 5 May 1971 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division
Redesignated (less former Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery (former Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery – hereafter separate lineage)
1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, relieved 21 June 1975 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Inactivated 1 October 1983 at Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg (North Carolina)
Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation, in Cumberland and Hoke counties, North Carolina, U.S., mostly in Fayetteville but also partly in the town of Spring Lake. It was also a census-designated place in the 2010 census and had a population of 39,457. The fort is named for Confederate...
, North Carolina
Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated in Germany
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment
Relieved 16 April 2007 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Current operations
In the mid to late 1990s with the Cold WarCold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
over and a new mission on the horizon, the Centaurs of 1–6 FA began a transition to Peace enforcement operations while still maintaining their warfighting skills. Assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat team of the 1st Infantry Division and headquartered in Bamberg, Germany, 1–6 FA would find itself a short distance away from a growing problem in the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
.
In 1997, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
in support of Operation Joint Guard from 10 March 1997 until 10 October 1997. During this time they supported Task Force Eagle from a number of operating bases, providing convoy escorts, security and most importantly, fire support coverage of allied operations in the American area of responsibility. The excellence displayed by 1–6 FA resulted in the reception of the Army Superior Unit award upon return to Bamberg, Germany. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-6fa.htm
After completion of their mission in Bosnia, the Centaurs returned home and in early 1998, began am training program at which time the unit transitioned from the older M109A5 SP Howitzer to the highly advanced, highly accurate and extremely lethal M109A6 SP Howitzer, commonly referred to as the Paladin. In November 1999 the battalion was once again deployed, this time to Kosovo, where it pulled security at Camp's Bondsteele and Montieth until redeploying to Bamberg in the summer of 2000.
A few years later, the Centaurs of 1–6 FA would once again be called on by their country to face a growing threat in the middle east. 1st BN, 6th FA deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, again serving with honor. (More Needed)
After their service in Iraq, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery regiment reflagged in Fort Hood, Texas, in April, 2007 with the rest of 3rd BDE, 1st ID.
1-6 FA Deployed to Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
June 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. They are expected to redeploy back to Fort Hood, Texas in mid to late 2009. After redeployment 1–6 FA along with the rest of 3rd BDE will move to Fort Knox, KY.
Campaign Participation Credit
War of 1812: *New Orleans
Indian Wars: *Creeks; *Seminoles; *Modocs; *Bannocks; *Utah 1860
Mexican War: *Buena Vista
Civil War: *Peninsula; *Manassas; *Antietam; *Fredericksburg; *Chancellorsville; *Gettysburg; *Wilderness; *Spotsylvania; *Cold Harbor; *Petersburg; *Maryland 1863; *Virginia 1863
War with Spain: *Santiago; *Puerto Rico
Mexican Expedition: Mexico 1916–1917
World War I: *Montdidier-Noyon; *Aisne-Marne; *St. Mihiel; *Meuse-Argonne; *Lorraine 1917; *Lorraine 1918; *Picardy 1918
World War II: *Northern Solomons; *Luzon (with arrowhead)
War on Terrorism: *Iraq
Decorations
- Valorous Unit Award for BAQUBAH, IRAQ
- Army Superior Unit Award for 1997
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for LORRAINE-PICARDY
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE and MEUSE-ARGONNE
- French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
See also
- Field Artillery Branch (United States)
- U.S. Army Coast Artillery CorpsU.S. Army Coast Artillery CorpsThe U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps was a Corps level organization responsible for coastal and harbor defense of the United States between 1901 and 1950.-History:...
- Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of U.S. Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of US Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with field artillery, air defense artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...