22nd Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
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The 22nd Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery
regiment
of the United States Army
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A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, on a canton Or a bend sinister of the field. Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “LABORE ET HONORE” in Black letters.
The shield is red for Artillery. The transfer of personnel from the 4th Field Artillery
when the 22nd Field Artillery was organized is indicated by the canton, which is the shield of the 4th Field Artillery coat of arms.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 22nd Field Artillery Regiment on 19 May 1932. It was redesignated for the 22nd Field Artillery Battalion on 24 April 1941. It was redesignated for the 22nd Constabulary Squadron on 4 December 1946. It was redesignated for the 22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 30 July 1954. It was redesignated for the 22nd Artillery Regiment on 28 January 1958. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 22d Field Artillery Regiment.
Gules, on a canton Or a bend sinister of the field.
On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules a Spanish galleon Or in full sail affronté Proper.
Motto
LABORE ET HONORE (With Industry and Honor).
The shield is red for Artillery. The transfer of personnel from the 4th Field Artillery when the 22nd Field Artillery was organized is indicated by the canton, which is the shield of the 4th Field Artillery coat of arms.
The crest is taken from the arms of the Panama Canal, indicating the place the 22nd Field Artillery was organized.
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 22nd Field Artillery Regiment on 19 May 1932. It was redesignated for the 22nd Field Artillery Battalion on 23 April 1941. It was redesignated for the 22nd Constabulary Squadron on 3 December 1946. It was redesignated for the 22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 30 July 1954. It was redesignated for the 22nd Artillery Regiment on 28 January 1958. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 22d Field Artillery Regiment.
Field artillery
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regiment
Regiment
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of the United States Army
United States Army
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Distinctive Unit Insignia
- Description
A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, on a canton Or a bend sinister of the field. Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “LABORE ET HONORE” in Black letters.
- Symbolism
The shield is red for Artillery. The transfer of personnel from the 4th Field Artillery
4th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
The 4th Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1907.-History:The 4th Field Artillery Regiment was first activated in 1907 from numbered companies of artillery...
when the 22nd Field Artillery was organized is indicated by the canton, which is the shield of the 4th Field Artillery coat of arms.
- Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 22nd Field Artillery Regiment on 19 May 1932. It was redesignated for the 22nd Field Artillery Battalion on 24 April 1941. It was redesignated for the 22nd Constabulary Squadron on 4 December 1946. It was redesignated for the 22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 30 July 1954. It was redesignated for the 22nd Artillery Regiment on 28 January 1958. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 22d Field Artillery Regiment.
Blazon
- Shield
Gules, on a canton Or a bend sinister of the field.
- Crest
On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules a Spanish galleon Or in full sail affronté Proper.
Motto
LABORE ET HONORE (With Industry and Honor).
- Symbolism
- Shield
The shield is red for Artillery. The transfer of personnel from the 4th Field Artillery when the 22nd Field Artillery was organized is indicated by the canton, which is the shield of the 4th Field Artillery coat of arms.
- Crest
The crest is taken from the arms of the Panama Canal, indicating the place the 22nd Field Artillery was organized.
- Background
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 22nd Field Artillery Regiment on 19 May 1932. It was redesignated for the 22nd Field Artillery Battalion on 23 April 1941. It was redesignated for the 22nd Constabulary Squadron on 3 December 1946. It was redesignated for the 22nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 30 July 1954. It was redesignated for the 22nd Artillery Regiment on 28 January 1958. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 22d Field Artillery Regiment.
Current configuration
- 1st Battalion, 22d Field Artillery Regiment
- 2d Battalion, 22d Field Artillery Regiment
- 3d Battalion, 22d Field Artillery Regiment
- 4th Battalion, 22d Field Artillery Regiment
- 5th Battalion, 22d Field Artillery Regiment
- 6th Battalion, 22d Field Artillery Regiment
See also
- Field Artillery Branch (United States)
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- 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...