3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment

3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment

Coat of arms
Active 1917
Country  United States
Branch Army
Type Field artillery
Home station Fort Bragg, NC
Motto(s) "Noli Me Tangere" (Don’t Tread On Me)
Commanders
Current
commander
LTC John Herrman
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (3-321 FAR) is an artillery battalion, assigned to the 18th Field Artillery Brigade, part of the US Army XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, NC. The battalion has served in World War I, World War II, and the Global War on Terror. The battalion is equipped with M142 HIMARS rocket launchers.

History

World War I

3-321 FAR traces its lineage to Battery C, 321st Field Artillery, which organized on 2 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. After training at Camp Gordon until May 1918, the battery shipped to France, and participated with the regiment in the St. Mihiel, Meuse Argonne and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. Following the Armistice, the battery redeployed to the United States and was demobilized at Camp Dix, New Jersey in May 1919.

Lineage & Honors

Lineage

ANNEX

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 march 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
(518th Field Artillery Battalion withdrawn 25 June 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army)

Campaign Participation Credit

Decorations

Battery A additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006[2]
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011[3]
Battery B additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010[4]
Battery C additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008[5]
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006[6]
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008[7]


Note: Separately cited awards are not listed by the official Army lineage and honors, last updated 12 September 1996.

Heraldry

Distinctive unit insignia

321st Field Artillery Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia

Coat of arms

321st Field Artillery Regiment Coat of Arms

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lineage and Honors Information: 3d Battalion, 321st Field Artillery." United States Army Center for Military History. 12 September 1996. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015. <http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0321fa03bn.htm>.
  2. Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2013-23. 28 August 2013. Web. Accessed 27 October 2013. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-23.pdf>.
  3. Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2014-67. 26 August 2014. Web. Accessed 27 October 2015. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2014-67.pdf>.
  4. Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2013-49. 24 September 2013. Web. Accessed 27 October 2013. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-49.pdf>.
  5. Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2013-10. 18 June 2013. Web. Accessed 27 October 2015. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-10.pdf>.
  6. Headquarters, Department of the Army. General Orders 2013-23. 28 August 2013. Web. Accessed 27 October 2013. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-23.pdf>.
  7. Headquarters, Department of the Army. Genera Orders 2013-82. 1 November 2013. Web. Accessed 27 November 2013. <https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2013-82.pdf>.

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