Field Artillery Brigade
(Redirected from Fires 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 Artilleries (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 ARNG)
- 65th Field Artillery Brigade (Utah ARNG)
- 115th Field Artillery Brigade (Wyoming ARNG)
- 130th Field Artillery Brigade (Kansas ARNG)
- 138th Field Artillery Brigade (Kentucky ARNG)
- 142nd Field Artillery Brigade (Arkansas ARNG)
- 169th Field Artillery Brigade (Colorado ARNG)
- 197th Field Artillery Brigade (New Hampshire ARNG)
Army Reserve artillery brigades:
Former artillery brigades:
- 42nd Fires Brigade, reflagged to 3rd Infantry Division Artillery[2]
- 147th Field Artillery Brigade, reflagged to 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
- 212th Fires Brigade, reflagged to 1st Armored Division Artillery[3]
- 214th Fires Brigade, reflagged to 4th Infantry Division Artillery[4]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.fortbraggpresscenter.com/go/doc/5287/2388438/82nd-Airborne-Division-Artillery-Activation-Ceremony 82nd Airborne Division Artillery Activation Ceremony, 15 October 2014
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.dvidshub.net/image/1460770/divarty-returns#.VBHH9WBX_1Z 1st Armored Division Artillery Brigade, July 2014
- ^ http://www.army.mil/article/135133/ Historic artillery unit inactivated at Fort Sill, 2 October 2014