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The Field Artillery Branch is the field artillery branch of the United States Army.This branch, alongside the infantry and cavalry branches, was formerly considered to be one of the "classic" combat arms branches (defined as those branches of the army with the primary mission of engaging in armed combat with an enemy force), but is today included within the "Maneuver, Fires and Effects" (MFE ...
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.
0–9. 17th Field Artillery Brigade (United States) 18th Field Artillery Brigade; 41st Field Artillery Brigade (United States) 45th Field Artillery Brigade
Like division sized units, separate brigades of the U.S. Army are allowed their own SSI to distinguish their wearers from those of other units. Most military units smaller than brigades do not have SSI, but rather wear the SSI of a higher headquarters. The following list of SSIs represent some of the current and former brigades of the U.S. Army:
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
There were 82 Regular Army artillery regiments in the Combat Arms Regimental System – 58 field artillery regiments and 24 air defense artillery regiments. Except for the 18 Army Reserve infantry regiments, those regiments organized under CARS had elements in both the Regular Army and the Army Reserve.
The first use of Army branch insignia was just prior to the American Civil War in 1859 for use on the black felt hat. A system of branch colors, indicated by piping on uniforms of foot soldiers and lace for mounted troops, was first authorized in the 1851 uniform regulations, with Prussian blue denoting infantry, scarlet for artillery, orange for dragoons, green for mounted rifles, and black ...
58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade; 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade; 111th Sustainment Brigade (United States) 138th Field Artillery Brigade; 142nd Fires Brigade; 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States) 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade; 219th Engineer Brigade (United States) 225th Engineer ...