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Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 40th Artillery Group; 509th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; and the 510th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 16 September 1962 as the 40th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 40th Field Artillery
Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a soldier is assigned. The SSI of some army divisions have become known in popular culture. [1] [2] [3]
After the 2nd Battalion, 47th Regiment, finished refitting at the Division base camp, he planned to send it north to replace the 1st Battalion, 40th Regiment which would then become Division reserve. With only two regiments available and no reserve, General Niem decided on 17 March he could not open the An Khê Pass and ordered his battalions ...
1st Battalion, 144th Field Artillery; 2d Battalion, 144th Field Artillery; 3d Battalion, 144th Field Artillery; 4th Battalion, 144th Field Artillery; 5th Battalion, 144th Field Artillery; Division Support Command 40th Medical Battalion; 40th Maintenance Battalion; 123d Maintenance Company; 40th Supply and Transportation Battalion; 540th ...
Also during the 1970s, arctic–qualified soldiers of the 172nd Infantry Brigade wore locally authorized olive–drab berets with organizational beret flashes that were unique to each battalion, company, troop, or battery of the brigade and were worn in the same manner as they are today.
A year and a half later, the Second was once again reorganized and re-designated the Second Field Artillery Battalion. 2nd Field Artillery Battalion moved to New Post Fort Sill in 1953, and an effort was made to give morale a boost. It was decided that the Unit Crest, a Mule with a Mountain Gun, should be reproduced in real life.
Known as Task Force Yukon, the brigade was augmented with eight battalion-sized units: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD), 709th MP BN from United States Army Europe augmented with an infantry company (Company B, 2nd Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment from the Indiana Army National Guard), an infantry battalion (1st Battalion, 121st ...
From 20 to 25 March 1966 the division's 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 5th Regiment participated in Operation Texas with the ARVN 5th Airborne Battalion and elements of the US 1st Marine Division fighting elements of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 21st Regiment and VC 1st Regiment around Hill 141 northwest of Quảng Ngãi.