101st Field Artillery Regiment

the regiment of the United States Army the regiment of the Philippine Commonwealth Army 101st Field Artillery Regiment (PA) December 2013 July 2020 101st Field Artillery 101stFAR.png 150px 101st Field Artillery Coat of arms 1636–present (1636 12 13 years) Ensign of New England (blank).svg Massachusetts Bay Colony(1636–1686, 1689-1692)Flag of New England under Sir Edmund Andros.svg Dominion of New England(1686-1689)Colonial-Red-Ensign.svg Province of Massachusetts Bay(1692-1775)United States 1776 United Colonies(1775-1776)United States 23px(1776–present) Massachusetts Army National Guard Brockton, Massachusetts Boston Light Artillery (special designation)Special Designation Listing http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-arng.html United States Army Center of Military History 21 April 2010 14 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609010028/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-arng.html 9 June 2010 dead Vincere est Vivere (To Conquer is to Live) M777A2 155mm Howitzer (Charlie) M119A3 105mm Howitzer (Alpha, Bravo) Q36 / Q37 Target Acquisition Radar Colonial Wars Pequot War King Philip's War King William's War Queen Anne's War King George's War French and Indian War American Wars American Revolutionary War Monmouth War of 1812 American Civil War First Bull Run Yorktown Peninsula Campaign Second Bull Run Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor Second Battle of Petersburg Appomattox War with Spain Puerto Rican Campaign World War I Champagne-Marne Aisne-Marne Saint-Mihiel Meuse-Argonne World War II Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Korean War Afghanistan Campaign Iraq Campaign Meritorious Unit Commendation (OEF Afghanistan) Superior Unit Award (IFOR Service) Joint Meritorious Unit Award Presidential Unit Citation John WinthropMyles Standish (Plymouth Company Commander) 90px|center Distinctive unit insignia 150px|center 86th IBCT shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by 1-101st FA U.S. Field Artillery Regiments 94th Field Artillery 102nd Field Artillery The 101st Field Artillery ("Boston Light Artillery") regiment is the oldest active field artillery regiment in the United States Army, with a lineage dating to 13 December 1636 when it was organized as the South Regiment. It is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots and campaign credit for the War of 1812. For the first 250 years of the unit's existence, it was organized as an infantry unit.Leonid Kondratiuk (Col Ret) History of the 101st Field Artillery Regiment May 2007 McKenney Janice E. US Army Center of Military History (CMH) Publication 60-11, Army Lineage Series, Field Artillery, Part 2 https://history.army.mil/catalog/pubs/60/60-11.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101105004414/http://www.history.army.mil/catalog/pubs/60/60-11.html dead 5 November 2010 1019–1032 Washington, DC US Army Center of Military History 2010101st Field Artillery Lineage & Honors Certificate at history.army.mil History The 101st Field Artillery Regiment was first formed on 13 December 1636 as the South Regiment by the Massachusetts General Court. Its first commander was Colonel John Winthrop. Since its creation, the regiment has served in six colonial wars and nine American wars totalling 47 campaigns, through 2010.Oldest Field Artillery Battalion Takes Charge at Camp Phoenix - DVIDS News In addition to its own lineage, the 101st Field Artillery Regiment has been consolidated with the following units and holds their lineages and honors: the 180th Field Artillery Regiment; the 211th Field Artillery Regiment; the 241st Field Artillery Regiment; and the 272nd Field Artillery Battalion. Battery C, 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery holds the lineage of the 102nd Field Artillery and the Second Corps of Cadets. Recent Organization The regiment currently consists of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery Regiment based in Brockton, Massachusetts and an inactive Battery E, 101st Field Artillery, formerly based in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Both units are in the Massachusetts National Guard.September 2023 Battery A, 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery is based in Fall River, Massachusetts. Battery B is based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts after recently being transferred from the Vermont National Guard.Martinez Matt 2023-11-05 Community members get to know the National Guard regiment in Pittsfield that traces its roots back to 1636 https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/national-guard-open-house/article_9306797e-7c39-11ee-877f-cbc06e7c88fe.html 2025-07-30 The Berkshire Eagle Battery C is based in Danvers, Massachusetts. As part of ongoing reorganizations, the 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery has been part of the 26th Infantry Division Artillery (1975–1993), the 42nd Infantry Division Artillery (1993–2003), the 29th Infantry Division Artillery (2003- 2006?) and the 26th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (2006? - 2009?). Since 2009(?), the battalion has been assigned to the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), and in 2016 the 86th IBCT was reorganized under the 10th Mountain Division as part of the Army's Associated Units Program., Pilot program links Reserve components with active units for training. Battery E, 101st FA served as a target acquisition battery in the 26th Infantry Division Artillery, the 42nd Infantry Division Artillery, and the 197th Field Artillery Brigade. Battery E inactivated in (??) as part of force reductions.September 2023 Current Organization 28x28px 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery Regiment Headquarters & Headquarters Battery - Brockton, MA Battery A (M119A3) - Fall River, MA Battery B (M119A3) - Pittsfield, MA Battery C (M777A2) - Danvers, MA Company F, 186th Brigade Support Battalion - Quincy, MA Recent Overseas Actions In July 2021, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery Regiment deployed to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan as part of the defense (C-RAM) and retrograde of all remaining U.S. forces from Afghanistan and was part of the international humanitarian effort to evacuate Afghani civilians from Kabul, remaining on ground until 11:58 pm on August 30, 2021 (2021 Kabul airlift).Massachusetts National Guard Unit Impacts Final Days of Afghanistan Mission https://www.dvidshub.net/news/407945/massachusetts-national-guard-unit-impacts-final-days-afghanistan-mission 2024-06-28 DVIDS Notable non-combat actions 300px|thumb|right|86th IBCT visit the town and police department of Shakadara, Afghanistan. Members of the 86th IBCT regularly provide mentoring and training to police departments in outlying areas of Kabul In August 1765, the regiment was activated to patrol the streets of Boston to help quell riots that broke out in response to the Stamp Act.(241st FA Regiment Lineage).September 2023 In March 1770, elements of the regiment again patrolled the streets of Boston to enforce the law after the Boston Massacre.(241st FA Regiment Lineage).September 2023 In 1786 during Shays' Rebellion, members of the regiment protected judges and the Taunton courthouse after it was surrounded by insurgents. (211th FA Lineage)September 2023 Between July and October 1863, the regiment served in New York City to enforce draft laws after the New York Draft Riots (241st FA Regiment Lineage).September 2023 The regiment was called into state service on 14 July 1863 during the Boston Draft riots (101st FA Regiment lineage). While manning the Cooper Street Armory in Boston's North End, the armory was attacked by over 1,000 rioters intent upon seizing the weapons stored there. When the mob penetrated the armory's main gate, the soldiers opened fire killing and wounding dozens of rioters, effectively ending the attack.http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents/02622052.htm HISTORY LESSON: The gangs of Boston Boston Phoenix Seth Gitell 2008-01-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20080521045231/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents/02622052.htm 21 May 2008 dead The regiment was reviewed by President Andrew Johnson in 1867, President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869 and President Chester A. Arthur in 1882.(241st FA Regiment Lineage).September 2023 The regiment took part in the funeral of President Ulysses S. Grant in 1885.(241st FA Regiment Lineage).September 2023 On November 14, 1888, Battery A of the regiment fired in salute as part of dedication to the Boston Massacre/Crispus Attucks monument, the first state funded monument in Massachusetts."CRISPUS ATTUCKS MONUMENT." Boston Daily Globe (1872-1922), 10 Nov. 1888, p. 3. ProQuest. Web. 3 Mar. 2025 . From 16 June to 27 November 1916, the regiment was federalized and served in Texas during the Mexican Border crises (101st FA Regiment lineage – also see Pancho Villa Expedition).September 2023 In May 1996, Detachment 1, Headquarters Battery, 101st Field Artillery Battalion was ordered to active duty to serve with the Nordic-Polish Brigade in Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor.September 2023 In May 1997, Echo Battery, 101st Field Artillery (TAB) was activated and served throughout Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Guard.September 2023 After the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, members of the 1st Battalion 101st Field Artillery served on state orders protecting the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant and the Massachusetts Military Reservation at Camp Edwards.September 2023 Select soldiers served as part of a joint operations task force providing security for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, UtahSeptember 2023 The regiments howitzers fire blank rounds each Fourth of July during the Boston Pops Orchestra's playing of the 1812 Overture. It also provides howitzers to fire during a Fourth of July concert in Plymouth, Massachusetts.http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2006/06/30/news/news06.txt 30 June 2006 Celebrating Fourth of July around the South Shore Patriot Ledger 2008-01-24August 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes On the first Monday in June, the regiment provides a howitzer salute as part of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts' June day drumhead election reenactment ceremony which is held on Boston Common close to the Massachusetts State House.http://www.ahacsite.org/june.htm JUNE DAY PARADE AND DRUM HEAD ELECTION Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts 2008-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20080218150648/http://www.ahacsite.org/june.htm 18 February 2008 dead Notable members Colonel John Winthrop – First commander, South RegimentSeptember 2023 Captain John Underhill – First full-time training officer, Commander Boston CompanySeptember 2023 Captain Myles Standish – First commander Plymouth Company (211th FA Lineage)September 2023 Corporal Nathaniel M. Allen – Was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving the regimental colors from capture during the Battle of Gettysburg.September 2023 Private Walter Brennan, three-time Academy Award-winning actor, served with the 101st in France in World War I.WALTER BRENNAN PAPERS, 1895–1974, Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy and Western Heritage MuseumWorld War I Draft Records, Essex County, Massachusetts; Roll: 1684678; Draft Board: 24. Ernest R. Redmond – United States Army officer who served with the 101st Field Artillery in World War I and was later Chief of the National Guard BureauSeptember 2023 John H. Sherburne – U.S. Army brigadier generalMassachusetts Adjutant General 1920 Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts https://books.google.com/books?id=EOGgAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA189 Boston, MA Wright & Potter 189 Google Books See also Yankee Division Rainbow Division 29th Infantry Division References External links Massachusetts National Guard Home Page 1st Battalion – 101st Field Artillery Regiment, Global Security.org Category:Military units and formations in Massachusetts Category:1636 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies Category:Field artillery regiments of the United States Army Category:Field artillery regiments of the United States Army National Guard Category:Military units and formations established in 1636