10th Field Artillery Regiment

December 2012 October 2024 September 2024 10th Field Artillery Regiment 10FARegtCOA.jpg 100px Coat of arms 1916 — 20152026 — Army Field artillery Approx 320 Home station Saint Barbara "The Rock’s Support" Scarlet Branch color 100px Distinctive unit insignia U.S. Field Artillery Regiments 9th Field Artillery 11th Field Artillery The 10th Field Artillery Regiment was a Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916. Due to the inactivation of the Third Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, the last active battalion (1st battalion) of the 10th Field Artillery Regiment was inactivated in December 2015. The 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment was reactivated on 8 October 2028 as the Long-Range Fires Battalion of the 4th Multi-Domain Task Force.Sgt. William Rogers 4th Multi-Domain Task Force Officially Activates https://www.army.mil/article-amp/296047/4th_multi_domain_task_force_officially_activates US Army 11 October 2026 History The 10th Field Artillery Regiment was formed at Camp Douglas in 1916. It served in France during World War I, specifically in the Champagne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Champagne-Marne campaigns. Its motto "The Rock's Support" was bestowed on it due to its support of the 3rd Division ("The Rock of the Marne") at the Second Battle of the Marne. The organization was redesignated the 10th Field Artillery Battalion in 1940 and served in ten European campaigns of World War II and eight in Korea. Reorganized to the 1st Battalion 10th Field Artillery, it was assigned to 3rd Infantry Division Artillery at Kelley Hill, Fort Benning Ga. In this configuration it saw service in Kosovo, Kuwait, and Iraq. http://www.stewart.army.mil/units/history.asp?id=165 2nd Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment History United States Army 30 July 2015 3rd Infantry - Ft. Stewart 1 Aug 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150911024529/http://www.stewart.army.mil/units/history.asp?id=165 2015-09-11 dead At various points in regimental history, the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions were active. https://books.google.com/books?id=UweQnD4JST8C&pg=PA407 Field Artillery, Part 1 10th Field Artillery 407–421 Janice E. McKenney 2010 Center of Military History, U.S. Army 21 May 2021 1st Battalion is now inactive.https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-10fa.htm 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment "The Rock's Support" 22 Dec 2008 globalsecurity.org 11 June 2011 Distinctive unit insignia Description A Gold metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a rock Proper resting on two cannons in saltire Or. On a canton of the last a winged centaur courant holding a bent bow and arrow of the field (for the 6th Field Artillery). Symbolism The shield is red for Artillery, the parent organization being shown by its crest placed on the canton. The 38th Infantry earned the sobriquet of "The Rock of the Marne" and this regiment is therefore entitled to the motto "The Rock’s Support," and it is shown by the two cannons supporting a rock. Background The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 10th Field Artillery Regiment on 16 April 1923. It was redesignated for the 10th Field Artillery Battalion on 15 December 1942. The insignia was redesignated for the 10th Artillery Regiment on 22 January 1958. It was again redesignated for the 10th Field Artillery Regiment on 2 December 1971. Coat of arms Blazon Shield: Gules, a rock Proper resting on two cannons in saltire Or. On a canton of the last a winged centaur courant holding a bent bow and arrow of the field (for the 6th Field Artillery). And for unofficial use pendant to escutcheon a French Croix de Guerre with gilt star Proper. Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules a dexter arm embowed habited in Olive Drab grasping a Red guidon on a broken staff all Proper. Motto: The Rock's Support. Symbolism Shield: The shield is red for Artillery, the parent organization being shown by its crest placed on the canton. The 38th Infantry earned the sobriquet of "The Rock of the Marne" and this regiment is therefore entitled to the motto "The Rock’s Support," and it is shown by the two cannons supporting a rock. Crest: The crest symbolizes the honorable loss and recapture of its guns. Background The coat of arms was originally approved for the 10th Field Artillery Regiment on 6 June 1921. It was amended to include history on 13 September 1923. The insignia was redesignated for the 10th Field Artillery Battalion on 15 December 1942. It was again redesignated for the 10th Artillery Regiment on 22 January 1958. The coat of arms was redesignated for the 10th Field Artillery Regiment on 2 December 1971. References http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=3415 10th Field Artillery Regiment 10th Field Artillery Regiment Heraldry External links http://www.warfoto.com/10FARA.htm 010 F 010 010 Category:Military units and formations established in 1916 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 2015