10th Mountain Division Artillery

10th Mountain Division Artillery Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 10th Mountain Division (1944-2015).svg 160px Insignia of the 10th Mountain Division 1942 - present USA United States of America USA 25pxField artillery Division force fires HQ Brigade Fort Drum, New York World War II COL Thomas A. Goettke CSM Freddie Thompson IV Command Sergeant Major 100px Distinctive unit insignia 100px Combat service identification badge The 10th Mountain Division Artillery (DIVARTY) is the divisional artillery command for the 10th Mountain Division. The DIVARTY served with the division from 1942 to the present, including fighting in World War II, Somalia and in Afghanistan and Iraq, and in peacetime in Germany; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Riley, Kansas; and Fort Drum, New York."DIVARTY: 10th Mountain Division Artillery." Fort Drum Organizations. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015. <http://www.drum.army.mil/DIVARTY/Pages/home.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20151024234033/http://www.drum.army.mil/DIVARTY/Pages/home.aspx 2015-10-24 >. History World War II During the Second World War, the divisional artillery included the 604th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack); the 605th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack); and the 616th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack). 10th Mountain Division Artillery 1943-1945 10th Mountain Division 604th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack)605th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack)616th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack) Early Cold War - Gyroscope and inactivation 10th Infantry Division Artillery 1954-1957 10th Infantry Division 25th Field Artillery Battalion35th Field Artillery Battalion40th Field Artillery Battalion85th Field Artillery Battalion 43rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion 10th Infantry Division Artillery 1957-1958 10th Infantry Division 2nd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Reincarnation as light infantry division 10th Mountain Division Artillery 1985-1996 10th Mountain Division 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery2nd Battalion, 7th Field ArtilleryBattery E, 7th Field Artillery 10th Target Acquisition Detachment 10th Mountain Division Artillery 1996-2004 10th Mountain Division 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery2nd Battalion, 15th Field ArtilleryBattery E, 7th Field Artillery 10th Target Acquisition Detachment Lineage Constituted in the Regular Army on 28 May 1930 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, assigned to the Panama Canal Division, and allotted to the Panama Canal Department Consolidated on 12 October 1936 with the 10th Field Artillery Brigade, 10th Division (a World War I unit organized in August 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas; demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Funston; reconstituted on 12 October 1936)Clay, Steven E. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery and Coast Artillery, 1919-41, vol. 2 of U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941 (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press), 708. Web. Accessed 18 October 2015. <> Constituted 27 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Mountain Training Center Artillery Activated 5 September 1942 at Camp Carson, Colorado Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 10th Light Division Artillery Reorganized and redesignated 6 November 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Mountain Division Artillery Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Division Artillery Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas Redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Infantry Division Artillery Inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia Redesignated 2 May 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Mountain Division Artillery, and activated at Fort Drum, New YorkMcKenney, Janice E. (2010). "Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Mountain Division Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. (CMH Pub 60-11-1(Part 1)). Army Lineage Series. United States Army Center of Military History: Washington. 65-66. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015 <http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-11_pt1/CMH_Pub_60-11_pt1.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150920173939/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/060/60-11_pt1/CMH_Pub_60-11_pt1.pdf 2015-09-20 >. Inactivated 6 August 2004 at Fort Drum, New YorkRuscio, Pfc. Laura E. "DIVARTY transforms to meet Army needs." The Mountaineer Online. 12 August 2004. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015. <April 2025 medicmedic>. Activated 16 October 2015 at Fort Drum, New York Note: the linkage between the 10th Mountain Division Artillery and the 10th FA Bde (Panama Canal Dept) and 10th FA Bde (10th Division) is tenuous, and may not bear out when the Army updates the official lineage. Campaign participation credit World War II: North Apennines, Po Valley War on Terror: campaigns to be determined Army Football uniforms In December 2017, the Army Black Knights football team wore all-white uniforms honoring the 10th Mountain Division in their annual rivalry game against the Navy Midshipmen football team. References Further reading Avallone, Paul. 2007. "Afghan Patrol -- A Platoon's Eye View - A Former Soldier Turned Embedded Journalist Accompanied a 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Company During Operation Frozen Turkey in Afghanistan". ARMY Magazine. 57, no. 8: 36. Steele, Dennis. 2007. "Patrol Base Dragon: Living in 'al Qaeda Land' - Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Have Occupied a Derelict Power Plant Southwest of Baghdad and Are Using It As a Patrol Base, Just a Few Paces from the Operating Area of Al Qaeda in Iraq". Army. 57, no. 5: 18. John B. Wilson, Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades, (1998), Center of Military History, Publication 60-14 010 Category:Military units and formations established in 1944 Category:10th Mountain Division (United States)