112th Field Artillery Regiment

December 2012 112th Field Artillery Regiment 112FARegtCOA.jpg 125 Coat of arms New Jersey Army National Guard Field Artillery Home station FIRST NEW JERSEY ARTILLERY 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 Saint Barbara "A Outrance" (To The Almost ) Lieutenant Colonel Jessie Barnes Current Commander CSM Angel Rosario Command Sergeant Major 100px Distinctive unit insignia U.S. Field Artillery Regiments 111th Field Artillery 113th Field Artillery The 112th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery Branch regiment of the New Jersey Army National Guard first formed in April 1917. In December 1941, it was the last field artillery regiment in the U.S. Army to convert from horse-drawn to truck-drawn howitzers.Clay Steven E. 2010 U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Volume 2, The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919-1941 http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/OrderOfBattle/OrderofBattle2.pdf Combat Studies Institute Press 1 September 2020 16 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170216230845/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/OrderOfBattle/OrderofBattle2.pdf dead Only the 3rd Battalion of the 112th Field Artillery Regiment is currently active.3rd Battalion – 112th Field Artillery Headquartered in Morristown, NJ, it is the Direct Support FA Battalion for the 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Headquarters Battery, Battery A, and Company F, 250th Brigade Support Battalion (the battalion's Forward Support Company) are also located in Morristown. Battery B is located in Flemington, Battery C is in Toms River, and the Fire Support Detachment is located in Freehold. 3-112 FAR is a M119A3 and M777A2-equipped composite FA battalion. As noted below the 112th Field Artillery Regiment was organized 3 April 1917 in the New Jersey National Guard from new and existing units as the 1st Battalion, Field Artillery, with Headquarters at Camden. However its lineage goes back to 2 formations formed in March 1776: Eastern Division of New Jersey Artillery [Colonel Thomas Proctor's Regiment of Artillery of the Continental Army] and the Western Division of New Jersey Artillery; both units served in the American Revolution. After 141 years of separation it wasn't until 1916 that both formations were re-united in one unit: Battery B [Western] Battery C [Eastern] with the 112th Field Artillery Regiment "112th Field Artillery Army of the United States” Fort Bragg 1941 (Regimental History) Credit Greg Krenzelok Director/Historian U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Preservation Group 11/30/2023Global Security Website 3 Battalion-112th FA History Organized 3 April 1917 in the New Jersey National Guard from new and existing units as the 1st Battalion, Field Artillery, with headquarters at Camden Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 17 July 1917 as the 1st Field Artillery Drafted into federal service 5 August 1917 Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1917 as the 110th Field Artillery and assigned to the 29th Division Redesignated 27 September 1917 as the 112th Field Artillery and remained assigned to the 29th Division Demobilized 31 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Reorganized 1920–1921 in the New Jersey National Guard as the 1st Battalion, Field Artillery; Headquarters federally recognized 27 June 1921 at East Orange Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 20 April 1922 as the 112th Field Artillery and assigned to the 44th Division; Headquarters federally recognized 8 January 1924 at Camden. Location of headquarters changed 10 May 1929 to Trenton. 2d Battalion redesignated 14 June 1936 as the 1st Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, an element of the 44th Division – see ANNEX 1; new 2d Battalion organized and Federally recognized 1 July 1936 with Headquarters at Trenton 1st Battalion redesignated 1 December 1939 as the 1st Battalion, 165th Field Artillery, an element of the 44th Division-see ANNEX 2; new 1st Battalion concurrently organized from the former 1st Battalion, 165th Field Artillery [organized and federally recognized 15 November 1939 in the New Jersey National Guard with headquarters at Morristown]) Relieved 25 April 1940 from assignment to the 44th Division and assigned to the 21st Cavalry Division Relieved 1 October 1940 from assignment to the 21st Cavalry Division and assigned to the General Headquarters Reserve Inducted into federal service 27 January 1941 at home stations Regiment broken up l May 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and the 1st Battalion as the 695th Field Artillery Battalion 2d Battalion as the 696th Field Artillery Battalion (Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 112th Field Artillery Group - hereafter separate lineage) After 1 May 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows: 695th Field Artillery Battalion reorganized and redesignated 26 August 1943 as the 695th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Inactivated 2 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts Reorganized and federally recognized 17 December 1946 with headquarters at Morristown 696th Field Artillery Battalion reorganized and redesignated 26 August 1943 as the 696th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia Reorganized and federally recognized 24 September 1946 with headquarters at Trenton Ordered into active federal service 3 September 1950 at home stations (695th Armored Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and federally recognized 10 November 1952 with headquarters at Morristown Released 17 December 1954 from active federal service and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 695th Armored Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] 695th and 696th Armored Field Artillery Battalions consolidated 1 March 1959 with the 228th (see ANNEX 1), 199th (see ANNEX 2), 157th (see ANNEX 3), and 286th (see ANNEX 4) Armored Field Artillery Battalions to form the 112th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Howitzer Battalions and the 4th Rocket Howitzer Battalion, elements of the 50th Armored Division, and the 5th and 6th Howitzer Battalions Reorganized 31 January 1963 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division, and the 5th Howitzer Battalion Reorganized 15 March 1966 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 6th Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division, the 5th Howitzer Battalion, and the 7th Battalion Reorganized 1 February 1968 to consist of the 3d, 4th, and 6th Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division, and the 1st, 5th, and 7th Battalions Reorganized 1 December 1971 to consist of the 3d, 4th, and 6th Field Artillery Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division, and the 1st, 5th, and 7th Battalions Reorganized in April 1972 to consist of the 3d, 4th, and 6th Field Artillery Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division, and the 1st and 5th Battalions Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 112th Field Artillery Reorganized 1 May 1975 to consist of the 3d and 4th Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division, and the 1st and 5th Battalions Reorganized 1 July.1975 to consist of the 1st, 3d, 4th, and 5th Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division Reorganized 1 May 1980 to consist of the 1st, 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division Withdrawn 1 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System Reorganized 1 September 1991 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division Reorganized 1 September 1993 to consist of the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 42d Infantry Division Reorganized 1 September 1997 to consist of the 3d Battalion and Battery D, elements of the 42d Infantry Division Battery D ordered into active federal service 26 May 2003 at Cherry Hill; released from active federal service 24 May 2004 and reverted to state control Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 112th Field Artillery Regiment Reorganized 1 March 2008 to consist of the 3rd Battalion, an element of the 50th Infantry Combat Team Ordered into active federal service 16 June 2008 at home stations; released from active federal service 20 July and reverted to state control Lineage and Honors. 112th Field Artillery Regiment (First New Jersey Artillery) Worksheet http://www.history.army.mil/index.html United States Army Center of Military History 20 August 2014 12 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100612125740/http://www.history.army.mil//index.html dead Annex 1 1st Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at home stations Redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 1st Battalion, 228th Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 44th Division Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1943 as the 228th Field Artillery Battalion Inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Myies Standish, Massachusetts Redesignated 5 July 1946 as the 228th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 50th Armored Division Reorganized and federally recognized 31 October 1946 at Camden Annex 2 1st Battalion, 165th Field Artillery, inducted Into federal service 16 September 1940 at home stations Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 199th Field Artillery Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 44th Division Inactivated 23 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York Redesignated 5 July 1946 as the 199th Armored Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 50th Armored Division Reorganized and federally recognized 26 November 1945 with headquarters at East Orange Annex 3 Organized and federally recognized 8 June 1936 in the New Jersey National Guard as the 2d Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, an element of the 44th Division, with headquarters at Atlantic City Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at home stations Disbanded 7 January 1941 at Fort Dix, New Jersey Reconstituted 25 August 1945 In the New Jersey National Guard as the 2d Battalion, 157th Field Artillery Redesignated 9 July 1946 as the 157th Field Artillery Battalion Reorganized and federally recognized 12 February 1947 with headquarters at Atlantic City Reorganized and redesignated l October 1954 as the 157th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Annex 4 Constituted 9 July 1946 in the New Jersey National Guard as the 308th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion Redesignated 1 December 1947 as the 308th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion Organized and federally recognized 9 January 1950 with headquarters at Rio Grande Redesignated l October 1953 as the 308th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion Converted and redesignated l February 1955 as the 286th Armored Field Artillery Campaign participation credit World War I Streamer without inscription World War II Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Headquarters Battery (Morristown) and Battery A (Morristown), 3d Battalion, each additionally entitled to: World War I Meuse-Argonne Alsace 1918 War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Streamer embroidered MOSELLE RIVER Headquarters Battery (Morristown) and Battery A (Morristown) 3d Battalion, each additionally entitled to: Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Streamer embroidered SCHALBACH Battery B (Lawrenceville) 3d Battalion, additionally entitled to: French Croix de Guerre with Palm World War II Streamer embroidered MOSELLE RIVER References External links http://www.nj.gov/military/museum/112.html army.mil https://web.archive.org/web/20110522040340/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/default.htm 22 May 2011 112th Field Artillery Regiment | Historical Narrative | Militia Museum of New Jersey https://web.archive.org/web/20130419142630/http://www.njarmyguard.com/stories/28/ June 2017 112 112 Category:New Jersey National Guard Category:Military units and formations established in 1917