72nd Field Artillery Brigade (United States)
| 72nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| Active | 1917–19 1930–46 1954–92 2006–present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Field artillery |
| Size | Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst |
| Battle honours | World War I World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Brigade Commander | COL John Lange |
| Brigade Command Sergeant Major | CSM Stephen W. Bower |
| Insignia | |
| Subdued shoulder sleeve insignia | 100px |
| Distinctive unit insignia |  |
The 72nd Field Artillery Brigade is an AC/RC unit based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve and National Guard units along the East coast. The brigade is a subordinate unit of First Army Division East, First United States Army.
Contents
History
World War I
under construction
World War II
Reactivated in 1940, the brigade was formed with a 155mm gun regiment and two 155mm howitzer regiments. Between June and August 1941, the brigade formed a provisional 72nd Antitank Battalion using assets from the antitank batteries and platoons of the regiments. Activated 5 August 1941, the battalion participated in the Second Army (United States) Maneuvers along with 2nd Battalion, 119th Field Artillery, as part of VII Army Corps.[1]
Cold War
From 1 June 1958 until 15 May 1992, the brigade served as part of VII Corps Artillery in Germany.[2]
Global War on Terror
The brigade was reactivated on 1 December 2006 by reflagging the 5th Brigade, 78th Division. As an AC/RC unit subordinate to 1First Army Division East, the brigade plans, coordinates, and enables post-mobilization, pre-deployment training in support of specified U.S. Army Reserve, Army National Guard, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard units. On order, 72nd Field Artillery Brigade provides pre-mobilization training assistance within its capabilities for Army Reserve and Army National Guard units.[3]
Lineage & Honors
Lineage
- Constituted 24 October 1917 in the National Army as the 349th Field Artillery and assigned to the 92d Division
- Organized 2 November 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Demobilized 17 March 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- Reconstituted 4 September 1930 in the Organized Reserves as the 349th Field Artillery
- Withdrawn 1 August 1940 from the Organized Reserves, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 349th Field Artillery Group (remainder of regiment – hereafter separate lineages)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 349th Field Artillery Group, inactivated 26 May 1946 in Germany
- Redesignated 5 February 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 72d Field Artillery Group
- Activated 17 December 1954 in Germany
- Redesignated 1 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 72d Artillery Group
- Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 72d Field Artillery Group
- Redesignated 1 September 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 72d Field Artillery Brigade
- Inactivated 15 May 1992 in Germany
- Headquarters activated 1 December 2006 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I: Lorraine, 1918
- World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe
Heraldry
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See also
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References
- ↑ United States Army, Pictorial review Seventy-second Field Artillery Brigade, Army of the United States, 1941 (1941). World War Regimental Histories. Book 86. <http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/86>.
- ↑ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/72fa-bde.htm
- ↑ http://www.first.army.mil/diveast/content.aspx?ContentID=118
