144th Field Artillery Battalion (United States)

144tth Field Artillery Battalion
Coat of arms
Active	1879
Country	United States
Allegiance	Colorado
Branch	Colorado Army National Guard
Type	Field artillery
Motto(s)	Eager for duty

The 144th Field Artillery Battalion is a field artillery battalion of the Army National Guard. It was formed from the 1st Battalion of the 157th Field Artillery Regiment in 1955.

Technically the battalion was only called the 144th Artillery from 1955 to 1959, in the post Korean war area. finally being standardized into the 157th Field artillery.

Constituted 8-February 1879 in the Colorado National Guard as the 1st Infantry Battalion.

Expanded and redesignated 22-March 1883 as the 1st Regiment Infantry

Expanded and redesignated 15-April 1893 as the 1st Infantry Regiment. (NOTE; not to be confused with the regular army 1st Infantry Regiment (United States))

Mustered out of Federal Service 8-September 1899 at San Francisco, CA. and reverted to state status as the 1st Infantry Regiment.

1st and 2nd Infantry consolidated 15-June 1916 and designated as the 1st Infantry.

Entire Regiment drafted into federal service 5-August 1917

Consolidated 13 October 1917 with the 1st Colorado Cavalry (organized in 1880) and consolidated unit designated as the 157th Infantry. Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Fort D.A. Russell (Wyoming)

Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940; 1st battalion at Lamar.

1st Battalion reorganized and federally recognized 1 March 1947 with headquarters at Grand Junction.

War with Spain

Philippine Insurrection

World War I Streamer without inscription World War II

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, streamer embroidered Italy

unit changed to 157th field artillery

same as the 157th Field artillery.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry website http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=220.

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