1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment
| 9th Field Artillery Regiment | |
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Coat of arms
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| Active | 1916 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch | Army |
| Type | Field Artillery |
| Home station | Fort Stewart, GA |
| Patron | Saint Barbara |
| Motto(s) | Kulia-i-ka-nuu (Hawaiian meaning "Strive to Reach the Summit.") |
| Branch color | Scarlet |
| 155mm towed howitzer | M777A2 |
| Commanders | |
| Battalion Commander | LTC Patrick C. Moffett |
| Battalion Command Sergeant Major | CSM James J. Santos |
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| Distinctive unit insignia |  |
| U.S. Field Artillery Regiments | |
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The 9th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916.
The 56th Field Artillery Brigade in West Germany reorganized in January 1986 and was redesignated as the 56th Field Artillery Command. 1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment was inactivated and reformed as 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment in Neu-Ulm. With the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988 the missiles were destroyed and the battalion was deactivated on 30 June 1991.
The 56th Field Artillery Brigade in West Germany reorganized in January 1986 and was redesignated as the 56th Field Artillery Command. 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment was inactivated and reformed as 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment in Schwäbisch Gmünd. With the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988 the missiles were destroyed and the battalion was deactivated on 30 June 1991.
The 2nd Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery Regiment was activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma as the first Pershing missile unit. On 1 September 1971 it was deactivated and reformed as the 3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment. As the only Pershing field artillery unit in the continental United States, their mission was to test new equipment and procedures, support the Field Artillery School, support missile firings at White Sands Missile Range and the off-range launch sites and at Cape Canaveral. With the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988 the missiles were destroyed and the battalion was deactivated on 1 November 1990.
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