2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry

2d Battalion, 153d Infantry Regiment (First Arkansas)
Regiment coat of arms
Active	1890–1919, 1920–44, 1946–present
Country	United States
Allegiance	Arkansas
Branch	Army National Guard
Type	Infantry
Size	One battalion
Part of	39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Headquarters	Searcy, Arkansas
Nickname(s)	"First Arkansas"
Motto(s)	Let's Go
Facings	Light blue
Assault rifle	M4A1 carbine
Campaigns	World War I World War II Aleutian Islands War on Terrorism
Commanders
Current commander	Olen Bridges
Insignia
Regimental Insignia

World War I
World War II

The 2d Battalion, 153d Infantry Regiment (First Arkansas), is an infantry battalion of the Arkansas Army National Guard, headquartered at Searcy, assigned to the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. During World War II, the battalion was stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Following the attacks of 11 September 2001, the 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry, nicknamed the "Gunslingers", deployed to the Sinai on a peace keeping mission in order to free regular army soldiers for service elsewhere. The soldiers of the 2–153rd deployed under the flag of the 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. The battalion provided disaster relief operations to the citizens of Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Gunslingers were deployed to Iraq a second time in 2008 as a security forces battalion and conducted convoy security operations in western Iraq.

The history of the 2nd Battalion, 153rd Infantry as an individual battalion really begins with the reorganization of the 39th Infantry Division in 1967 and the creation of the 39th Infantry Brigade (Separate). For history of the 2nd Battalion prior to 1967, see 153rd Infantry Regiment (United States) and 39th Infantry Division (United States).

In 1967 the 39th Infantry Division was reorganized and redesignated as the 39th Infantry Brigade (Separate) and in 1973 was paired with the US 101st Airborne Division as a training partner and became an air-assault brigade.