30th Field Artillery Regiment | |
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Active | 1918 |
Country | United States |
Branch | Army |
Type | Field artillery |
Motto(s) | Striving To The Highest |
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The 30th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first constituted in 1918 in the National Army (USA).
Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 30th Field Artillery and assigned to the 10th Division
Organized 10 August 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas
Demobilized 5 February 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas
Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as the 30th Field Artillery
Activated 4 June 1941 at Camp Roberts, California
Regiment broken up 18 May 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 30th Field Artillery Group 1st and 2d Battalions as the 521st and 550th Field Artillery Battalions, respectively
After 18 May 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 30th Field Artillery Group, inactivated 31 July 1946 in Germany Activated 20 March 1951 at Camp Polk, Louisiana Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Germany; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 30th Artillery Group
521st Field Artillery Battalion redesignated 1 May 1945 as the 30th Field Artillery Battalion Inactivated 9 February 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Activated 22 February 1950 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Lewis, Washington
550th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 8 February 1946 at Camp Swift, Texas Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 550th Field Artillery Battalion, redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 550th Field Artillery Battery and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia (organic elements concurrently disbanded) Battery inactivated 23 November 1948 at Fort Benning, Georgia Activated 1 February 1952 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Redesignated 25 October 1952 as the 550th Field Artillery Rocket Battery Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1957 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Battery, 550th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion (Battery A and Medical Detachment, 550th Field Artillery Battalion, concurrently reconstituted in the Regular Army, redesignated as Battery A and Medical Detachment, 550th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas) Battalion inactivated 25 June 1956 at Fort Bliss, Texas