1st Cavalry Division
Artillery Command
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Introduction
The 1st Cavalry Division Artillery Command is a subordinate command of the 1st
Cavalry Division, a heavily armored division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas as
part of the U.S. Third Mobile Armored Corps. As an element of the two
"on-call" heavy contingency force divisions of the Army, the Division
Artillery, composed of the 21st Field Artillery, 82nd Field Artillery and the
68th Chemical Company, has an on-order mission to deploy by sea, air or land
to any part of the world on a short notice and once engaged with the threat;
to destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket, and missile
fires and to integrate all fires into combined arms operations.
The history of the U.S. Artillery can be traced back to the Military Company
of Massachusetts, which was chartered in 1638, and with other colonial
artillery companies formed what became the Continental Artillery. In April
1775, more than a century later, the legislature authorized the formation of
an artillery regiment. It would be another century, on 08 January 1869, before
MG Philip H. Sheridan staked out the site that would become Fort Sill, home of
the Field Artillery. Sheridan was leading a campaign into Indian Territory to
stop hostile tribes from raiding border settlements in Texas and Kansas. His
massive winter campaign involved six cavalry regiments, many which later would
be assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.
The 82nd Field Artillery, comprised of Battery "A", "B" & "C", was the
artillery unit assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division when it was organized on
13 September 1921, at Fort Bliss. The tactical significance of the artillery
organizations was recognized on 03 January 1941, with the activation of the
1st Cavalry Division Artillery and the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
at Fort Bliss, Texas. Since its organization, 25 artillery units have been
assigned to the Division Artillery. Of the currently assigned units, the 21st
Field Artillery became a member of the "Red Team" in July 1960 when the 1st
Cavalry Division was stationed in Korea. The last member of the Division
Artillery, the 68th Chemical Company, joined the 1st Cavalry Division in March
1963 as part of the Reorganizational Objective Army Division (ROAD) which
included divisional level integration of what had been support functions,
into the Line Organization.
The current capability of the Division Artillery has been developed in
conjunction with the long history and needs of the 1st Cavalry Division. It
is the combination of the experienced training received by each dedicated
member of the Team and adherence to the performance level and traditions of
the past. Highlights of the many subsequent historical critical missions
performed by members of the Divisional Artillery and the honors they achieved
are summarized in the chapters that follow:
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Special thanks to:
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Steven C. Draper
Director/Curator
1st Cavalry Division Museum
Fort Hood, TX
For the provision of timely assistance and supporting documentation of the
historical missions and assignments of the Artillery Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division.
Colonel Robert (Bob) F. Litle (Retired)
Program Director
1st Cavalry Division Association
"Alumni of the First Team"
Copperas Cove, TX
For the technical coordination of the historical review team.
Reference Books and Documentation
Bluhm, Col Raymond K. Jr; "1st Cavalry Division Organizational History",
Historical Services Branch, Center of Military History - Washington, DC 1992
Dunn, Si; "The First Cavalry Division - A Historical Overview 1921-1983",
Taylor Publishing Co. - Dallas, TX 1984
Fields Charles E.; "4th Chemical Battalion - Unit History",
Staff Document - 20 October 1954
HHC, 1st Cavalry Division; "1st Cavalry Division", Published by Information
Section - Korea 1958 (Revised 1960)
The 1st Air Cavalry Division; "Vietnam 1965 - 1969", Published by Dia Printing
Company, Ltd. - Tokyo, Japan 1970
McKenny, Janice E. ed; "Army Lineage Series", Field Artillery - Regular Army
and Army Reserve", U.S. Government Printing Office - Washington, DC 1984
Rickey, John; "The Free Enterprise Patriot", The Book Tree - St. Louis, MO
1984
U.S. Army Ordnance/Chemical Center; "Smoke Generator Operations in Korea",
Supplemental Training Material - Aberdeen, MD April 29 1979
First Team Public Affairs Office
Staff Document; "Historical Presentation", - Fort Hood, TX Undated
Staff Document; "1st Cavalry Division Artillery", - Fort Hood, TX 1997
Staff Document; "Change of Command - 1st Cavalry Division Artillery",
- Fort Hood, TX 23 June 1997
Staff Document; "Activation Ceremony - 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery",
- Fort Hood, TX 16 September 1997
Staff Document; "Change of Command - 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery",
- Fort Hood, TX 07 June 1995
Staff Document; "Change of Command - 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery",
- Fort Hood, TX 02 May 1995
Staff Document; "Change of Command - 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery",
- Fort Hood, TX 05 June 1997
InterNet WEB Sites
Edgewood R & D Engineering Center; "The Edgewood Enterprise"
Fort Sill, Public Affairs Office; "Field Artillery Half Section"
Hoskinson, Ronald and Jarvis, Norman; "Gulf War Photo Gallery"
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