150th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 150th Field Artillery Regiment ( " The Raiders " ) is a field artillery unit in the Indiana National Guard . History . The 150th Field Artillery was formed from the 1st Indiana Field Artillery , which served during the Spanish - American War . The Indiana Field Artillery was at service on the Mexican border when the United States declared war on Germany in 1917 . As the United States mobilized for World War I , the Indiana Field Artillery became federalized as the 150th Field Artillery , and assigned to the 42nd Infantry " Rainbow " Division , which participated in several major battles in 1918 . Major Robert Tyndall was promoted to Colonel in command of the entire regiment , which was issued French 155 millimeter cannons . During World War II , the 150th Field Artillery served with the 38th Infantry Division . During the Iraq War , the 150th Field Artillery sent teams to train Iraqi police . In 2007 2 batteries of 2 - 150 FA and 3 - 139 FA ( organized under 2 - 150 FA ) served as convoy security companies in 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team . In 2009 - 10 officers and Soldiers of 2 - 150 formed the 2 - 150 Fires Team , serving on the staffs of 34th Infantry Division ( MNARNG ) and 17th Fires Brigade ( AD ) , Ft . Lewis , WA in Multi - National Division - South and Basra Province respectively . During Operation Enduring Freedom Soldiers of 2 - 150 served on Embedded Training Teams with the Afghan National Army for the 76IBCT ( INARNG ) throughout Afghanistan . In 2012 - 13 , E TAB " Watchdogs , " 139 Field Artillery , assigned to 2 - 150 FA conducted counter - fire and force protection missions throughout Regional Command Assistant Group - South in support of various Active Duty , Guard , Reserve and State Department missions . D Lineage . Civil War . The 18th Indiana Battery of Light Artillery ( Lilly ' s Brigade ) was organized at Indianapolis and mustered into service on 14 August 1862 , with Captain Eli Lilly in command . The 18th Indiana Battery , Light Artillery participated in the following Civil War Campaigns : The company initially served at various posts at Cincinnati and throughout Kentucky . In June , of 1863 , the 18th was assigned to the Wilder ' s Mounted Brigade . It participated in Rosecrans ' East Tennessee Campaign in the succeeding months . During the battle of Hoover ' s Gap , Tennessee , the Confederate forces were well positioned , but Wilder ' s Brigade attacked and pushed the Confederate forces through the Gap . With effective fire , Lilly ' s Battery drove the Confederates from the field . The effective aim and deadly fire of the 18th Battery was also experienced by the charging rebel columns of General Longstreet ' s Corps during the battle of Chickamauga , on 19 September 1863 . Beginning in May 1864 , Lilly ' s Battery marched with General Sherman ' s army on the campaign against Atlanta , during which it participated in numerous engagements , including Resaca , Cassville , Stilesboro , and Lost Mountain . Later , it was among the Union forces that pursued General Hood ' s troops after the Confederate defeat at Chattanooga . Later 19th century . 1882 22 Nov . 1882 , the First Regiment Light Artillery was organized from the original Indiana Legion , with Col . Eli Lilly as the Chief of Artillery . 1895 In 1895 the name Indiana Legion was changed to the Indiana National Guard . 1898 Units of the 1st Battalion of Indiana Light Artillery Battalion were redesignated the 27th and 28th Light Batteries , which served during the Spanish - American War . The Mexican Expedition and the First World War . 1916 During the Mexican Border Campaign , the First Artillery Battalion of the Indiana National Guard served under Maj . Robert H . Tyndall ' s command . 1917 While in training at Ft . Harrison , the First Indiana Field Artillery was designated as the 150th Field Artillery Regiment with assignments to the 42nd Rainbow Division , with 155mm Howitzers , horse drawn . The 150th Regiment ’ s engagements are represented by the six streamers on the regimental standard and the six stars on the regimental coat of arms . Col . Robert H . Tyndall was the World War I commander , 1917 - 1919 . Inter - war period . Post - WWI : The artillery in Indiana reorganized as the 1st Field Artillery Regiment in 1921 . it was re - designated as the 181st Field Artillery . Because it was made up mostly of the 150th Field Artillery that had served during World War I , it was re - designated as the 150th Field Artillery in February 1922 . 1936 During peacetime , the annual training was mostly at conducted Camp Knox , Ky . and Camp McCoy , Wisc . Some units called on for various state services , such as railroad strikes , storm damages , mine strikes , etc . All units had become truck drawn by 1936 . 1937 The 150th Artillery served during the flood of 1937 ( as did all of the Indiana Guard ) . The Second Army maneuvers were held in Wisconsin , in 1940 . In January 1941 the 150th was inducted . World War II . 1942 In 1942 , redesignated as the 150th Field Artillery Battalion , it served through the war with the 38th Infantry Division . ( The 2nd Bn of the 150th was redesignated 208th Field Artillery , later redesignated 989th Field Artillery Battalion , and inactivated February 1946 . ) Training started at Camp Shelby , Mississippi , the same camp where the division trained during World War I , and suffered the severe storm damage that gave them the name " Cyclone Division . " 1943 Training continued in Camp Ca 1944 Leaving New Orleans in January 1944 , they arrived in Hawaii for jungle training . 1945 Jul . 1944 went to New Guinea for amphibious training . The 150th Field Artillery was engaged at Bataan , Zigzag Pass , Corregidor , Manila Bay , Wah Wah Dam of the Pacific theatre campaign . This brought the division the title of the “ Avengers of Bataan . ” Late 20th century in Indiana . 1947 The artillery returned to the states . Reorganized as the 150th Field Artillery Battalion , medium , with 155mm Howitzers , towed , headquarters at Kokomo . Indiana had three light battalions , 105mm towed ; the 139th FA BN with headquarters at Crawfordsville , the 163rd with headquarters at Evansville and the 524th with headquarters at Bloomington . 1959 Reorganization in 1959 had the 150th Field Artillery Battalion redesignated as the 1st Battalion 150th Field Artillery . The 524th Field Artillery Battalion was inactivated and redesignated as the 2nd Battalion 150th Field Artillery , with headquarters in Bloomington . 1977 March 1977 brought further realignment . The 1st BN 150th Field Artillery being reassigned into other units . Since 1977 , the 2nd Battalion 150th Field Artillery is the only unit carrying the 150th regimental designation . 1987 Headquarters and service batteries are at Bloomington , with “ A ” Battery at Greencastle , “ B ” Battery at Spencer , “ C ” Battery at Noblesville with 155mm towed , and “ D ” Battery at Lebanon with 8 ” towed . 1996 The 2 - 150th reorganized again in 1996 , becoming an Echelon above Division unit . “ D ” Battery was inactivated leaving HHSB in Bloomington , “ A ” Battery in Danville / Greencastle , “ B ” Battery in Spencer / Bloomington , and “ C ” Battery in Lebanon / Noblesville , all 155mm towed Howitzer batteries . 21st century . 2003 The 2nd Bn 150th Field Artillery was activated with elements of HHSB serving as a command and control cell , and “ A ” , ” B ” , ” C ” Batteries performing force protection operations under operation “ Noble Eagle III . ”