6th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 6th Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1907 . The regiment was first activated in 1907 from numbered companies of artillery . It was first organized with 2 battalions . 6th Field Artillery assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division [ later redesignated as the 1st Division ] ; relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division ; assigned 22 June 1940 to the 8th Division ; relieved 20 July 1940 from assignment to the 8th Division . The regiment currently has five battalions . 1st Battalion . The 1st Battalion 6th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) was constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 3d Battalion , 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers , and organized at Fort Jay , New York , as Captain James Stille ' s Company , 3d Battalion , 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers . Constituted 27 April 1798 in the Regular Army as a company in the 3d Battalion , 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers , and organized at Fort Jay , New York , as Captain James Stille ' s Company , 3d Battalion , 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers Redesignated 1 April 1802 as Captain James Stille ' s Company , Regiment of Artillerists Redesignated 9 June 1805 as Captain John Fergus ' s Company , Regiment of Artillerists Redesignated 30 June 1808 as Captain William Wilson ' s Company , Regiment of Artillerists Redesignated 3 June 1809 as Captain Enoch Humphrey ' s Company , Regiment of Artillerists Redesignated 11 January 1812 as Captain Enoch Humphrey ' s Company , Corps of Artillery Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Captain Enoch Humphrey ' s Company , Corps of Artillery , Southern Division Redesignated 21 August 1816 as Company C , 3d Battalion , Corps of Artillery , Southern Division Redesignated 1 June 1821 as Company B , 4th Regiment of Artillery Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 7th Battery , Field Artillery , Artillery Corps Reorganized and redesignated 11 June 1907 as Battery D , 6th Field Artillery Inactivated 1 August 1940 at Fort Hoyle , Maryland Absorbed 4 January 1941 by Battery A , 6th Field Artillery Battalion ( active ) ( Battery A , 6th Field Artillery , reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1941 as Battery A , 6th Field Artillery Battalion ; [ 6th Field Artillery Battalion assigned 8 August 1942 to the 37th Infantry Division ] ; inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Anza , California ; redesignated 24 July 1946 as Battery A , 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion , and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division ; activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma ) Former Battery D , 6th Field Artillery , reconstituted 15 February 1957 in the Regular Army and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Howitzer Battalion , 6th Artillery , assigned to the 1st Armored Division , and activated at Fort Polk , Louisiana ( organic elements concurrently constituted and activated ) Redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 1st Battalion , 6th Artillery ( Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Battalion , 6th Artillery , concurrently consolidated with Battery D , 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion [ organized in 1898 ] , and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Battalion , 6th Artillery ) Relieved 5 May 1971 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division Redesignated ( less former Battery D , 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion ) 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion , 6th Field Artillery ( former Battery D , 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion , concurrently redesignated as the 1st Battalion , 6th Air Defense Artillery – hereafter separate lineage ) 1st Battalion , 6th Field Artillery , relieved 21 June 1975 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division Inactivated 1 October 1983 at Fort Bragg , North Carolina Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated in Germany . Assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat team of the 1st Infantry Division and headquartered in Bamberg , Germany , 1 – 6 FA was only a short distance away from the War in the Former Yugoslavia . In 1997 , 1st Battalion , 6th Field Artillery deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in support of Operation Joint Guard from 10 March 1997 until 10 October 1997 . During this time they supported Task Force Eagle from a number of operating bases , providing convoy escorts , security and most importantly , fire support coverage of allied operations in the American area of responsibility . The excellence displayed by 1 – 6 FA resulted in the reception of the Army Superior Unit award upon return to Bamberg , Germany . After their return from Bosnia , the Centaurs returned home and in early 1998 , began to transition from the older M109A5 SP Howitzer to the highly advanced , highly accurate and extremely lethal M109A6 SP Howitzer , commonly referred to as the Paladin . In November 1999 the battalion was once again deployed , this time to Kosovo , where it pulled security at Camp ' s Bondsteele and Montieth until redeploying to Bamberg in the summer of 2000 . They later deployed to Iraq as part of Multi - National Force - Iraq . Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion , 6th Field Artillery Regiment Relieved 16 April 2007 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team , 1st Infantry Division . 1 - 6 FA Deployed to Afghanistan June 2008 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom . They are expected to redeploy back to Fort Hood , Texas in mid to late 2009 . After redeployment 1 – 6 FA along with the rest of 3rd BDE will move to Fort Knox , KY . Campaign participation credit . War of 1812 : * New Orleans Indian Wars : * Creeks ; * Seminoles ; * Modocs ; * Bannocks ; * Utah 1860 Mexican War : * Buena Vista Civil War : * Peninsula ; * Manassas ; * Antietam ; * Fredericksburg ; * Chancellorsville ; * Gettysburg ; * Wilderness ; * Spotsylvania ; * Cold Harbor ; * Petersburg ; * Maryland 1863 ; * Virginia 1863 War with Spain : * Santiago ; * Puerto Rico Mexican Expedition : Mexico 1916 – 1917 World War I : * Montdidier - Noyon ; * Aisne - Marne ; * St . Mihiel ; * Meuse - Argonne ; * Lorraine 1917 ; * Lorraine 1918 ; * Picardy 1918 World War II : * Northern Solomons ; * Luzon ( with arrowhead ) War on Terrorism : * Iraq In 1975 , the 1 - 6th FA became part of the XVIII Abn Corps Artillery at Ft Bragg , NC 3rd Battalion . The 3rd Battalion , 6th Field Artillery was constituted 13 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 22d Battery , Field Artillery , Artillery Corps . It was organized 5 October 1901 at Fort Douglas , Utah Reorganized and redesignated 11 June 1907 as Battery B , 6th Field Artillery . It was inactivated 31 March 1930 at Fort Hoyle , Maryland . Activated 1 July 1940 at Fort Hoyle , Maryland Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1941 as Battery B , 6th Field Artillery Battalion ( which was assigned on 8 August 1942 to the 37th Infantry Division ) . Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Anza , California Redesignated 24 July 1946 as Battery B , 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion , and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma , where it supported the Field Artillery School . Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 3d Howitzer Battalion , 6th Artillery . The 3rd of 6th Artillery was deployed to the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War in 1966 equipped with the M108 Self - Propelled Howitzer . Based at Camp Saint Barbara ( later Artillery Hill ) outside of Pleiku , the 3d Battalion , 6th Field Artillery , part of the 52nd Artillery Group , participated in 10 campaigns throughout the central highlands until it was redeployed to the United States in 1970 and inactivated on 10 April 1970 . Between 1966 and 1970 , the 3d Battalion , 6th Field Artillery participated in some of the most memorable & decisive events of the War in Vietnam . Inactivated 10 April 1970 at Fort Lewis , Washington 3d Battalion , 6th Field Artillery , assigned 13 September 1972 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated at Fort Riley , Kansas Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 3d Battalion , 6th Field Artillery , reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1987 as Battery B , 6th Field Artillery , and remained assigned to the 1st Infantry Division . Battery B , 6th Field Artillery , inactivated 15 September 1995 at Fort Riley , Kansas , and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division Redesignated 16 December 1995 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 3d Battalion , 6th Field Artillery , assigned to the 10th Mountain Division , and activated at Fort Drum , New York ( organic elements concurrently activated ) Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team , 10th Mountain Division Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion , 6th Field Artillery Regiment . In 2007 – 2008 , 3rd of 6th Field Artillery was again deployed to northern Iraq with the " Warrior " Brigade , conducting combat patrols and artillery operations from FOB Warrior in Kirkuk , and FOB McHenry , just south of Kirkuk . Missions included the PEZ ( Pipeline Exclusion Zone ) security , training Iraqi army soldiers in urban warfare and joint security operations , as well as providing artillery support for sister infantry units 1st Bn 87th Infantry Regt and 2nd Bn 22nd Infantry Regt . A Battery , 3rd Battalion , 6th Field Artillery has also deployed to Afghanistan . Campaign participation credit . Civil War : Peninsula ; Manassas ; Antietam ; Fredericksburg ; Chancellorsville ; Gettysburg ; Wilderness ; Spotsylvania ; Cold Harbor ; Petersburg ; Maryland 1863 ; Virginia 1863 War with Spain : Santiago Mexican Expedition : * Mexico 1916 – 1917 World War I : * Montdidier - Noyon ; * Aisne - Marne ; * St . Mihiel ; * Meuse - Argonne ; * Lorraine 1917 ; * Lorraine 1918 ; * Picardy 1918 World War II : * Northern Solomons ; * Luzon ( with arrowhead ) Vietnam : * Counteroffensive ; * Counteroffensive , Phase II ; * Counteroffensive , Phase III ; * Tet Counteroffensive ; * Counteroffensive , Phase IV ; * Counteroffensive , Phase V ; * Counteroffensive , Phase VI ; * Tet 69 / Counteroffensive ; * Summer - Fall 1969 ; * Winter - Spring 1970 Southwest Asia : * Defense of Saudi Arabia ; * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait ; * Cease - Fire War on Terrorism : Campaigns to be determined Decorations . Battery A additionally entitled to : Valorous Unit Award , Streamer embroidered DAK TO - BEN HET Distinctive Unit Insignia . Description . A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1 / 16 inches ( 2 . 70 cm ) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Per fess Gules and a base per pale of the first and Azure , on a fess wavy Or two sabers in saltire of the first behind a mullet of the second , in base two fleurs - de - lis of the third , in chief a rattlesnake coiled Vert . Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “ CELER ET AUDAX ” in Red letters . Symbolism . The symbolism and pictorial content of the original coat of arms of the former 6th Field Artillery and 6th Coast Artillery have been retained with as little change as possible . The order on the shield represents oldest service at the top and most recent at the bottom . The rattlesnake is for service in the Mexican War by the 6th Field Artillery . The six rattles represent the numerical designation of both units . The crossed sabers represent Civil War service in the Army of the Potomac . The star represents service in the Philippine Insurrection , being taken from the banner of Katipunan ; the two fleurs - de - lis are used to represent service in World Wars I and II . The motto is appropriate both to the horse and snake and is used as belonging to the older arms of service and translates to “ Swift and Bold . ” Background . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 6th Field Artillery Regiment on 1 April 1922 . It was cancelled on 15 May 1959 . The insignia was restored effective 1 September 1971 . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 6th Field Artillery Regiment on 29 August 1921 . It was redesignated for the 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion on 15 August 1946 . It was cancelled on 15 May 1959 . The insignia was restored and authorized for the 6th Field Artillery Regiment on 1 September 1971 .