25th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 25th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army , first constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army ( USA ) . Although the regiment did not see action during World War I , elements participated in World War II , Vietnam , the Gulf War , and the Global War on Terrorism . Currently the regiment has two active battalions , both of which are towed light artillery units equipped with the M119A2 105mm Howitzer . The 4th Battalion is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team , 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum , New York , and the 5th Battalion is assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team , 10th Mountain Division at Fort Polk , Louisiana . 4th Battalion history . World War I and interwar period . The 4th Battalion , 25th Field Artillery traces its history to Battery D , 25th Field Artillery Regiment , which was originally constituted on 5 July 1918 in the National Army as part of the 25th Field Artillery Regiment in the 9th Infantry Division . The unit did not see action during World War One . Following the conclusion of the war , the battery was demobilized on 8 February 1919 at Camp McClellan , Alabama . The unit was reconstituted in the Regular Army on 22 December 1920 as Battery D , 25th Field Artillery Regiment ( Philippine Scouts ) at Fort William McKinley , Philippine Islands . Along with the 31st Infantry Regiment and other units , the regiment formed part of the Philippine Division . As part of the Philippine Division , the regiment was made up of mostly native Filipinos assigned to the United States Army Philippine Department , under the command of American officers . On 1 January 1930 the 25th Field Artillery Regiment was relieved of duty with the Philippine Division and reassigned to the 9th Infantry Division ( inactive ) . At this time the regiment dropped the Philippine Scout designation that it had had since 1920 . On 1 December 1934 the 25th Field Artillery Regiment was activated at Madison Barracks , New York . World War II . During the expansion of the United States Army in preparation for World War II , the unit was reorganized on 30 December 1940 as Battery A , 25th Field Artillery Battalion . On 19 December 1942 the unit was again reconstituted as Battery A , 604th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to Camp Carson , Colorado as part of the newly formed 10th Infantry Division ( Mountain ) . As part of the 10th Mountain Division , the unit departed the United States for the European Theater of Operations , arriving in Italy in January 1945 . During World War II the unit earned campaign streamers for actions in the North Apennines , Po Valley , Rhineland , Ardennes - Alsace , and Central Europe . Following the conclusion of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific , Battery A , 604th Field Artillery Battalion was redesignated as Battery A , 25th Field Artillery Battalion and shortly thereafter inactivated . Post - war . On 29 November 1949 Battery A , 25th Field Artillery Regiment was redesignated as Battery A , 25th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion and consolidated with the 25th Field Artillery Battalion . The consolidated unit was assigned to the 10th Light Infantry Division ( formerly 10th Mountain Division ) until inactivated on 1 July 1957 and relieved from the 10th Light Infantry Division . During this time , from 1948 to 1953 , the 10th Infantry Division served as a training organization at Fort Riley , Kansas . 10th Infantry Division was deployed to Germany , replacing the 1st Infantry Division at Würzburg , serving as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization defensive force . The division served in Germany for four years , until it was rotated out and replaced by the 3rd Infantry Division . The division moved to Fort Benning , Georgia and was deactivated on 14 June 1958 Vietnam War and after . On 31 July 1959 the unit was redesignated as HHB , 4th Battalion , 25th Field Artillery Regiment and later redesignated on 19 June 1964 as Battery D , 25th Field Artillery Regiment . The unit was activated 25 June 1964 in Germany but again shortly deactivated on 5 June 1967 in Germany . On 25 September 1969 Battery D , 25th Field Artillery Regiment was activated in the Republic of Vietnam where it saw action and earned campaign credit for participation in the " Sanctuary Counteroffensive " and " Counteroffensive , Phase VII " operations . Battery D , 25th Field Artillery Regiment was again inactivated on 1 August 1970 in Vietnam . On 21 June 1976 Battery D , 25th Field Artillery Regiment was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division and activated at Fort Riley , Kansas where it remained in active service until 1 July 1995 when it was again deactivated . During that time D Battery fought in Operation Desert Storm as a target acquisition battery in the 1st Infantry Division . Global War on Terrorism . The 4th Battalion , 25th Field Artillery was reactivated as the direct support fires battalion for 3rd Brigade Combat Team , 10th Mountain Division 16 September 2004 as part of the transformation of the 10th Mountain Division into a modular BCT division . This was the first time since 1957 that the unit again found itself a part of the Army ' s 10th Mountain Division . Since modularization , the battalion has been organized in a " 2 x 8 " structure , meaning that the battalion has two firing batteries ( Alpha and Bravo ) of eight M119A2 howitzers each , in addition to a headquarters battery and a forward support company . The battalion deployed with 3rd Brigade Combat Team , 10th Mountain Division to Afghanistan in 2006 - 2007 . The battalion deployed with 3rd Brigade again in 2009 . During this deployment , the brigade assumed responsibility over a number of provinces in eastern Afghanistan under the control of Regional Command East , and the 4th Battalion , 25th Field Artillery provided artillery fires for the brigade using the M777 towed 155mm howitzer . In March 2011 , the battalion again deployed , this time to Kandahar Province , southern Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom XI - XII . Although the battalion deployed to Afghanistan with their howitzers , the unit did not perform a firing mission and was instead utilized as a maneuver , " battle space owner " alongside the brigade ' s infantry battalions . The battalion operated in the Maywand District of Kandahar Province . Throughout the deployment , battalion headquarters were located at Forward Operating Base ( FOB ) Azzizulah with Alpha Battery at Combat Outpost ( COP ) Azimjan Kariz and Bravo Battery at COP Ghundy Ghar . To conduct their maneuver missions , Alpha Battery was reinforced with a platoon from the attached 2nd Battalion , 34th Armor Regiment , and Bravo Battery was reinforced with a platoon from the brigade ' s own 2nd Battalion , 87th Infantry Regiment . 5th Battalion history . Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as Battery E , 25th Field Artillery , an element of the 9th Division . Organized 2 August 1918 at Camp McClellan , Alabama . Demobilized 8 February 1919 at Camp McClellan , Alabama . Reconstituted 22 December 1920 in the Regular Army as Battery E , 25th Field Artillery ( Philippine Scouts ) . Organized 26 September 1921 at Fort William McKinley , Philippine Islands , as an element of the Philippine Division . Inactivated 30 September 1922 at Fort Stotsenburg , Philippine Islands . ( 25th Field Artillery relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the Philippine Division and assigned to the 9th Division ; Philippine Scouts concurrently removed as a parenthetical designation ) . Activated 1 December 1934 at Madison Barracks , New York . ( 25th Field Artillery relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 9th Division ) . Reorganized and redesignated 30 December 1940 as Battery B , 25th Field Artillery Battalion . Inactivated 21 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer , New Jersey . ( 25th Field Artillery Battalion redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 25th Parachute Field Artillery Battery and activated at Fort Benning , Georgia ; inactivated 14 November 1946 at Fort Benning , Georgia ) . Former Battery B , 25th Field Artillery Battalion , redesignated 29 November 1949 as Battery B , 25th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion ; concurrently , consolidated with Battery B , 25th Field Artillery Battalion ( active ) , and consolidated unit designated as Battery B , 25th Field Artillery Battalion , an element of the 10th Infantry Division . Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 10th Infantry Division . Redesignated 31 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 5th Battalion , 25th Artillery . Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 5th Battalion , 25th Field Artillery . Redesignated 20 March 1978 as Battery E , 25th Field Artillery , assigned to the 2d Infantry Division , and activated in Korea . Inactivated 16 June 1988 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division . Redesignated 16 January 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 5th Battalion , 25th Field Artillery , assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team , 10th Mountain Division , and activated at Fort Polk , Louisiana ( organic elements concurrently constituted and activated ) . Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 5th Battalion , 25th Field Artillery Regiment . Lineage . Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army as the 25th Field Artillery and assigned to the 9th Infantry Division ( United States ) Demoblized 8 February 1919 at Camp McClellan . Organized 26 September 1921 at Fort William McKinley , Philippine Islands , as an element of the Philippine Division . Redesignated as the 25th field Artillery , 1 January 1930 ; concurrently relieved from the Philippine Division and assigned to the 9th Division . ( 2nd Battalion activated 1 December 1934 at Madison Barracks , New York ) Relieved from the 9th division in 1939 Inactivated 21 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer , New Jersey Redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 25th Parachute Field artillery Battery . and activated at Fort Benning , Georgia ; inactivated 14 November 1946 at Fort Benning , Georgia A Gold color metal and enamel device 15 / 16 inch ( 2 . 38 cm ) in height consisting of a shield blazoned : Gules , a sea - lion in dexter paw a sword , all Or . Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “ TACE ET FACE ” in Black letters . The shield is red for Artillery . The sea - lion is taken from the coat of arms of the Philippine Islands , where the organization was assigned during its period of active service . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 25th Field Artillery Regiment on 29 March 1935 . It was redesignated for the 25th Field Artillery Battalion on 29 March 1942 . It was redesignated for the 25th Artillery Regiment on 14 August 1958 . The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971 , for the 25th Field Artillery Regiment . It was amended to update the description on 24 September 2004 . Alpha ( " Steel " ) Battery < br > Bravo ( " Blackjack " ) Battery < br > Headquarters & Headquarters ( " Hawkeye " ) Battery < br > Golf ( " Gladiator " ) Company , 710th Brigade Support Battalion ( Forward Support Company )