377th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 377th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army . Lineage . Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 377th Field Artillery and assigned to the 101st Division ( later redesignated as the 101st Airborne Division ) Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Green Bay , Wisconsin Reorganized and redesignated 30 January 1942 as the 377th Field Artillery Battalion Redesignated 15 August 1942 as the 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion ; concurrently , inactivated , withdrawn from the Organized Reserves , and allotted to the Army of the United States Activated 16 August 1942 at Camp Claiborne , Louisiana Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France Redesignated ( less Battery D ) 18 June 1948 as the 515th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion ( Battery D concurrently converted and redesignated as the Support Company , 506th Airborne Infantry - hereafter separate lineage ) Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge , Kentucky Inactivated 15 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge , Kentucky Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge , Kentucky Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge , Kentucky Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson , South Carolina Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 377th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion Relieved 25 April 1957 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division ; concurrently , reorganized and redesignated as the 377th Artillery , a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 377th Field Artillery Withdrawn 15 January 1996 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 377th Field Artillery Regiment A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1 / 8 inches ( 2 . 86 cm ) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Gules , an open parachute attached to a cannon flotant across a flash Or . Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “ FIRMITER ET FIDELITER ” in Red letters . The scarlet of the shield is for Field Artillery . The floating parachute with the cannon attached is symbolic of airborne functions of the organization . The motto : Firmiter et Fideliter ( Steadfastly and Faithfully ) is expressive of the characteristics of the personnel in performance of their duties . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion on 14 November 1942 . It was redesignated for the 515th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion on 26 September 1951 . It was redesignated for the 377th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion on 31 July 1956 . On 26 February 1958 , the insignia was redesignated for the 377th Artillery Regiment . The insignia was redesignated for the 377th Field Artillery Regiment on 25 January 1972 . Gules , an open parachute attached to a cannon flotant across a flash Or . On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules , on a mound Vert a griffin , the lower ( lion ) part of the first and the upper ( eagle ) part including wings Argent , holding in dexter talons a trident bendwise sinister Azure , the tines impaling a fleur - de - lis of the first , the shaft terminating in an arrowhead of the fifth inflamed Tenné and the sinister talons resting on the top of a shield per pale Gules and of the firth within a border of the fourth . Coat of arms . Motto FIRMITER ET FIDELITER ( Steadfastly and Faithfully ) . The scarlet of the shield is for Field Artillery . The floating parachute with the cannon attached is symbolic of airborne functions of the organization . The griffin is a fabulous animal half eagle and half lion . The eagle alludes to the organization having served with the 101st Airborne ( Screaming Eagle ) Division in World War II and the lion to England , where it underwent training and from whence it “ took off ” for its air assault drops on Normandy and the Netherlands . The trident refers to “ Operation Neptune ” which launched the invasion of Normandy symbolized by the fleur - de - lis , an emblem of France , impaled on the tines , and alludes to the Normandy air drop . The arrowhead and orange flames ( orange is the Netherlands ’ national color ) refers to the air drop on the Netherlands . The red and blue shield , suggested by the coat of arms of Bastogne , refers to the gallant defense of Bastogne , and has been “ surrounded by ” a border in allusion to the town being surrounded by the enemy and is white to simulate snow , the action having taken place during winter . The green mound refers to the Rhineland campaign and Southern Germany . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion on 14 November 1942 . It was redesignated for the 515th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion on 26 September 1951 . It was redesignated for the 377th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion on 31 July 1956 . On 26 February 1958 , the insignia was redesignated for the 377th Artillery Regiment . It was amended to add a crest to the coat of arms on 16 November 1964 . The insignia was redesignated for the 377th Field Artillery Regiment on 25 January 1972 .