148th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 148th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Army National Guard . History . World War I . The 148th Field Artillery was organized on 29 September 1917 by General Order 2 , Headquarters 41st Division , trained at Camp Greene , North Carolina , Camp Mills , New York , and Camp Merritt , New Jersey . The regiment sailed from New York to France on 23 January 1918 , equipped with French 155mm howitzers , tractor drawn . The 148th Field Artillery was composed of elements of the 3rd Regiment Wyoming National Guard , the 1st Separate Battalion , Colorado Field Artillery , and 1st Separate Troop , Oregon Cavalry . The regiment was organized as a part of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade , 41st Infantry Division ( United States ) . elements of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade saw some action , and the 148th Field Artillery , armed with French 155mm howitzers , participated in the Champagne - Marne Defensive , Aisne - Marne Offensive , St . Mihiel Offensive , Meuse - Argonne Offensive , and served in the Army of Occupation in Germany . Lineage . Parent unit constituted 19 June 1877 as the 1st Regiment , Idaho Volunteer Militia , Territory of Idaho . Elements in the northern territory ( Lewiston and Mt . Idaho companies ) withdrawn and with the addition of existing independent companies and new companies , organized 17 September 1877 as the 2nd regiment Idaho Volunteer Militia . 1st and 2nd Regiments reconstituted and reorganized 1889 - 1891 in the Idaho National Guard as the 1st Regiment to include old and new companies over the state ( Companies A - F organized or reorganized 1889 - 1890 in the southern area ; Companies G - L organized or reorganized 1891 in the northern area ) 1st Infantry Regiment mustered into Federal service 7 – 18 May 1898 at Boise as the 1st Idaho Volunteer Infantry . Mustered out 25 September 1899 at the Presidio of San Francisco , California . Mustered into Federal service 3 – 6 July at Boise Barracks for Mexican Border duty . Mustered out and reverted to state control 26 January 1917 . Regiment broken up , reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 41st Infantry Division as follows : Elements demobilized in 1919 as follows : Northern elements organized in the Idaho National Guard as 1st Battalion 148th Field Artillery and Federally recognized 15 March 1926 with Headquarters at Coeur d ' Alene assigned to the 41st Infantry Division 3 January 1930 . 1st Battalion reorganized and redesignated as the 148th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to 41st Infantry Division , 17 July 1942 Inactivated 17 January 1946 in Japan . Ordered into active Federal service 1 May 1951 at Coeur d ' Alene Released from active Federal service and reverted to state control , 18 March 1955 ; concurrently , Federal recognition withdrawn from 148th Field Artillery Battaloin ( NGUS ) Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1956 as the 148th Armored Field Artillery Battalion . In 1991 , C Btry was withdrawn from Oregon and B Btry was assigned to Utah until with drawn in 2006 . It is now entirely housed inside the state of Idaho . A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1 / 16 inches ( 2 . 70 cm ) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Azure , on a bend Gules fimbriated Or between a scorpion bendwise and a palm tree on a mount five fleurs - de - lis , all of the like . Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “ WHENEVER WHEREVER ” in Red . The shield is blue to recognize the organization ’ s 1898 Infantry heritage . The palm tree symbolizes the service as Infantry in the Philippines and the scorpion the service as Infantry on the Mexican border . The five fleurs - de - lis on the red bend represent the five engagements as Field Artillery in France during World War I . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 148th Field Artillery Regiment , Washington and Idaho National Guard on 20 May 1929 . It was redesignated for the 148th Field Artillery Battalion on 2 March 1943 . It was redesignated for the 148th Artillery Regiment , Idaho National Guard on 29 July 1960 . The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1989 , for the 148th Field Artillery Regiment , Oregon and Idaho Army National Guard and amended to revise the description and symbolism .