1st Battalion 79th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 1st Battalion , 79th Field Artillery is the only active duty element remaining of the 79th Field Artillery . First constituted on 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops A ( Alpha ) and B ( Bravo ) in the 21st Cavalry , their mission has changed greatly from their Cavalry days . The 1st Battalion , 79th Field Artillery is part of the 434th Fires Brigade charged with the TRADOC mission of Basic Combat Training or BCT of new soldiers to the United States Army . History and lineage . Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops A and B , 21st Cavalry Organized 1 June 1917 at Fort Riley , Kansas Consolidated , converted , and redesignated 1 November 1917 as Battery A , 79th Field Artillery Inactivated 14 September 1921 at Camp George G . Meade , Maryland , and relieved from assignment to the 7th Division Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Bragg , North Carolina Reorganized and redesignated 23 February 1943 as Battery A , 697th Field Artillery Battalion Inactivated 12 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer , New Jersey Redesignated 5 February 1947 as Battery A , 555th Field Artillery Battalion Activated 1 January 1949 in Korea Inactivated 15 September 1956 at Fort Lewis , Washington Relieved 16 January 1957 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division ; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Battalion , 79th Artillery Redesignated 1 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 1st Missile Battalion , 79th Artillery ( organic elements concurrently constituted ) Battalion activated 24 June 1958 in Italy Inactivated 25 June 1959 in Italy Redesignated 1 July 1960 as the 1st Howitzer Battalion , 79th Artillery , assigned to the 7th Infantry Division , and activated in Korea Redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 1st Battalion , 79th Artillery Inactivated 2 April 1971 at Fort Lewis , Washington Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion , 79th Field Artillery Activated 21 October 1975 at Fort Ord , California Inactivated 1 October 1983 at Fort Ord , California , and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division Headquarters transferred 16 August 1995 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Sill , Oklahoma 1st Battalion , 79th Field Artillery has five active batteries ( Alpha , Bravo , Charlie , Delta and Echo ) and they are all charged with the BCT mission . Up until January 2011 Echo and Delta Batteries were conducting Warrior Transition Course s ( or WTC ) , where prior service members of other branches , such as the Navy or Coast Guard , receive training to prepare them for service in the United States Army . Golf Battery , 1st Battalion , 79th Field Artillery have reflagged into 1st Battalion , 31st Field Artillery on 10 February 2011 and Fox Trot Battery 1st Battalion , 79th Field Artillery also reflagged into 1st Battalion , 31st Field Artillery in December 2010 . In March 2011 1st Battalion , 79th Field Artillery will stand up a new Fox Battery to once again have six batteries conducting a BCT mission . 1st Battalion , 79th Field Artillery is commanded by LTC Roller and CSM Batts and the Battalion Executive Officer is MAJ Brice . Distinctive unit insignia . " Description " A gold color metal and enamel device 1 5 / 32 inches ( 2 . 94 cm ) in height overall consisting of the shield and crest of the coat of arms . Symbolism . The 21st Cavalry was organized in June 1917 from the 13th Cavalry , and converted into Field Artillery as the 79th , in November of the same year . Its original Cavalry character is shown by the color of the field , its Field Artillery service by the red bend . The canton shows a device from the badge of the 13th Cavalry , the parent organization . The regiment insignia in base is the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 7th Division with colors reversed , surrounded by a green band . Background . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 79th Field Artillery Regiment on 22 December 1928 . It was redesignated for the 79th Artillery Regiment on 14 April 1958 . The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971 , for the 79th Field Artillery Regiment . Coat of arms . Blazon " Shield " Or , a bend Gules , on a sinister canton of the like a sun in splendor of the field charged with the numeral “ 13 ” Sable ( for the 13th Cavalry ) , in base the insignia of the regiment Proper ( a Red hour - glass on a Black circle surrounded by a Green band ) . " Crest " On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules , a horse ’ s head armored Proper . " Motto " OUR COUNTRY – OUR REGIMENT . 1st Battalion , uses the Motto : PEACE THROUGH VICTORY , which they gained when they were organized as the 697th Field Artillery Battalion Symbolism " Shield " jjjjj The 21st Cavalry was organized in June 1917 from the 13th Cavalry , and converted into Field Artillery as the 79th , in November of the same year . Its original Cavalry character is shown by the color of the field , its Field Artillery service by the red bend . The canton shows a device from the badge of the 13th Cavalry , the parent organization . The regiment insignia in base is the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 7th Division with colors reversed , surrounded by a green band . " Crest " The armored horse ’ s head represents Cavalry and Armor , respectively . Background The coat of arms was originally approved for the 79th Field Artillery Regiment on 1 September 1920 . It was redesignated for the 79th Artillery Regiment on 14 April 1958 . The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971 , for the 79th Field Artillery Regiment . Campaign participation credit . World War I : Streamer without inscription World War II : Naples - Foggia ; Rome - Arno ; North Apennines ; Normandy ; Northern France ; Rhineland ; Ardennes - Alsace ; Central Europe Korean War : UN Defensive ; UN Offensive ; CCF Intervention ; First UN Counteroffensive ; CCF Spring Offensive ; Un Summer - Fall Offensive ; Second Korean Winter ; Korea , Summer – Fall 1952 ; Third Korean Winter ; Korea , Summer 1953 Unit citations or decorations . Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for Korea 1950 - 1953 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for Korea 1953 - 1954 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for Korea 1960 - 1971 Current organization . Alpha Battery Bravo Battery Charlie Battery Delta Battery Echo Battery Fox Battery