17th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) The 17th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916 . History . The 17th Field Artillery was constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army at Camp Robinson , Wisconsin . Lineage . Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 17th Field Artillery Organized 6 June 1917 at Camp Robinson , Wisconsin Assigned 21 September 1917 to the 2d Division Relieved 18 December 1920 from assignment to the 2d Division Assigned 22 July 1929 to the 1st Division Relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 1st Division and assigned to the 2d Division Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 2d Division Regiment broken up 14 February - 1 March 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows : Headquarters and Headquarters Battery on 1 March 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 17th Field Artillery Group 1st Battalion on 1 March 1944 as the 17th Field Artillery Battalion 2d Battalion on 14 February 1944 as the 630th Field Artillery Battalion After 1 March 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows : Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 17th Field Artillery Group , inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer , New Jersey Activated 20 December 1948 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma Redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 17th Artillery Group 17th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 16 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer , New Jersey Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Korea 630th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 22 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer , New Jersey Redesignated 5 February 1947 as the 537th Field Artillery Battalion Activated 1 October 1948 at Camp Carson , Colorado Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma Headquarters and Headquarters Battery , 17th Artillery Group , and the 17th and 537th Field Artillery Battalions consolidated , reorganized , and redesignated 31 July 1959 as the 17th Artillery , a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Redesignated 1 September as the 17th Field Artillery Withdrawn 16 July 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1 / 8 inches ( 2 . 86 cm ) in height consisting of a shield blazoned : Gules , a conventionalized castle of Ehrenbreitstein with ramp Or on mount Proper , debruised by a bendlet Argent bearing two ribbons of the field and Azure with seventeen mullets of the last . A sinister canton bendy of eight ermine and of the field , ( for the 8th Field Artillery ) . The field of the shield is red , the artillery color . The principal charge is the castle of Ehrenbreitstein debruised by a bendlet carrying the American colors and seventeen stars , to signify the occupation of that castle by the 17th Field Artillery . On a canton is a device from the arms of the parent organization . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment on 8 May 1923 . It was redesignated for the 17th Field Artillery Battalion on 2 August 1949 . It was redesignated for the 17th Artillery Regiment on 28 November 1958 . The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971 , for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment . Gules , a conventionalized castle of Ehrenbreitstein with ramp Or on mount Proper , debruised by a bendlet Argent bearing two ribbons of the field and Azure with seventeen mullets of the last . A sinister canton bendy of eight ermine and of the field , ( for the 8th Field Artillery ) . On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules , a mount Argent garnished Vert , bearing a linden leaf Proper charged with a fleur - de - lis of the first . Coat of arms . Motto IN TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR . The field of the shield is red , the artillery color . The principal charge is the castle of Ehrenbreitstein debruised by a bendlet carrying the American colors and seventeen stars , to signify the occupation of that castle by the 17th Field Artillery . On a canton is a device from the arms of the parent organization . The crest commemorates the two most noteworthy battle incidents . The white mountain is for Blanc Mont . The leaf is taken from Verte Feuille Farm , one of the positions occupied by the Regiment in the Soissons Offensive ; the linden was chosen as being very common in the central empires . The fleur - de - lis is from the arms of Soissons . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment on 25 March 1920 . It was amended to correct the blazon of the shield on 15 June 1920 . It was redesignated for the 17th Field Artillery Battalion on 27 September 1944 . It was redesignated for the 17th Artillery Regiment on 28 November 1958 . The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971 , for the 17th Field Artillery Regiment Campaign participation credit . World War I : Aisne ; Aisne - Marne ; St . Mihiel ; Meuse - Argonne ; Lorraine 1918 ; Ile de France 1918 World War II : Tunisia ; Sicily ( with arrowhead ) ; Naples - Foggia ; Rome - Arno ; Southern 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 Vietnam : Defense ; 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 ; Sanctuary Counteroffensive ; Counteroffensive , Phase VII Southwest Asia : Defense of Saudi Arabia ; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Decorations . Presidential Unit Citation ( Army ) for PLEIKU PROVENCE Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ French Croix de Guerre with Palm , World War I for AISNE - MARNE French Croix de Guerre with Palm , World War I for MEUSE - ARGONNE French Croix de Guerre , World War I , Fourragere French Croix de Guerre with Silver - Gilt Star , World War II for ROME - ARNO