1st Infantry Division Artillery
Distinctive unit insignia
Active1917–1939
1940–1995
1996–2005
2015–present
CountryUnited States United States of America
Branch United States Army
Type Field artillery
RoleDivision force fires HQ
SizeBrigade
Part of1st Infantry Division
Garrison/HQFort Riley, Kansas
Nickname(s)"Drumfire"
EquipmentM109A6 howitzer
EngagementsWorld War I
World War II
Vietnam War
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander		Col. Richard J. Ikena Jr.
Command Sergeant MajorCSM Michael L. McLaughlin
Notable
commanders		MG John Shirley Wood, 1940–41
MG Richard Longo, 2003–05

The 1st Infantry Division Artillery (DIVARTY) is the divisional artillery command and force fires headquarters for the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas. The DIVARTY has served with the division from 1917 to 1939, 1940–1995, 1996–2005, and reactivated in October 2015. The unit has been stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, and in Germany, and has seen combat in World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The DIVARTY provides a single proponent with the division for standardized fires certification and leader development while exemplifying effective mission command, and supporting the seamless cross-attachment of units with common procedures and a shared understanding of the fires warfighting capabilities.

History

World War I

[1]

Interwar

On 7 October 1920, the 1st Field Artillery Brigade organized under the peacetime TO&E, which included two light (75mm) regiments, and ammunition train of battalion size and a medical detachment. In 1929, the medium (155mm) regiment returned to the brigade. Due to budgetary constraints, none of the units were manned or equipped to wartime strength.[2] The 1st Division adopted a new peacetime TO&E in preparation for war on 8 January 1940, which included one light field artillery regiment of three battalions and one medium field artillery regiment of two battalions. The 1st Infantry Division reorganized again on 1 November 1940 to a new TO&E, which reorganized the Artillery Brigade into a division artillery command led by a brigadier general with one medium and three light field artillery battalions.

World War II

[3]

Vietnam War

[4]

Cold War & Gulf War

Global War on Terror

Lineage and honors

Lineage

Campaign credit

Conflict Streamer Year(s)
World War I
Montdidier-Noyon 1918
Aisne-Marne 1918
Saint-Mihiel 1918
Meuse-Argonne 1918
Lorraine 1917 1917
Lorraine 1918 1918
Picardy 1918 1918
World War II

Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead) 1942
Tunisia 1942
Sicily (with arrowhead) 1943
Normandy (with arrowhead) 1944
Northern France 1944
Rhineland 1945
Ardennes-Alsace 1944–1945
Central Europe 1945
Vietnam War
Defense 1965
Counteroffensive 1965–1966
Counteroffensive, Phase II 1966–1967
Counteroffensive, Phase III 1967–1968
Tet Counteroffensive 1968
Counteroffensive, Phase IV 1968
Counteroffensive, Phase V 1968
Counteroffensive, Phase VI 1968–1969
Tet 69/Counteroffensive 1969
Summer-Fall 1969 1969
Winter-Spring 1970 1969–1970
Gulf War
Defense of Saudi Arabia 1990–1991
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait 1991
Ceasefire 1991
War on terror

 Global War on Terrorism 2001–present
Operation Iraqi Freedom
 Transition of Iraq 2004
Iraqi Governance 2005

Decorations

Ribbon Award Year Notes
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) IRAQ 2004-2005
French Croix de Guerre, with Palm KASSERINE
French Croix de Guerre, with Palm NORMANDY
French Croix de Guerre,
World War II, Fourragere
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army For action at MONS
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army For action at EUPEN-MALMEDY
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, with Palm VIETNAM 1968 For service in Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Unit Citation VIETNAM 1965–1970 For service in Vietnam

Distinctive unit insignia

References

  1. ^ "Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War p2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ^ "The US Army Order of Battle from 1919-1941 p697-703" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). World War II Order of Battle. New York, New York: Galahad Books.
  4. ^ Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). Vietnam Order of Battle. New York, New York: Galahad Books.
  5. ^ "Lineage and Honors Information: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Infantry Division Artillery." U.S. Army Center for Military History. 24 September 1996. Web. Accessed 16 November 2015. <http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/001ida.htm Archived 5 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine>.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ Robson, Seth. "1st ID's Division Artillery is inactivated." Stars and Stripes. 17 February 2006. Web. Accessed 16 November 2015. <http://www.stripes.com/news/1st-id-s-division-artillery-is-inactivated-1.45051>.
  7. ^ "Division Artillery returns to 'Big Red One': unit's activation set for Oct. 16." www.army.mil: The Official Homepage of the United States Army. 6 October 2015. Web. Accessed 16 November 2015. <http://www.stripes.com/news/1st-id-s-division-artillery-is-inactivated-1.45051>.
  8. ^ "1st Infantry Division Artillery." The Institute of Heraldry. n.d. Web. Accessed 3 September 2023. <https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=5332&CategoryId=3038&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services>.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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