Field Artillery Brigade
A Fires Brigade (FiB) was field artillery and rocket formation of the United States Army. With recent structural changes, Fires Brigades were either inactivated and reflagged as Division Artilleries (DIVARTY) or reorganized and redesignated as Field Artillery Brigades. Fires Brigades included:
Active duty artillery brigades:
- 17th Field Artillery Brigade, artillery brigade of I Corps (was a Fires Brigade between 17 July 2007 and 19 February 2014)
- 18th Field Artillery Brigade, artillery brigade of XVIII Airborne Corps[1]
- 75th Field Artillery Brigade, artillery brigade of III Corps
- 210th Field Artillery Brigade, artillery brigade of Eighth United States Army
- 41st Fires Brigade
National Guard artillery brigades:
- 45th Fires Brigade (Oklahoma ARNG)
- 65th Fires Brigade (Utah ARNG)
- 115th Fires Brigade (Wyoming ARNG)
- 130th Fires Brigade (Kansas ARNG)
- 138th Fires Brigade (KY ARNG)
- 142nd Fires Brigade (AR ARNG)
- 169th Fires Brigade (CO ARNG)
- 197th Fires Brigade (NH ARNG)
Former artillery brigades:
- 42nd Fires Brigade, reflagged to 3rd Infantry Division Artillery[2]
- 212th Fires Brigade, reflagged to 1st Armored Division Artillery[3]
- 214th Fires Brigade, reflagged to 4th Infantry Division Artillery[4]
References
- ^ http://www.fortbraggpresscenter.com/go/doc/5287/2388438/82nd-Airborne-Division-Artillery-Activation-Ceremony 82nd Airborne Division Artillery Activation Ceremony, 15 October 2014
- ^ http://www.stewartfrontline.com/archives/1629/ Thunder’s Return: Moment with 3rd ID DIVARTY commander, 17 October 2014
- ^ http://www.dvidshub.net/image/1460770/divarty-returns#.VBHH9WBX_1Z 1st Armored Division Artillery Brigade, July 2014
- ^ http://www.army.mil/article/135133/ Historic artillery unit inactivated at Fort Sill, 2 October 2014