84th Field Artillery Regiment

84th Field Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms
Active	1917
Country	United States
Branch	Army
Type	Field artillery
Motto(s)	Performance Above All
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

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The 84th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

History

Pershing

3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment

The 3rd Missile Battalion, 84th Artillery Regiment was formed at Fort Sill in 1963 and deployed to Heilbronn, West Germany under the 56th Field Artillery Group. It was initially equipped with four Pershing 1 nuclear missiles, upgraded to six in 1964 and eight in 1965 and in 1969 replaced these with 36 Pershing 1a missiles. The battalion was redesignated as the 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment in 1968. Service Battery was deactivated and reformed as C Company, 55th Maintenance Battalion in 1982. The battalion exchanged the Pershing 1a missiles for Pershing II missiles in 1984. The battalion was inactivated in 1986 and reformed as the 4th Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment.

Commanders

1982: Lt. Col. Ronald P. Forest

Heraldry

Distinctive unit insignia

Description: A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/16 inches (2.70 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, on a saltire Or a winged spur of the first. Attached below the shield a Red scroll inscribed "PERFORMANCE ABOVE ALL" in Gold letters.

Symbolism: The shield is red for Artillery. The saltire is taken from the State flag of Alabama, the birthplace of the Regiment. The winged spur signifies that the unit was mounted.

Background: The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment on 3 December 1936. It was redesignated for the 84th Field Artillery Battalion on 12 November 1940. It was redesignated for the 84th Artillery Regiment on 28 October 1958. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment.

Coat of arms

Shield: Gules, on a saltire Or a winged spur of the first.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules a crescent of the first, a fountain within a chevron raguly Sable overall, and issuant therefrom a fleur-de-lis Gold the outer leaves in base conjoined to the crescent.

Motto: Performance Above All

Symbolism: Shield: The shield is red for Artillery. The saltire is taken from the State flag of Alabama, the birthplace of the Regiment. The winged spur signifies that the unit was mounted. Crest: The two Distinguished Unit Citations awarded the organization during World War II are symbolized by the crescent for French Tunisia and the raguly chevron for the bridgehead at Remagen. The irregular upper edge of the chevron alludes to the attempted destruction of the Ludendorff Bridge by the retreating enemy. The fountain is used to represent the organization's action along the Meuse River; and the fleur-de-lis symbolizes the unit's action in the Ardennes.

Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment on 3 December 1936. It was redesignated for the 84th Field Artillery Battalion on 18 November 1940. It was redesignated for the 84th Artillery Regiment on 28 October 1958. It was amended to add a crest on 1 July 1965. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 84th Field Artillery Regiment.

Current configuration

1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment
2d Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment
3d Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment
4th Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment
6th Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "84th Field Artillery Regiment".

External links

http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/default.htm

Pershing missile

Systems	Pershing 1 Field Artillery Missile System Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile System Pershing II Weapon System

56th Field Artillery Command	4th Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment 1st Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment 266th Chemical Detachment 55th Support Battalion 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment 4th Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment 193rd Aviation Company 38th Signal Battalion

59th Ordnance Brigade	41st Ordnance Company 579th Ordnance Company 74th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment 82nd U.S. Army Missile Detachment 85th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment

German Air Force	Missile Wing 1 Missile Wing 2

214th Field Artillery Brigade	2nd Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery Regiment 3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment

1st Field Artillery Missile Brigade	2nd Missile Battalion, 79th Artillery Regiment 251st Ordnance Detachment

United States Army Missile Command	Pershing Project Manager's Office

United States Army Europe	Pershing Operational Test Unit

Treaties	Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Equipment	AN/TRC-80 Radio Terminal Set M474 Carrier M656 Ford Truck M1001 MAN Truck

Other	Applied Physics Laboratory Pershing missile bibliography Pershing missile displays Pershing missile launches Pershing missile models Pershing Professionals Badge Pershing tab Deutschland 83

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