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479th Field Artillery Brigade
479th Field Artillery Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active 1944–45; 1947–96; 1997–99; 2006–present Country USA Branch U.S. Army Type
Headquarters Garrison/HQ
Fort Sill Motto(s) Dependable Support Engagements
World War II
Iraq Conflict Distinctive unit insignia
Military unit
The 656th Field Artillery Battalion was constituted 11 March 1944 in the
Army of the United States .
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Lineage
Constituted 11 March 1944 in the
Army of the United States as the 656th Field Artillery Battalion
Activated 20 April 1944 at
Camp Rucker ,
Alabama
Deployed via
New York Port of Embarkation 30 November 1944
Arrived in England 8 December 1944
Arrived in France on 3 March 1945
Located at
Berg Reichenstein , Germany on 14 August 1945
Returned to CONUS via New York Port of Embarkation on 29 November 1945
Inactivated 1 December 1945 at
Camp Kilmer ,
New Jersey
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 656th Field Artillery Battalion, redesignated 24 December 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 479th Field Artillery Group, and allotted to the
Organized Reserves (remainder of 656th Field Artillery Battalion concurrently disbanded)
Activated 2 January 2 January 1947 at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the
Organized Reserve Corps ; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the
Army Reserve )
Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 479th Artillery Group
Location changed 1 May 1960 to
Horsham, Pennsylvania ; location changed 31 January 1968 to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Redesignated 1 November 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 479th Field Artillery Group
Redesignated 16 April 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 479th Field Artillery Brigade
Inactivated 15 15 September 1996 at
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Withdrawn 24 October 1997 from the
Army Reserve and allotted to the
Regular Army ; Headquarters concurrently activated at
Fort Sill ,
Oklahoma
Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Headquarters activated 1 December 2006 at
Fort Sill ,
Oklahoma using the assets & personnel of 4th Brigade,
75th Division (Training Support)
Deactivated 30 June 2015 at Fort Sill
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Subordinate units
1st Battalion. 289th Regiment (CS/CSS)
2nd Battalion. 290th Regiment (CS/CSS)
2nd Battalion. 381st Regiment (CS/CSS)
1st Battalion. 382nd Regiment (LSB)
1st Battalion. 393rd Regiment (Infantry)
3rd Battalion. 393rd Regiment (Field Artillery)
1st Battalion. 395th Regiment (Engineers)
3rd Battalion. 395th Regiment (Armored)
Honors
Campaign participation credit
Decorations
References
This article incorporates
public domain material from
479th Field Artillery Brigade Lineage and Honors .
United States Army Center of Military History .