143rd Field Artillery Regiment
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The 143rd Field Artillery Regiment is a combat arms regiment of the United States Army made up of soldiers from the California Army National Guard. Only the regiment's first battalion, a Composite fires battalion, equipped with M119A3 and M777A2 Howitzers, is still active. The 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery's current mission is to shoot safely, accurately, and quickly in direct support of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Furthermore, the battalion trains to deploy, fight, and win on the battlefield and respond effectively to any state emergency.[1]
The first battalion was most recently activated for federal service in support of
Subordinate units
First Battalion, 143rd FAR The First Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment provides direct support fires to the 79th (formerly 40th)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB)
- HHB is headquartered in Los Angeles, CAin November 2016.
- HHB is headquartered in
- Alpha Battery
- Alpha Battery is stationed at Lodi, CA, and is equipped with the M119A3 Howitzer. Though battery designation has changed through the years, there has been an artillery battery in Lodi since before World War II[3]
- Alpha Battery is stationed at
- Bravo Battery
- Bravo Battery is stationed at Ventura, CA and has a detachment in Santa Maria, CA. Bravo is organized identically to Alpha battery and consists of a battery headquarters, two firing platoons, a supply section, and two ammunition sections. Each firing platoon consists of three howitzer sections, a platoon headquarters section, and platoon operations center composed of fire direction center section personnel.
- Charlie Battery
- Charlie Battery is stationed at Bakersfield, CA. Charlie is equipped with M777A2 Howitzers, but is organized identically to Alpha and Bravo Batteries, with a battery headquarters, two firing platoons, a supply section, and two ammunition sections. Each firing platoon consists of three howitzer sections, a platoon headquarters section, and platoon operations center composed of fire direction center section personnel.
- Foxtrot Company, 40th BSB
- Foxtrot Company, based in Walnut Creek, CA with a detachment in nearby Concord, CA, is the 1-143 FA's forward support company (FSC). The forward support company is organic to the 79th Brigade Support Battalion and assigned to the 1-143 FA. The forward support company provides field maintenance, subsistence (Class I), and supply distribution for the battalion. The forward support company consists of a company headquarters, a field feeding section, a field maintenance platoon, and a distribution platoon. Foxtrot Company moved from Richmond, CA to Walnut Creek, CA and Concord, CA in August 2012, and was re-designated from Golf Company, 40th BSB to Foxtrot Company, 40th BSB in February 2014.
History
Service Battery, 1-143 FA (now F Co, 40th BSB) based in
The regiment's units earned the following Campaign Participation Credit:
- Spanish–American War
- Philippine–American War
- Mexican Expedition
- World War I
- World War II
- Korean War
- Operation JTF-GTMO
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Spartan Shield(Area Support Group – Qatar)
The regiment has contributed forces to the following state mobilizations:
- Folsom State Prison Riots 1927
- Los Angeles Riots 1992
- 2002-2004 Golden Gate Bridge Security
- Airport Security 2006
- California Wildfires 2007
- California Wildfires 2008
- California Wildfires 2015
- California Wildfires 2016
- JTF Rattlesnake 2019
References
- ^ "1st Battalion, 143d Field Artillery Regiment – On Time. On Target". Calguard.ca.gov. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Vanishing Heroes: Battery F". Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
- ^ "First Battalion of California Heavy Artillery, U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish–American War". Militarymuseum.org. Archived from the original on 6 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "California and First World War: California and the Lost Battalion". Militarymuseum.org. Archived from the original on 6 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "National_Guard_Intro". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2009.