479th Field Artillery Brigade (United States)

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479th Field Artillery Brigade
479th Field Artillery Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1944-03-11 - 1945-12-01 1947-01-02 - 1996-09-15 1997-10-24 - 1999-10-16 2006-12-01 - Present.
Country	USA
Branch	Regular Army
Type	USARS Headquarters
Part of	USARS Headquarters and Attached Field Artillery Battalions
Garrison/HQ	Fort Sill
Motto	Dependable Support
Colors	Scarlet and Yellow
Engagements	World War II Iraq Conflict

Contents 1 Lineage 2 Subordinate Units 3 Honors 3.1 Campaign Participation Credit 3.2 Decorations 4 Website

[edit] Lineage

• Constituted 1944-03-11 in the Army of the United States as the 656th Field Artillery Battalion

• Activated 1944-04-20 at Camp Rucker, Alabama

• Deployed via New York Port of Embarkation 1944-11-30

• Arrived in England 1944-12-08

• Arrived in France on 1945-03-03

• Located at Berg Reichenstein, Germany on 1945-08-14

• Returned to CONUS via New York Port of Embarkation on 1945-11-29

• Inactivated 1945-12-01 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

• Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 656th Field Artillery Battalion, redesignated 1946-12-24 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 1947-01-02 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• (Organized Reserves redesignated 1948-03-25 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 1952-07-09 as the Army Reserve)

• Reorganized and redesignated 1959-05-25 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 479th Artillery Group

• Location changed 1960-05-01 to Horsham, Pennsylvania; location changed 1968-01-31 to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Redesignated 1971-11-01 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 479th Field Artillery Group

• Redesignated 1980-04-16 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 479th Field Artillery Brigade

• Inactivated 15 1996-09-15 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Withdrawn 1997-10-24 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; Headquarters concurrently activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

• Inactivated 1999-10-16 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

• Headquarters activated 2006-12-01 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma using the assets & personnel of 4th Brigade, 75th Division (Training Support)

[edit] Subordinate Units

• 1st Battalion, 289th Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, 289th Regiment
• 1st Battalion, 290th Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, 290th Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, 381st Regiment
• 1st Battalion, 382nd Regiment

[edit] Honors

[edit] Campaign Participation Credit

• World War II:
  • Rhineland;
  • Central Europe

[edit] Decorations

• None

[edit] Website

• http://sill-www.army.mil/479/index.html