| 3rd Battalion 6th Field Artillery Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1901 |
| Country | USA |
| Branch | Field Artillery Branch (United States) |
| Type | Combat arms |
| Nickname | King of Battle Red Leg |
| Patron | Saint Barbara |
| Motto | CELER ET AUDAX (Swift and Bold) |
| Branch color | Scarlet |
The 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment (United States) was Constituted 13 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 22d Battery, Field Artillery, Artillery Corps.
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Constituted 13 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 22d Battery, Field Artillery, Artillery Corps
Organized 5 October 1901 at Fort Douglas, Utah
Reorganized and redesignated 11 June 1907 as Battery B, 6th Field Artillery
(6th Field Artillery assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division [later redesignated as the 1st Division])
Inactivated 31 March 1930 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland
(6th Field Artillery relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division; assigned 22 June 1940 to the 8th Division)
Activated 1 July 1940 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland
(6th Field Artillery relieved 20 July 1940 from assignment to the 8th Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1941 as Battery B, 6th Field Artillery Battalion
(6th Field Artillery Battalion assigned 8 August 1942 to the 37th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California
Redesignated 24 July 1946 as Battery B, 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery (organic elements constituted 2 June 1958 and activated 25 June 1958)
(Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery, consolidated 1 September 1963 with Battery B, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion [organized in 1898], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery)
Redesignated 1 April 1968 as the 3d Battalion, 6th Artillery
Inactivated 10 April 1970 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Redesignated (less former Battery B, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion) 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery (former Battery B, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, concurrently redesignated as the 3d Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery – hereafter separate lineage)
3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, assigned 13 September 1972 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1987 as Battery B, 6th Field Artillery, and remained assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (remainder of battalion concurrently inactivated)
Battery B, 6th Field Artillery, inactivated 15 September 1995 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division
Redesignated 16 December 1995 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, and activated at Fort Drum, New York (organic elements concurrently activated)
Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment
The Battalion was inactivated at the end of World War II , it was reactivated at Fort Sill, OK on 1 August 1946 where it supported the Field Artillery School. It was reorganized and designated the 3d Howitzer Battalion, 6th Field Artillery in May 1958 The 3rd of 6th Artillery was deployed to the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam war in 1966 equipped with the M108 Self-Propelled Howitzer. Based at Camp Saint Barbara (later Artillery Hill) outside of Pleiku, the 3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, part of the 52nd artillery group, participated in 10 campaigns throughout the central highlands until it was redeployed to the United States in 1970 and inactivated on 10 April 1970.
Between 1966 and 1970, the 3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery participated in some of the most memorable & decisive events of the War in Vietnam.
In 2007–2008, 3rd of 6th Field Artillery was again deployed to northern Iraq with the "Warrior" Brigade, conducting combat patrols and artillery operations from FOB Warrior in Kirkuk, and FOB McHenry, just south of Kirkuk. Missions included the PEZ (Pipeline Exclusion Zone) security, training Iraqi army soldiers in urban warfare and joint security operations, as well as providing artillery support for sister infantry units 1st Bn 87th Infantry Regt and 2nd Bn 22nd Infantry Regt.
Civil War: Peninsula; Manassas; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Maryland 1863; Virginia 1863
War with Spain: Santiago
Mexican Expedition: *Mexico 1916–1917
World War I: *Montdidier-Noyon; *Aisne-Marne; *St. Mihiel; *Meuse-Argonne; *Lorraine 1917; *Lorraine 1918; *Picardy 1918
World War II: *Northern Solomons; *Luzon (with arrowhead)
Vietnam: *Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase II; *Counteroffensive, Phase III; *Tet Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase IV; *Counteroffensive, Phase V; *Counteroffensive, Phase VI; *Tet 69/Counteroffensive; *Summer-Fall 1969; *Winter-Spring 1970
Southwest Asia: *Defense of Saudi Arabia; *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; *Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Battery A additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DAK TO-BEN HET
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Center of Military History document "6th Field Artillery Regiment".
A Btry 3 Battalion 6th Field Artillery is in Afghanistan right now.