84th Field Artillery Regiment

84th Field Artillery Regiment

Coat of arms
Active 1917
Country  United States
Branch Army
Type Field artillery
Motto Performance Above All
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
U.S. Field Artillery Regiments
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The 84th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.

History

Pershing

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 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. The battalion exchanged the Pershing 1A missiles for Pershing II missiles in 1984. The unit was inactivated in 1986 and reformed as the 4th Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment.

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.

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.

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

Blazon

Current configuration

See also

References

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

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