428th Field Artillery Brigade

428th Field Artillery Brigade
428th Field Artillery Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Country	United States
Branch	US Army Field Artillery
Type	Field Artillery
Part of	TRADOC
Garrison/HQ	Fort Sill (OK)
Motto	First and Always
Commanders
Brigade Commander	COL John Delaney
Brigade Command Sergeant Major	CSM Keith Moore

The 428th Field Artillery Brigade is a training unit under the United States Field Artillery School, a formation under TRADOC. The brigade trains all officers and enlisted personnel from the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps as well as allied nation military personnel in field artillery core competencies in order to provide proficient integrators of lethal and non-lethal fires to the operational force.

History

The unit was constituted 19 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 428th Field Artillery Group. It was later activated 25 August 1944 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. It was inactivated for a period on 30 September 1945 in Italy. It was later allotted 29 October 1946 to the Organized Reserves. The unit was inactivated again on 4 December 1950 at Gary, Indiana. The unit went through the several more re-designations and inactivations before finally being transferred 18 August 2006 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated 7 December 2006 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.^[1]

Lineage & Honors

Lineage

• Constituted 19 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 428th Field Artillery Group
• Activated 25 August 1944 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
• Inactivated 30 September 1945 in Italy
• Allotted 29 October 1946 to the Organized Reserves
• Activated 14 November 1946 at Lafayette, Indiana

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

• Location changed 22 August 1949 to Gary, Indiana
• Inactivated 4 December 1950 at Gary, Indiana
• Redesignated 24 November 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 428th Artillery Group
• Activated 31 January 1968 at South Bend, Indiana
• Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 428th Field Artillery Group
• Redesignated 1 June 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 428th Field Artillery Brigade
• Inactivated 15 September 1996 at South Bend, Indiana
• Transferred 18 August 2006 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• Headquarters activated 7 December 2006 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma^[2]

Campaign Participation Credit

• World War II: Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley^[2]

Organization

The 428th FA BDE consists of three battalions:^[3]

• 2nd Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment (provides cannon fire during training)
• 1st Battalion, 30th Field Artillery Regiment (BOLC B, Captains Career Course)
• 1st Battalion, 78th Field Artillery Regiment (advanced individual training)

References