The 37th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, and parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System. The regiment was first constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army. The regiment served with the 10th Division during World War I, and the 2nd Infantry Division during World War II. Elements of the regiment have served with the 2nd Infantry Division, 6th Infantry Division, 79th Infantry Division, and 172nd Infantry Brigade, among other units. Two battalions of the regiment are currently active, the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery is the 155mm towed cannon battalion assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and the 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery is a Multiple Launch Rocket System battalion in the 210th Field Artillery Brigade.
History
World War I
Interwar
World War II
Cold War - Present
Further Operational Service by Regimental Elements
Current configuration
1st Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment: Active, Regular Army, assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division 2nd Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive, Regular Army, Inactivated 16 July 1988 at Fort Sill, OK 3rd Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive, Regular Army, Inactivated 16 July 1988 in Germany 4th Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive, Army Reserve, Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Clarksburg, WV 5th Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment: Inactive, Army Reserve, Inactivated 28 February 1963 at Philadelphia, PA 6th Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment: Active, Regular Army, assigned to 210th Field Artillery Brigade
Lineage
Constituted 5 July 1918 in the National Army (USA) as the 37th Field Artillery and assigned to the 13th Division. Organized 17 August 1918 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Demobilized 11 February 1919 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 37th Field Artillery. Redesignated 1 October 1940 as the 37th Field Artillery Battalion, assigned to the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division), and activated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1956 as the 37th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Relieved 20 June 1957 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 37th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 37th Field Artillery. Withdrawn 16 February 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System.
Distinctive unit insignia
Description
On a Gold color metal and enamel device in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per bend Or and Gules two bendlets wavy Azure (Celestial) and of the first between a lion rampant of the second and a dolphin counter-embowed of the first. Attached below the shield a Gold scroll inscribed "ON THE MINUTE" in Black letters. Symbolism Scarlet is used for Artillery. The lion, taken from the arms of Belgium, refers to the unit's actions in the Ardennes campaign and at Elsenborn for which it was cited by the Belgian Army. The two wavy bands, representing the Rhine and Naktong rivers, stand for the unit's combat service in the Rhineland and in Korea. The five waves of the blue band refer to its participation in five World War II campaigns. The dolphin stands for Korea, which is bounded on three sides by the sea. It refers particularly to the unit's participation in breaking through the Pusan perimeter after retreating nearly to the sea. Background The first design of the distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 37th Field Artillery Battalion on 14 October 1942 and was redesignated for the 37th Artillery Regiment on 10 February 1958. This design was rescinded and the current design approved for the 37th Artillery Regiment on 17 November 1964. The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1971, for the 37th Field Artillery Regiment.