The 8th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916. The regiment served in World War I, World War II, and Korea, and regimental units have served in Vietnam, Honduras, Panama, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Currently organized as a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, the regiment's only active component is the 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment, currently assigned to the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division and stationed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Current status of regimental elements 1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment- Inactive since 15 September 1997.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 371. 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment- Active, assigned to the 1st Infantry Brigade, 11th Airborne Division.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "2d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 373."2-8 FA BN." Web. n.d. Accessed 14 December 2017. <https://www.army.mil/article/166809/> 3rd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment- Inactive since 15 January 1996.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "3d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 375. 4th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment- Inactive since 15 September 1991.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "4th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 379. 5th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment- Inactive since 16 May 1996.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "5th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 371. 6th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment- Inactive since 15 September 1993.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "6th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 381. 7th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment- Inactive since 15 July 1995.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "7th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 383. 8th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment- Inactive since 25 May 1996.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "8th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 385.

History The 8th Field Artillery Regiment was first activated in 1916 from elements of the 5th, and 6th Field Artillery.

The regiment fought in World War I as part of the 7th Division. After the war, the regiment was stationed in Hawaii, and assigned to the Hawaiian Division.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 368-369.

As part of the Army's reorganization in "triangular" infantry divisions in 1941, the regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 8th Field Artillery Battalion, and reassigned to the 25th Infantry Division. The 8th Field Artillery Battalion fought in World War II and Korea with the 25th, earning 14 campaign streamers and seven unit awards.

As part of the reorganization into pentomic divisions, the 8th Field Artillery Battalion was relieved from the 25th Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated as the 8th Artillery, and assigned to the Department of the Army as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System and, after 1981, under the U.S. Army Regimental System.

Further service by regimental elements The 1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Artillery from 1957 – 1986, and served in Vietnam, earning 12 campaign streamers and four unit awards. From 1986 – 1997, the battalion remained attached to the 25th Infantry Division as a separate battalion.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "1st Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 371-372.

The 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment served with the 7th Infantry Division (United States) in Korea from 1957 – 1971, and at Fort Ord, California and Fort Lewis, Washington from 1975 – 1995. Reassigned to the 25th Infantry Division, and later to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at both Fort Lewis, Washington and Fort Wainwright, Alaska, the battalion has deployed multiple times in the Global War on Terrorism.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "2d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 373-374.

The 3rd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment served as a reserve unit in the 81st Infantry Division at Macon, Georgia from 1959 – 1965. Activated in the Regular Army from 1983 – 1996, the battalion deployed to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "3d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 375-376.

The 4th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment served as a separate reserve unit in Pittsburgh and Clearfield, Pennsylvania from 1959 – 1976, and then with the 157th Infantry Brigade until inactivation in 1991.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "4th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 377-378

The 5th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment served as reserve unit with the 103rd Infantry Division at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1959 – 1963. Reactivated in the Regular Army from 1983 – 1996, the battalion deployed to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "5th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 379-380.

The 6th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment served at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and in Korea from 1959 – 1963, and at Fort Carson, Colorado from 1967 – 1970. The battalion was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division (Light) at Fort Ord, California, from 1983 – 1993, including deployment to Honduras during Operation Golden Pheasant and Panama during Operation Just Cause.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "6th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 3781-382.History Office, XVIII Airborne Corps and Joint Task Force South. OPERATION JUST CAUSE List of Participating Units. U.S. Army Center for Military History, n.d. Web. 28 June 2015. <http://www.history.army.mil/documents/panama/unitlst.htm >.

The 7th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment returned to active duty from 1962 – 1971, and served in Vietnam, earning 11 campaign streamers. It returned to active duty again from 1983 – 1995, serving with the 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "7th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pubn 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 383-384.

The 8th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment served in Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division Artillery from 1983 – 1996.McKenney, Janice E. (2010). "8th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery". Field Artillery Part 1. Army Lineage Series CMH Pub 60-11-1. United States Army Center of Military History. pp. 385-386.

Lineage and honors Lineage Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 8th Field Artillery Organized 7 July 1916 at Fort Bliss, Texas Assigned 6 December 1917 to the 7th Division Relieved 1 March 1921 from assignment to the 7th Division and assigned to the Hawaiian Division Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1941 as the 8th Field Artillery Battalion; concurrently, relieved from assignment to the Hawaiian Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Relieved 1 February 1957 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 8th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 8th Field Artillery Withdrawn 1 October 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

Campaign participation credit World War I: Streamer without inscription World War II: Central Pacific; Guadalcanal; Luzon Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer–Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer–Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953 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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I Armed Forces Expeditions: Panama2-8 FA History. U.S. Army, 26 Apr. 2016, <www.army.mil/article/166806/> Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait War on Terror: Afghanistan: Consolidation II; Consolidation III Iraq: Iraqi Governance; Iraqi Surge

Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TAEGU (8th Field artillery Battalion [less Battery C] cited; da GO 49, 1951) Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SANGNYONG-Ni (8th Field artillery Battalion [less Battery C] cited; da GO 72, 1951) Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WONJU-HWACHON (8th Field artillery Battalion cited; da GO 38, 1957) Valorous Unit award, Streamer embroidered CU CHI DISTRICT (1st Battalion, 8th artillery, cited; da GO 20, 1967) Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967–1968 (7th Battalion, 8th artillery, cited; da GO 17, 1969) Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968–1969 (7th Battalion, 8th artillery, cited; da GO 39, 1970) Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM (8th Field artillery Battalion cited; da GO 38, 1957) Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (25th infantry division cited; da GO 47, 1950) Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MASAN–CHINJU (8th Field artillery Battalion cited; da GO 35, 1951) Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MUNSAN-NI (8th Field artillery Battalion cited; da GO 19, 1955)

Heraldry Distinctive unit insignia

Description A silver color metal and enamel device in height overall consisting of the shield, crest and motto of the coat of arms.

Symbolism