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The 145th Field Artillery Regiment is a regiment of the
The 145th Field Artillery Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...
and the Utah National Guard
The Utah National Guard consists of the:
* Utah Army National Guard
**19th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
**65th Field Artillery Brigade
**85th WMD CST
**97th Troop Command
**115th Engineer Group (CBT)
**204th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade
**211th ...
.
The regiment has its origins in field artillery units raised in Utah in 1854, but first gained the designation 145th Field Artillery in 1917.
It was organized and entered into federal service in October 1917 at Camp Kearny
Camp Kearny was a U.S. military base (first Army, later Navy) in San Diego County, California, on the site of the current Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. It operated from 1917 to 1946. The base was named in honor of Brigadier General Stephen W ...
, California. It became a component of the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, of the 40th Division. The first Commander was Colonel Richard W. Young and it was composed of two Field Artillery Battalions.
The regiment was reconstituted on 11 October 1921 in the Utah National Guard as the 145th Field Artillery and assigned to the 40th Division. It was organized and Federally recognized 13 July 1923 with Headquarters at Salt Lake City. Inducted into Federal service 3 March 1941 at home stations. Relieved 18 February 1942 from assignment to the 40th Division.
The regiment was broken up 24 March–6 June 1942.
Reorganized and Federally recognized 6 November 1947 with Headquarters at
Provo. Ordered into active Federal service 3 September 1950 at home stations. (145th Field Artillery Battalion GUS
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organized and Federally recognized 3 March 1953 with Headquarters at Provo.) Released 18 March 1955 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 145th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS).
Headquarters, 145th Field Artillery (reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the Utah National Guard), and the 145th and 204th Field Artillery Battalions were consolidated on 1 July 1959 to form the 145th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
The Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS), was the method of assigning unit designations to units of some of the combat arms branches of the
United States Army, including Infantry, Special Forces, Field Artillery, and Armor, from 1957 to 1981. ...
, to consist of the 1st and 2d Howitzer Battalions. Reorganized 30 April 1964 to consist of the 1st Howitzer Battalion and the 2d Battalion. Reorganized 1 December 1967 to consist of the 1st Battalion. Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 145th Field Artillery. Withdrawn 1 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
The United States Army Regimental System (USARS) is an organizational and classification system used by the United States Army. It was established in 1981 to replace the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS) to provide each soldier with continu ...
. Consolidated 1 October 1996 with the 140th Field Artillery and consolidated unit designated as the 145th Field Artillery to consist of the 1st Battalion.
The regiment build the 145th Field Artillery Monument in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
in 1927.
The regiment's 1st Battalion now forms part of the 65th Field Artillery Brigade. The battalion took part in "Western Strike '22" in June 2022 at the Orchard Combat Training Centre, Idaho.https://ut.ng.mil/Site-Management/News-Article-View/Article/3070911/lightning-strikes-summoning-americas-thunder/
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