The 10th Mountain Division Artillery (DIVARTY) is the

divisional artillery An organic unit is a military unit that is a permanent part of a larger unit and (usually) provides some specialized capability to that parent unit. For instance, the US Marine Corps incorporates its own aviation units (distinct from the US Air ...

command for the

10th Mountain Division The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is a light infantry division in the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. Formerly designated as a mountain warfare unit, the division was the only one of its size in the US military to rec ...

. The DIVARTY served with the division from 1942 to the present, including fighting in

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, Somalia and in Afghanistan and Iraq, and in peacetime in Germany; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Riley, Kansas; and Fort Drum, New York."DIVARTY: 10th Mountain Division Artillery." ''Fort Drum Organizations.'' Web. Accessed 19 October 2015. .

History

World War II

During the Second World War, the divisional artillery included the 604th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack); the 605th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack); and the 616th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack).

Early Cold War - Gyroscope and inactivation

Reincarnation as light infantry division

Lineage

*Constituted in the Regular Army on 28 May 1930 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, assigned to the

Panama Canal Division The Panama Canal Division was a unit of the United States Army, established in order to ensure the United States could adequately defend the Canal Zone in Panama. When it was authorized in 1920, similar divisions were organized to defend Hawaii ...

, and allotted to the

Panama Canal Department The Panama Canal Department was a department (geographical command) of the United States Army, responsible for the defense of the Panama Canal Zone between 1917 and 1947. First U.S. Army presence The Isthmian Canal Commission and the Panama Ca ...

*Consolidated on 12 October 1936 with the 10th Field Artillery Brigade, 10th Division (a World War I unit organized in August 1918 at Camp Funston, Kansas; demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Funston; reconstituted on 12 October 1936) *Constituted 27 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Mountain Training Center Artillery *Activated 5 September 1942 at Camp Carson, Colorado *Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 10th Light Division Artillery *Reorganized and redesignated 6 November 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Mountain Division Artillery *Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado *Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Division Artillery *Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army *Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas *Redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Infantry Division Artillery *Inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia *Redesignated 2 May 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Mountain Division Artillery, and activated at Fort Drum, New YorkMcKenney, Janice E. (2010). "Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Mountain Division Artillery". ''Field Artillery Part 1.'' (CMH Pub 60-11-1(Part 1)). Army Lineage Series. United States Army Center of Military History: Washington. 65-66. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015 . *Inactivated 6 August 2004 at Fort Drum, New YorkRuscio, Pfc. Laura E. "DIVARTY transforms to meet Army needs." ''The Mountaineer Online.'' 12 August 2004. Web. Accessed 19 October 2015. . *Activated 16 October 2015 at Fort Drum, New York Note: the linkage between the 10th Mountain Division Artillery and the 10th FA Bde (Panama Canal Dept) and 10th FA Bde (10th Division) is tenuous, and may not bear out when the Army updates the official lineage.

Campaign participation credit

*World War II: North Apennines, Po Valley *War on Terror: campaigns to be determined

Army Football uniforms

In December 2017, the

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team wore all-white uniforms honoring the 10th Mountain Division in their annual rivalry game against the

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team.