1st Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery
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Topic: 1st Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery
Posted By: TasunkaWitko
Subject: 1st Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery
Date Posted: 09 February 2009 at 06:25
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Cochran Completes Training At Fort Sill By Ronald Fischer bcj_fischer@yahoo.com On September 1st, 2006, friends and family attended a graduation ceremony for PV1 Brandon Cochran At the Field Artillery Training Center at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Brandon is from Fort Belknap and is the son of Tanya Buck. Brandon graduated as a member of the “Cobra KAI” 1st Platoon, Fox Battery, 1st Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery, BCT Class 521-06. The 22d Field Artillery Regiment was constituted on 18 May 1918 as Battery A, Separate Battalion of Mountain Artillery. The unit was organized at Corozal Canal Zone on 10 July 1918. The unit was re-designated on 1 July 1921 as Battery A, 22d Field Artillery. On 15 September 1921 the unit was inactivated in the Canal Zone. The unit was assigned to the 4th Division from 23 July 1929 until 7 December 1929. The battalion was then assigned to the 6th Division until 2 October 1939. On 13 January 1941, the unit was re-designated as Battery A, 22d Field Artillery Battalion. On 15 April 1941, the unit was activated at Pine Camp, New York. The unit was reorganized and re-designated as Battery A, 22d Armored Field Artillery Battalion. During World War II, the battalion participated in the invasion of Normandy, the effort in northern France, the campaign in the Ardennes-Alsace (the Battle of the Bulge), and the effort in Central Europe. The unit was converted and re-designated on 1 May 1946 as Troop A, 22d Constabulary Squadron, an element of the 14th Constabulary Regiment. The unit was inactivated on 20 May 1949 in Hersfeld, Germany; concurrently converted and re-designated as Battery A, 22d Armored Field Artillery Battalion. The battalion was assigned to the 4th Armored Division on 25 February 1953. The battalion was next activated on 15 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas. The unit was reorganized and re-designated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 22d Field Artillery, an element of the 4th Armored Division. On 1 August 1963, The Batallion was re-designated as the 1st Battalion, 22nd Artillery and assigned to the 1st Armored Division. The unit was re-designated on 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 22d Field Artillery. The battalion was inactivated on 16 January 1988 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division. The Battalion was then re-designated on 15 September 1996 as the 1st Battalion, 22d Field Artillery within the Field Artillery Training Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Formal ceremonies for the activation occurred on 11 October 1997. Throughout the 20th century, the 1-22nd FA BN has proven itself on and off the battlefield. This battalion trains and prepares soldiers to be ready physically or in spirit to deliver predicted fires at precisely the right times. PV1 Cochran’s immediate future includes going to Fort Lee Virginia for AIT training. The Blaine County Journal would like to join Brandon’s family and friends in congratulating him on his graduation. ------------- TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana  Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen |