101st Field Artillery Regiment

101st Field Artillery
101st Field Artillery Coat of arms
Active1636–present (387 years)
Country Massachusetts Bay Colony
(1636–1686, 1689-1692)
Dominion of New England
(1686-1689)
Province of Massachusetts Bay
(1692-1775)
United Colonies
(1775-1776)
 United States
(1776–present)
BranchMassachusetts Army National Guard
Garrison/HQBrockton, Massachusetts
Nickname(s)Boston Light Artillery (special designation)[1]
Motto(s)Vincere est Vivere (To Conquer is to Live)
EquipmentM777A2 155mm Howitzer (Charlie)

M119A3 105mm Howitzer (Alpha, Bravo)

Q36 / Q37 Target Acquisition Radar
EngagementsColonial Wars

Pequot War
King Philip's War
King William's War
Queen Anne's War
King George's War
French and Indian War
American Wars
American Revolutionary War

War of 1812
American Civil War

War with Spain

World War I

World War II

Korean War
Afghanistan Campaign

Iraq Campaign
DecorationsMeritorious Unit Commendation (OEF Afghanistan)

Superior Unit Award (IFOR Service)

Joint Meritorious Unit Award

Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
John Winthrop
Myles Standish (Plymouth Company Commander)
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
86th IBCT shoulder sleeve insignia, worn by 1-101st FA

The 101st Field Artillery ("Boston Light Artillery"[1]) regiment is the oldest active field artillery regiment in the United States Army, with a lineage dating to 13 December 1636 when it was organized as the South Regiment. It is one of several National Guard units with colonial roots and campaign credit for the War of 1812. For the first 250 years of the unit's existence, it was organized as an infantry unit.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Special Designation Listing". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  2. ^ Kondratiuk (Col Ret), Leonid (May 2007). History of the 101st Field Artillery Regiment (Report).
  3. ^ McKenney, Janice E. (2010). US Army Center of Military History (CMH) Publication 60-11, Army Lineage Series, Field Artillery, Part 2. Washington, DC: US Army Center of Military History. pp. 1019–1032.
  4. ^ 101st Field Artillery Lineage & Honors Certificate at history.army.mil