201st Field Artillery Regiment

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201st Field Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms
Active	1735–present
Country	United States
Allegiance	West Virginia
Branch	West Virginia Army National Guard
Type	Field artillery regiment
Size	1 active battalion
Garrison/HQ	Fairmont, West Virginia
Nickname(s)	First West Virginia (Special Designation)[1]
Motto(s)	Yes Sir
Equipment	M109A6 Paladin, HEMTT, HMMWV
Engagements	French and Indian War American Revolutionary War War of 1812 Mexican–American War American Civil War Spanish–American War World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan Operation New Dawn
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 201st Field Artillery Regiment ("First West Virginia"^[1]) is a West Virginia Army National Guard regiment. It currently perpetuates the Virginia elements of the Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment, which fought in the American Revolution. Organized by Colonel Morgan Morgan in Bunker Hill, West Virginia in 1735, it is one of the oldest continually-active regiments in the U.S. Army, and the oldest unit in the West Virginia Army National Guard. Units also saw action on both sides of the American Civil War, with many companies of the regiment combined to form the Union Army's 1st West Virginia Infantry.^[2][3]

Headquartered in Fairmont, West Virginia, the 201st Field Artillery employs the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzer, and is part of the 197th Field Artillery Brigade, which is part of the New Hampshire Army National Guard.