Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 December 2014
194th Field Artillery Regiment
- Organized and Federally recognized 13 November 1947 in the Iowa Army National Guard as the 194th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 34th Infantry Division with Headquarters at Spencer
- Ordered into active Federal service 11 September 1950 at home stations
- (194th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized
9 March 1953 with Headquarters at Humboldt)
- Released 17 January 1955 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 194th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1959 as the 194th Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Howitzer Battalion
- Reorganized 1 January 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division
- Reorganized 8 January 1972 to consist of the 1st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 May 1972 as the 194th Field Artillery, to consist of the 1st Battalion
- Withdrawn 1 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Reorganized 10 February 1991 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division
- (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service3 September 2002 at home stations; released from active Federal service 2 September 2003 and reverted to state control)
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 194th Field Artillery Regiment
- Reorganized 1 September 2006 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division
- (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 18 July 2007 at home stations; released from active Federal service 20 August 2008)
- (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 29 July 2010 at home stations; released from active Federal service 1 September 2011 and reverted to state control)
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Headquarters Battery (Fort Dodge), 1st Battalion, entitled to:
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Tunisia
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003
- Headquarters Battery (Fort Dodge), 1st Battalion, entitled to:
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BELVEDERE
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Center of Military History
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