45th FIRES BRIGADE

Organized and Federally recognized 5 August 1920 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Enid as Battery A, 2d Field Artillery
Redesignated 10 October 1921 as Battery A, 189th Field Artillery, an element of the 45th Division
Redesignated 1 May 1939 as Battery F, 189th Field Artillery
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Enid
Reorganized and redesignated 11 February 1942 as Battery C, 202d Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 45th Division
(45th Division redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 45th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1943 as Battery C, 202d Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 24 November 1945 at Camp Bowie, Texas
Reorganized and Federally recognized 13 November 1946 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Enid as Battery A, 189th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at Enid
(Battery A, 189th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized 11 December 1952 at Enid)
Released from active Federal service 30 April 1954 and reverted to state control; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters Battery, 189th Field Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 189th Field Artillery Battalion; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Battery A, 189th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 189th Artillery, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 189th Artillery, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
Consolidated 1 February 1968 with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 158th Artillery (organized and Federally recognized 1 November 1965 at Enid), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 189th Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 45th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 May 1972 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 189th Field Artillery
Consolidated 1 October 1996 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Field Artillery Brigade (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Field Artillery Brigade
Ordered into active Federal service 15 March 2003 at Enid; released from active Federal service 27 May 2003 and reverted to state control
Ordered into active Federal service 19 August 2008 at Enid
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2008 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Fires Brigade
Released from active Federal service 22 September 2009 and reverted to state control
Location changed 1 July 2010 to Mustang
ANNEX 1
Organized and Federally recognized 17 November 1921 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Enid as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, 189th Field Artillery, an element of the 45th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1939 as Headquarters Battery, 189th Field Artillery
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Enid
Redesignated 11 February 1942 as Headquarters Battery, 202d Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 45th Division
(45th Division redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 45th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1943 as Headquarters Battery, 202d Field Artillery Group
Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Reorganized and Federally recognized 17 September 1946 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Enid as Headquarters Battery, 189th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at Enid; released from active Federal service 30 April 1954 and reverted to state control
ANNEX 2
Organized and Federally recognized 10 October 1921 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Enid as the Band Section, Service Battery, 2d Field Artillery
Redesignated 14 October 1921 as the Band Section, Service Battery, 189th Field Artillery, an element of the 45th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1940 as the Band, 189th Field Artillery
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Enid
Redesignated 11 February 1942 as the Band, 202d Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 45th Division
(45th Division redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 45th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1944 as the 203d Army Band
Reorganized and redesignated 7 June 1944 as the 203d Army Ground Forces Band
Inactivated 11 June 1946 in Italy
Reorganized and Federally recognized 4 March 1947 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Enid as Company K, 179th Infantry, an element of the 45th Infantry Division
Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at Enid
(Company K, 179th Infantry [NGUS], organized and Federally recognized 21 October 1952 at Enid)
Released from active Federal service 30 April 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Company K, 179th Infantry (NGUS)
Consolidated 1 May 1959 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Division Artillery (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Infantry Division Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Artillery Group, and relieved from assignment to the 45th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 May 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Field Artillery Group
Redesignated 1 September 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Field Artillery Brigade
ANNEX 3
Organized and Federally recognized 17 September 1952 in the Oklahoma Army National Guard at Enid as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Division Artillery (NGUS)
Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 45th Division Artillery
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World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Korean War
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1953

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History