10th Field Artillery Regiment

10th Field Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms
Active	1916
Country	United States
Branch	Field Artillery Branch (United States)
Type	Combat arms
Nickname	King of Battle Red Leg
Patron	Saint Barbara
Motto	The Rock’s Support
Branch color	Scarlet
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 10th Field Artillery Regiment is an Field Artillery regiment of the United States Army first formed in 1916

History

The 10th Field Artillery Regiment was formed at Camp Douglas in 1916.

Distinctive Unit Insignia

• Description

A Gold metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a rock Proper resting on two cannons in saltire Or. On a canton of the last a winged centaur courant holding a bent bow and arrow of the field (for the 6th Field Artillery).

• Symbolism

The shield is red for Artillery, the parent organization being shown by its crest placed on the canton. The 38th Infantry earned the sobriquet of “The Rock of the Marne” and this regiment is therefore entitled to the motto “The Rock’s Support,” and it is shown by the two cannons supporting a rock.

• Background

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 10th Field Artillery Regiment on 16 April 1923. It was redesignated for the 10th Field Artillery Battalion on 15 December 1942. The insignia was redesignated for the 10th Artillery Regiment on 22 January 1958. It was again redesignated for the 10th Field Artillery Regiment on 2 December 1971.

Coat Of Arms

Blazon

• Shield

Gules, a rock Proper resting on two cannons in saltire Or. On a canton of the last a winged centaur courant holding a bent bow and arrow of the field (for the 6th Field Artillery). And for unofficial use pendant to escutcheon a French Croix de Guerre with gilt star Proper.

• Crest

On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules a dexter arm embowed habited in Olive Drab grasping a Red guidon on a broken staff all Proper. Motto The Rock’s Support.

• Symbolism
• Shield

The shield is red for Artillery, the parent organization being shown by its crest placed on the canton. The 38th Infantry earned the sobriquet of “The Rock of the Marne” and this regiment is therefore entitled to the motto “The Rock’s Support,” and it is shown by the two cannons supporting a rock. Crest The crest symbolizes the honorable loss and recapture of its guns.

• Background

The coat of arms was originally approved for the 10th Field Artillery Regiment on 6 June 1921. It was amended to include history on 13 September 1923. The insignia was redesignated for the 10th Field Artillery Battalion on 15 December 1942. It was again redesignated for the 10th Artillery Regiment on 22 January 1958. The coat of arms was redesignated for the 10th Field Artillery Regiment on 2 December 1971.

Current configuration

• 1st Battalion 10th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)^[1]
• 2nd Battalion 10th Field Artillery Regiment
• 3rd Battalion 10th Field Artillery Regiment
• 4th Battalion 10th Field Artillery Regiment
• 5th Battalion 10th Field Artillery Regiment

See also

• Field Artillery Branch (United States)
• U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps
• Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "10th Field Artillery Regiment".

• Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from ..., Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitman[1]
• http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=3415

External links

• http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/default.htm
• http://www.warfoto.com/10FARA.htm