10th Mountain Division Artillery


The 10th Mountain Division Artillery is the divisional artillery command for the 10th Mountain Division. The DIVARTY served with the division from 1942 to the present, including fighting in World War II, Somalia and in Afghanistan and Iraq, and in peacetime in Germany; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Riley, Kansas; and Fort Drum, New York.

History

World War II

During the Second World War, the divisional artillery included the 604th Field Artillery Battalion ; the 605th Field Artillery Battalion ; and the 616th Field Artillery Battalion.

Early Cold War - Gyroscope and inactivation

Reincarnation as light infantry division

Lineage

Note: the linkage between the 10th Mountain Division Artillery and the 10th FA Bde and 10th FA Bde is tenuous, and may not bear out when the Army updates the official lineage.

Campaign participation credit

In December 2017, the Army Black Knights football team wore all white uniforms honoring the 10th Mountain Division in their annual rivalry game against the Navy Midshipmen football team.