1st Battalion as 528th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
2nd battalion as 950th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
3rd Battalion as 250th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion
528th consolidated with 101st AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 19 July 1946
250th, 950th, and 101st consolidated with 214th Artillery 1 July 1959 a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Gun Battalions, the 3rd Automatic Weapons Battalion, and the 5th Detachment.
reorganized on 1 May 1962 to consist of the 1st Howitzer Battalion, the 3rd Automatic Weapons Battalion, and the 5th Detachment.
A Gold color metal and enamel device in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a chevronel debased Azure fimbriated Or, below three shell bursts one and two of the third. Attached below and to the sides of the shield is a Gold scroll inscribed “WE HEAR AND STRIKE” in Red letters.
Symbolism
The shield is scarlet, the color of the Coast Artillery Corps. The chevronel is blue representing the Infantry service of some of the units, indicating strength. The three shell bursts represent the mission of the Anti-Aircraft Artillery.
Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 214th Coast Artillery on 2 July 1940. It was redesignated for the 950th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 7 March 1951. It was redesignated for the 214th Artillery Regiment on 25 April 1961. The insignia was redesignated for the 214th Field Artillery Regiment on 31 July 1972.
Coat of arms
Blazon
Shield
Gules, a chevronel debased Azure fimbriated Or, below three shell bursts one and two of the third.
Crest
That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Georgia Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, a boar’s head erased Gules, in the mouth an oak branch Vert fructed Or.
Motto "We Hear and Strike"
Symbolism
Shield
The shield is scarlet, the color of the Coast Artillery Corps. The chevronel is blue representing the Infantry service of some of the units, indicating strength. The three shell bursts represent the mission of the Anti-Aircraft Artillery.
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 214th Coast Artillery on 2 July 1940. It was redesignated for the 950th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 7 March 1951. It was redesignated for the 214th Artillery Regiment on 25 April 1961. The insignia was redesignated for the 214th Field Artillery Regiment on 31 July 1972.
