2-11th Field Artillery
"On Time"
The 11th Field Artillery, is equipped with M119A1, 105mm howitzers.
Its mission is to provide direct fire support to the Division's 2nd Brigade "Warriors". Its focus is the Pacific Ocean and all the countries that form the Pacific Rim.
To accomplish its mission, it trains to deploy anywhere, at anytime, to fight and win. This often takes it all over the world to places like Australia, Japan, Korea, and Thailand.
The 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, was originally constituted on 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 11th Field Artillery. It organized on 1 June 1917 at Douglas, AZ (the 11th Field Artillery was assigned in November 1917 to the 6th Division; relieved on 12 November 1920 from assignment to the 6th Division; and assigned on 1 March 1921 to the Hawaiian Division [later redesignated as the 24th Infantry Division]). The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 1 October 1941 as Battery B, 11th Field Artillery Battalion.
The unit inactivated on 31 March 1958 and was relieved from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division; it was concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery. The unit was redesignated on 2 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 11th Artillery (its organic elements were concurrently constituted).
The Battalion reactivated on 21 June 1958 at Fort Campbell, KY. It was redesignated on 8 April 1966 as the 2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery. It was redesignated on 1 September 1971 as the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery.
It was reassigned on 13 September 1972 to the 25th Infantry Division.
In mid January of 2004, the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment deployed from its home base at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii to Camp Virginia, Kuwait to stage for combat operations in Iraq. On the 1st of February, following a brief staging period, the battalion moved by air and ground assault convoy more the 600 miles to the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraq. The Battalion conducted both traditional Artillery roles and traditional Maneuver roles. The Battalion had two batteries conducting traditional artillery roles and fired over 4000 rounds in Direct Support of 2nd Brigade Combat Team ground operations and counterfire for the Brigade. The Battalion had the 25th FAD with two Q-37 radars attached as well as E/151 FA with one Q-36 radar from the Minnesota National Guard and a Light Weight Counter Mortar Radar (LCMR) to provide radar coverage for the Brigade's counterfire fight. The Battalion also had one battery conducting traditional infantry maneuver operations in the cities of Altun Kupri and Dibis which are located north of the city of Kirkuk. This battery has conducted cordon and search raid missions, combat mounted patrolling, as well as assisting in humanitarian missions in rebuilding the Iraqi Infrastructure. The Battalion also had a battery with it COLT teams located in the Sulayaminyah Province and assisted by other combat multipliers to patrol the Iran/Iraq border to deny enemy foreign forces sanctuary or passage.
"On Time" also trained, coached and mentored the Iraqi Security Forces; Local Police, Iraqi National Guard and Iraqi Border Patrol to be stronger and efficient against the terrorists who mean to undermine the security and the rebuilding of Iraq. The Battalion played a crucial role in security operations for a successful Transition of Authority to the Iraqi Government on the 28th of June 2004. The Battalion systematically disposed of land mines and other explosives. The Battalion was also part of a historic event when it was part of the country's first Democratic National Election. The Battalion played the primary role in the training of Iraqi Forces, force protection around polling sites and security at polling sites and key infrastructure sites for the first General Election in Iraq conducted on 30 January 2005.
