Fires Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division Artillery (DIVARTY)
The 2nd Infantry Division Artillery (DIVARTY) stood ready, as the most forward deployed division artillery in the world, to conduct counterfire and deep operations in defense of the Republic of Korea.
In order to execute that mission, DIVARTY employed two 155mm Direct Support Cannon Battalions, one Multiple Launch Rocket System-Army Tactical Missile System (MLRS/ATACMS) battalion, a separate MLRS/ATACMS battery, a target acquisition battery and a headquarters and headquarters battery.
These units had a total of more than 2,000 highly trained and focused U.S. and Korean Augmentee to the U.S. Army (KATUSA) soldiers and support the Warrior Division from six separate camps.
The DIVARTY returned to Korea with the Division in July 1965 and is presently headquartered at Camp Stanley with subordinate units occupying three separate garrisons. With approximately 160 Commissioned and Warrant Officers and 2200 enlisted Warriors assigned to the three battalions and two separate batteries, the DIVARTY's Thunder Warriors are proud of their history and the 23 Campaign Streamers on our unit colors. The Division Artillery stands ready today, as it has in the past, to answer any call to arms in defense of the Republic of Korea.
The 2n Inf DIVARTY was originally constituted on 21 September 1912 and the organization was completed in January 1918 after deployment to Le Valdahon, France. During WWI, firing in support of both US and Allied Forces, the DIVARTY participated in key battles fought at Aisne, Ile de France, Aisne-Marne, Lorraine and Meuse-Argonne. For its actions the unit was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with two Palms and the French Fourragere. Following the war the unit returned to Fort Sam Houston and was disbanded in October 1939
On 1 October 1942 the unit was reactivated at Fort Sam Houston and deployed to Europe approximately one and a half years later. The DIVARTY entered WWII with the Normandy landing on 7 June 1944 and fired in support of the Division through France, Belgium, Germany, and finally into Czechoslovakia. In July 1945 the DIVARTY departed Le Havre, France for Camp Swift, Texas and began training for operations in the Pacific Theater. For its actions in WWII the unit earned campaign streamers embroidered Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe. The unit was mentioned in official dispatches for action in Ardennes and Elsenborn Crest and was awarded the Belgian Fourragere.
The DIVARTY moved with the Division into the Pusan perimeter in August 1950 where the 2d Infantry Division relieved the 24th Infantry Division. The DIVARTY fired in support of US, ROK and UN forces until the cessation of the war and deployed back to Fort Lewis, Washington in 1954. For actions in Korea the unit earned ten Campaign Streamers and was awarded two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations.
