143rd Field Artillery Regiment

Subordinate units

First Battalion, 143rd FAR The First Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment provides direct support fires to the 79th (formerly 40th) Infantry Brigade Combat Team, CAARNG. As the BCT's fires battalion, the 1-143rd FAR is organized to provide responsive and accurate artillery fires to the elements of the IBCT, including close supporting fires and counterfire.

:Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB)

:Alpha Battery

:Bravo Battery

:Charlie Battery

:Foxtrot Company, 40th BSB

History

Service Battery, 1-143 FA (now F Co, 40th BSB) based in Walnut Creek, CA, traces its lineage to Battery A, First Battalion of California Heavy Artillery. Battery A mustered into federal service in San Francisco between 6 and 11 May 1898, along with the rest of the battalion. A and D Batteries of the battalion sailed to the Philippines, participating in the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War. Following service in those two conflicts, A Battery was mustered out of federal service in San Francisco on 21 September 1899. The regiment was originally organized as the 1st Battalion of California Field Artillery on 20 December 1912 from existing units in the California National Guard, with headquarters at Oakland. The 1st Battalion was called into service on 18 June 1916, at their home station, and mustered into federal service on 28 June 1916 at the Sacramento Fairgrounds as part of the 1st California Brigade [National Guard]. The 1st Battalion of California Field Artillery, along with other units of the 1st California Brigade, served during the Mexican Border Campaign at Nogales and Yuma, Arizona. The unit was tasked with protecting the border and railroads as other units patrolled the vast border that separated the United States and Mexico. Film star Mary Pickford adopted the regiment in World War I, and the 143rd appears as extras in her 1918 war film, Johanna Enlists.

The regiment's units earned the following Campaign Participation Credit:

:Spanish–American War :Philippine–American War :Mexican Expedition :World War I :World War II :Korean War :Operation Enduring Freedom JTF-GTMO :Operation Iraqi Freedom :Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Spartan Shield (Area Support Group – Qatar)

The regiment has contributed forces to the following state mobilizations:

:Folsom State Prison Riots 1927 :Los Angeles Riots 1992 :2002-2004 Golden Gate Bridge Security :Airport Security 2006 :California Wildfires 2007 :California Wildfires 2008 :California Wildfires 2015 :California Wildfires 2016 :JTF Rattlesnake 2019

References

References

1. "1st Battalion, 143d Field Artillery Regiment – On Time. On Target". Calguard.ca.gov.
2. "Archived copy".
3. "Vanishing Heroes: Battery F".
4. "First Battalion of California Heavy Artillery, U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish–American War". Militarymuseum.org.
5. "California and First World War: California and the Lost Battalion". Militarymuseum.org.
6. "National_Guard_Intro".
7. [https://marypickford.org/av-element/mary-pickford-receives-the-title-honorary-colonel-of-the-143rd-field-artillery/ Mary Pickford Foundation]