210th Fires Brigade

Brigade Information

Artillery Brigade

Name	Phone	From U.S.
CSM	(315) 730-1587	011-82 31 870-1587
S1	(315) 730-2538	011-82 31 870-2538
S3	(315) 730-2210	011-82-31 870-2210

Mission

On order, 210th Field Artillery Brigade provides fires in support of ACC Operations and GCC’s counter fire fight. On order, transitions to offensive operations

History

The 210th Fires Brigade was originally constituted as the 2nd Fires Brigade 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 in Aisne, lle de France, Aisne-Marne, Lorraine and Meuse-Argonne. For its actions the unit was awarded the French Croix de Gurre with two Palms and the French Fourragere. Following the war the unit returned to Fort Sam Houston and deactivated in October 1939.

On 1 October 1942 the unit was reactivated at Fort Sam Houston and deployed to Europe. The Fires Brigade 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 Fires Brigade departed Le Harve, France for Camp Swift, Texas to prepare to deploy to the Pacific Theater. For its actions in WWII the unit earned campaign streamers embroidered Normandy, Northern France, Reinhold, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe. It was awarded the Belgian Fourragere for actions in Ardennes and Elsenborn Crest

The Fires Brigade moved with the Division into the Pusan perimeter in August 1950 where the 2nd Infantry Division relieved the 24th Infantry Division. The Fires Brigade 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.

The Fires Brigade returned to Korea with the Division in July 1965 and was stationed at Camp McNair in the West Corridor near Pobwoni. When the 7th Infantry Division departed the peninsula in 1971, the headquarters relocated to Camp Stanley until recently relocating to Camp Casey in September 2005 as part of 2d Infantry Division Transformation Plan.

The Division Artillery reorganized into a Fires Brigade which consists of HHB, Fires Brigade, 6-37th FA, and 1-38th FA at Camp Casey and 702d BSB at Camp Castle. With approximately 1300 Warriors assigned to the three battalions and one separate battery, the Soldiers of the most forward deployed Fires Brigade are proud of their history and the 23 Campaign Streamers on the unit colors. The Brigade stands ready today, as it has in the past, to answer any calls to arms in defense of the Republic of Korea or in the cause of freedom for our great country.

In November of 2006 it was renamed the 210th Fires Brigade.