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The 2nd Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment ("2-2 FAR”) is the United States Army’s Direct Support field artillery battalion; assigned to the 428th Field Artillery Brigade and stationed at Fort Sill, OK.
The 2nd Battalion, nicknamed "Deep Strike", is currently assigned to 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and equipped with the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. In the event of a contingency, the Texas Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment and Delta Battery, 2/20th Field Artillery would round it out.
Inactivated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Consolidated 15 December 1961 with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Artillery Group, and the 2d, 12th, and 42d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions (all organized in 1821 as the 2d Regiment of Artillery ) to form the 2d Artillery, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Oklahoma City.It covers almost 94,000 acres (38,000 ha). [2]The fort was first built during the Indian Wars. [3]
The 75th Field Artillery Brigade is currently composed of the following units. All the units are located at Fort Sill. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 75th Field Artillery Brigade (75th FA BDE) 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment (2-4th FAR "Deep Attack"), (M270A1 MLRS) Multiple Launch Rocket System
Fort Sill, Oklahoma: United States Army. 1942. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2016. History of the Field Artillery School; Volume II World War II (PDF). Fort Sill, Oklahoma: United States Army. 1946. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2016. History of the U.S. Army Field Artillery and Missile School; Volume III 1945–1957 ...
Fort Sill, Oklahoma: U.S. Army Field Artillery School Library. [permanent dead link ] Wikle, Thomas A. (2019). "Fort Sill and the Birth of US Combat Aviation". The Chronicles of Oklahoma. 97 (1 - Spring 2019). Oklahoma Historical Society: 4– 25. LCCN 23027299. OCLC 655582328.
The 158th Field Artillery was constituted in the National Guard on 26 February 1920 and assigned to the 45th Division.The regimental headquarters, Headquarters Battery, and Service Battery were allotted to Oklahoma, the 1st Battalion was allotted to Colorado and New Mexico, and the 2nd Battalion was allotted to Arizona (Battery E) and Oklahoma (Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, and ...