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The 17th Field Artillery Brigade, "America's Premier HIMARS Brigade", is an artillery brigade in the United States Army. It is currently based in Joint Base Lewis McChord Washington as Force Fires Headquarters for I Corps. ==History== The 17th Field Artillery Brigade began as the 17th Field Artillery Brigade part of the 17th Division at Camp Bowie, Texas on 31 July 1918. It demobilized in February 1919 after World War I. The 17th Field Artillery Brigade activated again at Fort Sill January 1943. During World War II the 17th Field Artillery Brigade participated in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. *Staged at Camp Myles Standish from 20 February 1944. *Departed Boston, Massachusetts Port of Embarkation on 28 February 1944. *Arrived in England on 8 March 1944. *Landed in France on 12 June 1944 and entered the Normandy campaign. *Normandy Campaign concluded on 24 July 1944. *Northern France campaign started 25 July 1944. *Crossed into Belgium on 5 September 1944. *Northern France campaign concluded on 14 September 1944. *Entered Germany on 15 September 1944 and started Rhineland campaign. *Returned to Belgium on 1 October 1944. *Reentered Germany on 1 November 1944. *Returned to Belgium on 23 December 1944 to participate in the Ardennes-Alsace campaign. *Reentered Germany on 4 February 1945, and resumed Rhineland campaign. *Rhineland Campaign concluded on 21 March 1945. *Central Europe campaign starts 22 March 1945. *Central Europe campaign concluded 11 May 1945, and unit prepares to be withdrawn from ETO, and deployment to PTO. *Unit withdrawn from Germany, and arrived Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation to prepare for invasion of Japan on 9 July 1945 *Unit moved to Camp San Luis Obispo, California on 15 July 1945 to train and re-equip for Pacific Theater. *Unit at Camp San Luis Obispo on VJ Day. *Unit moved to Fort Ord, California for demobilization on 20 September 1945. The 17th Field Artillery deployed to Iraq in 2003 and again in 2005. In 2007 the 17th Field Artillery Brigade moved to Fort Lewis, Washington a renamed 17th Fires Brigade. The 17th Fires Brigade deployed to the Basra Province in the summer of 2009. The 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment was officially inactivated February 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「17th Field Artillery Brigade (United States)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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