[1] 1st Battalion is currently an organic unit of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the North Carolina Army National Guard.

[2] On 21 May 2009, soldiers from A Battery successfully fired the M982 Excalibur precision-guided artillery round from FOB Mahmoudiyah while deployed to Iraq with the 30th HBCT.

[5] Description: A Gold color metal and enamel device one inch (2.54 cm) in height overall, consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules, a falcon Or on a mount issuant from sinister base Vert, overall a bend and in dexter base three fleurs-de-lis in bend of the second.

Background: The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 113th Field Artillery Regiment on 24 February 1931.

Blazon: Symbolism Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 113th Field Artillery Regiment on 24 February 1931.