The 142nd Fires Brigade was instrumental in support and recovery operations located in New Orleans, Louisiana after hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast.

Companies in the 2nd Regiment (the northern division) were located at Van Buren, Magazine, Conway, Paragould, Marion, Newport, Fort Smith, Clarksville, Rector and Yellville.

[2] Lieutenant Samples wrote to Lancelot Minor, 3 January 1893: For some time I have postponed writing you to inquire if you will accept appointment as Colonel of the 2nd Regt.

Brigadier General C. R. Shaer was commissioned and placed in command of the Southern District, which included the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments, two batteries of artillery and a signal company.

[8] The two Arkansas Volunteer Infantry Regiments were still there participating in basic training when the war effectively ended with the fall of Cuba and the signing of an armistice in early August.

Senator Charles W. F. Dick, a Major General in the Ohio National Guard and the chair of the Committee on the Militia,[11] sponsored the 1903 Act towards the end of the 57th U.S. Congress.

In return for the increased federal funding which the act made available, militia units were subject to inspection by Regular Army officers, and had to meet certain standards.

The expedition was in retaliation for Villa's illegal incursion into the United States and attack on the village of Columbus, Luna County, New Mexico, during the Mexican Revolution.

Intensified cross-country hiking, drilling, and maneuvering were evident when the men took sack lunches and marched into Little Rock for the Memorial Day parade with all other troops stationed at Ft.

[33] The commander of the supply company of the 3rd Arkansas received instructions from the Augusta Arsenal to go into the open market and buy mess kits to complete the needed equipment for the new regiments.

Many soldiers, concerned that they might miss the opportunity to prove themselves in combat, volunteered; thus, June 1918 marked the arrival in France of twenty percent of the enlisted personnel of the 142nd Field Artillery.

The number of volunteers had been limited to not more than twenty per cent of each organization, and the officers could not accompany their troops, but had to remain at Camp Beauregard with the remainder of the division still in training.

[54] The 142nd stayed in France to conduct tests and exercises to develop techniques for motorized artillery battalions and won a commendation for efficient performance.

The 142nd Field Artillery Regiment was ordered into active federal service on 6 January 1941 and moved to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where the 3rd Battalion was disbanded.

The 936th Field Artillery Battalion left Camp Bowie 9 August 1943, arrived in Algiers 2 September 1943 and landed in Naples, Italy 11 November 1943.

It had fired 139,364 rounds in combat and was awarded battle streamers for the following campaigns: The 937th Field Artillery Battalion left Camp Bowie on 10 August 1943, arrived in Algiers 2 September 1943 and landed in Naples, Italy 11 November 1943.

The 142nd Field Artillery was ordered into active federal service, along with all other Arkansas National Guard troops in the state on 24 September 1957 at Fayetteville in support of the Little Rock Central High School integration crisis.

In July 2006 Battery B, 1–142nd played an essential role in the closure of the prison in Abu Ghraib, the transfer of detainees to and the opening of Camp Cropper.

The unit was responsible for the base defense and force protection of Camp Cropper until 18 February 2007 when they transferred authority to the 198th FA out of the KY NG.

The battalion, minus Charlie Battery, and the 937th Forward Support Company mobilized in July 2006 with duty as a Security Force (SECFOR) unit in Kuwait.

Charlie Battery completed over 350 convoy escort missions, safely moving over 20,000 white trucks loaded with supplies, food, and fuel from their base at Tallil to as far north as LSA Anaconda and as far west as Taqqaddam.

Battery C known by their call sign "Cold Steel" performed one of the most dangerous missions in this theater,[citation needed] engaging the enemy, and ultimately being awarded 152 combat action badges.

On 1 September 2005 units from the 142nd Field Artillery Brigade conducted simultaneous operations in support of relief efforts to those devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

In Arkansas, elements of the 142nd mobilized to supported efforts at Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center (FCMTC) to house and feed thousands of displaced civilians from the Gulf Coast region.

There are no recorded combat-related deaths in the 142nd Field Artillery for World War I. PVT Robert Jack, service number 1601995 was KIA during the Battle of St. Mihiel, France.

Sheet 6 of the HQ Port of Embarkation, Hoboken NJ, and Page 11 of the List of Mothers and Widows of American Soldiers Sailors and Marines entitled to Make a pilgrimage to the war cemeteries in Europe.

[66] The battalion suffered a total of ten killed and twenty-eight wounded during the war including:[67] The battalion suffered a total of thirteen killed and 156 wounded during the war including:[68] Distinctive unit insignia[78] Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄8 inches (2.9 cm) in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Or, on a pile Gules between six gunstones pilewise above a Korean Taeguk Proper, a lozenge of the first bearing a fleur-de-lis of the second.

The pile alludes to an arrowhead and with the fleur-de-lis represents the organization's assault landing in Southern France, World War II, the gunstones symbolizing the unit's participation in six other campaigns in Europe.

Coat of arms Blazon: Shield: Or, on a pile Gules between six gunstones pilewise above a Korean Taeguk Proper, a lozenge of the first bearing a fleur-de-lis of the second.

The pile alludes to an arrowhead and with the fleur-de-lis represents the organization's assault landing in Southern France, World War II, the gunstones symbolizing the unit's participation in six other campaigns in Europe.