The 148th Field Artillery was organized on 29 September 1917 by General Order 2, Headquarters 41st Division at Greene, North Carolina under the command of Colonel Joseph V. Cavender.

The regiment was organized as a part of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade, 41st Infantry Division (United States).

The regiment sailed from New York to France on 23 January 1918 aboard the RMS Baltic of the White Star Line.

They were equipped with French 155mm GPF Guns and 50 hp Renault tractors at Camp de Souge near Bordeaux.

[7][8] The convoy arrived Darwin on 18 February, the day before the port was heavily bombed and many ships lost.

A Gold color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄16 inches (2.7 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure, on a bend Gules fimbriated Or between a scorpion bendwise and a palm tree on a mount five fleurs-de-lis, all of the like.

The five fleurs-de-lis on the red bend represent the five engagements as Field Artillery in France during World War I.

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, Washington and Idaho National Guard on 20 May 1929.

The insignia was redesignated effective 1 September 1989, for the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, Oregon and Idaho Army National Guard and amended to revise the description and symbolism.