The lineage of the 168th Field Artillery parent regiment began with the 1946 formation of the 3rd Battalion, 134th Infantry when the Nebraska National Guard reorganized after the end of World War II.
2-168 included Headquarters and Service Battery at Ogallala, converted from the Heavy Mortar Company of the 134th, Battery A at Alliance, converted from Company L, and Battery B at Sidney, converted from Company K.[5] When the 34th Infantry Division was eliminated in the 1 April 1963 Reorganization Objective Army Division restructuring, 1-168 became a separate non-divisional unit and 2-168 became the direct support battalion of the 67th Infantry Brigade, formed from Nebraska units of the 34th.
The battalion conducted its two weeks of annual training at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming.
Under the reorganization, Scottsbluff also gained a medical section of the 1st Battalion, 195th Armor and a maintenance section of the 67th Support Battalion, while Alliance, formerly the site of Detachment 1, Battery A, lost its National Guard presence with the closure of its armory.
[14] The design of the regimental distinctive unit insignia was approved on 17 September 1969, containing the motto Enforcers of Democracy.
The blue portion and fleur-de-lis symbolize the Presidential Unit Citation and Croix de Guerre awarded to the 134th Infantry Regiment for the Battle of Saint-Lô and the Siege of Bastogne during World War II, inherited by elements of the battalion.
The vertical pallets depict stylized gun barrels, representing the artillery role of the unit.