[1] The battalion underwent operational testing at Fort Wingate, New Mexico and fired missiles on 28 January 1965 and 3 February 1965.

The Korean deployment was placed on hold and the battalion supported missile shoots from the 56th Artillery Group and the two German Air Force squadrons at Black Mesa Test Range, Blanding and Green River Launch Complex in Utah.

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device 1+5⁄32 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of the shield and crest of the coat of arms.

Background: The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 79th Field Artillery Regiment on 22 December 1928.

Blazon Shield: Or, a bend Gules, on a sinister canton of the like a sun in splendor of the field charged with the numeral “13” Sable (for the 13th Cavalry), in base the insignia of the regiment Proper (a Red hour-glass on a Black circle surrounded by a Green band).

Background: The coat of arms was originally approved for the 79th Field Artillery Regiment on 1 September 1920.