[1] The unit was first constituted 19 November 1917 as Headquarters Battery, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.

The unit was organized for combat operations at Camp Greene, North Carolina from 15 December 1917 to 10 January 1918.

Upon returning stateside, the 4th Field Artillery Brigade was stationed at Camp Lewis, Washington, where it was inactivated 21 September 1921.

With the realignment and downsizing of the Army force, the unit was reassigned to Fort Hood, Texas on 15 December 1995.

On 16 December 2004, the transformation and restructuring of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery marked the Army's first modular fires brigade.