This volume gathers in compact form the official historical records of field artillery regiments in the United States Army in order to perpetuate and publicize their traditions, honors, and heraldic entitlements. It includes the lineages and honors of the fifty-eight Regular Army field artillery regiments in the force structure at the end of 1982. The lineages include the Regular Army and Army Reserve elements of each regiment that have been active since the inception of the Combat Arms Regimental System in 1957. Army National Guard regiments will be covered in a subsequent volume in the Army Lineage series.--Preface.

The beginnings. Artillery organization ; Artillery weapons ; Artillery employment -- Reorganizing the arm. Organizational experimentation ; The rise of field artillery ; The Mexican War -- The Civil War. The prewar years ; Artillery organization ; From Mobile to static warfare -- Diverging missions. Era of slow progress ; The war with Spain ; Postwar reforms -- A time of growth. Modernizing the arm ; Organizing for war ; On the battlefield -- Between the wars. The postwar years ; Motorization and mechanization ; Advances in materiel [sic] ; Organizational developments ; Training and doctrine -- World War II. Infantry division artillery ; Other division artillery ; Nondivisional field artillery ; On the battlefield -- Postwar reorganization. Division artillery ; Nondivisional artillery ; The Korean War ; Europe and the "new look" -- The nuclear arena. Early missile developments ; Honest John Rocket ; Fielding the new missiles ; From the Redstone to satellites ; Command and control ; Lacrosse missile ; Sergeant missile ; Little John rocket ; Pershing missile ; Lance missile ; Pershing II versus Cruise missiles ; End of an era -- The road to flexible response. The 280-mm. Gun ; Atomic field army ; PENTANA ; Division artillery ; Combat arms regimental system ; Reorganization objective army divisions ; Materiel developments ; Airmobility -- Vietnam. Artillery buildup ; Adapting to the environment ; Redeployment -- Modernization efforts. Materiel [sic] ; Force structure ; Army 86 and AirLand Battle -- Toward a new century. Operation DESERT STORM ; Reorganizing the force ; Return to Iraq ; In retrospect -- Appendix A. Chiefs of field artillery -- Appendix B. Field artillery school commandants.