BASIC COMBAT TRAINING
434th Field Artillery Brigade conducts reception operations and Basic Combat Training by integrating and transforming civilian volunteers into disciplined, motivated and fit Soldiers in order to provide the Army with competent and confident warfighters willing to live the Army Values.
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434TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE
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FIELD ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER |
434th FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE |
The history of the Field artillery Training Center goes back to the Field Artillery Replacement Center, which was established at Fort Sill in 1950 to fulfill the need for replacements during the Korean War. With the war’s end, this organization was deactivated and the Artillery Training Center was formed at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. It was not until 23 April 1959 that Fort Sill became the permanent home for Artilleryman; on this date, the Field Artillery Training Center was established with the activation of the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 7th Battalions. During the period of 1959-1975, the Field Artillery Training Center underwent several changes in both organization and size. During this period FATC was assigned to the IS Army Field Artillery School and Brigade. On 1 July 1975, the Artillery Training center was reestablished as a separate major command at Fort Sill. In February 1976 a new era began as FATC began the One Station Unit Training (OSUT) concept. Soldiers conducted both Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training in the same unit. Initially, only 13B, Cannon Crewman were training in the OSUT methodology. The Field Artillery Training Center has trained hundreds of thousands of Soldiers, and has taken pride in providing the US Field Artillery with the best Gunners, Forward Observers, Surveyors and Rocketeers in the world. On 17 April 2007, the Field Artillery Training Center became by reflagging as the 434th Field Artillery Brigade history, American Soldiers will continue into the future. |
The unit was constituted on 21 November 1942 in the United States Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade. It was activated on 24 November 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas.
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BASIC COMBAT TRAINING (BCT) |
RECEPTION AND PROCESSING |
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1-19th FA |
1-31st FA |
1-40th FA |
1-79th FA |
95th AG |
A/1-19th B/1-19th C/1-19th D/1-19th E/1-19th F/1-19th G/1-19th |
A/1-31st B/1-31st C/1-31st D/1-31st E/1-31st F/1-31st |
A/1-40th B/1-40th C/1-40th D/1-40th E/1-40th F/1-40th |
A/1-79th B/1-79th C/1-79th D/1-79th E/1-79th F/1-79th |
HHB A/95th B/95th C/95th |