The 4th Infantry Division Artillery or DIVARTY is the force fires headquarters for the 4th Infantry Division of the United States Army. The 4th DIVARTY has been active from 1917–1921, 1935–1939, 1940–1946, 1948–1995, 1996–2007, and most recently reactivated in 2015. The DIVARTY has operational service in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
History
The unit was first constituted Nov. 19, 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 Dec. 15, 1917 to January 10, 1918. In the winter of 1918, the 4th Field Artillery Brigade departed for World War I in Europe. Upon returning stateside, the 4th Field Artillery Brigade was stationed at Camp Lewis, Washington, where it was inactivated Sept. 21, 1921. 4th Field Artillery Brigade was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Jan. 1, 1935, and then disbanded Nov. 14, 1939. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Field Artillery was reconstituted Sept. 10, 1940 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Division Artillery. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Division Artillery was activated Oct. 1, 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia. The unit participated in multiple campaigns of World War II. The 4th Division Artillery was inactivated March 5, 1946, at Camp Butler, North Carolina. On July 6, 1948, at Fort Ord, California, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Division Artillery, was again activated. April 1, 1957 at Fort Lewis, Washington, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Division Artillery was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Infantry DIVARTY. By December 1970, the unit returned from South Vietnam to Fort Carson, Colorado. During that same year, the unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Infantry Division Artillery. This redesignation named the Division Artillery the "Iron Gunners," which complemented the "Ironhorse" Division. With the realignment and downsizing of the Army force, the unit was reassigned to Fort Hood, Texas on Dec. 15, 1995. On Dec. 16, 2004, the transformation and restructuring of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery marked the Army's first modular fires brigade. The brigade inactivated April 16, 2007, at Fort Hood, Texas because of the realignment of Army units. On May 6, 2015, the unit was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Infantry Division Artillery at Fort Carson, Colorado, and unfurled its colors on Founders Field May 14, 2015. In 2016, the 4th Division Artillery was renamed the “Ivy Gunners” to complement the “Ivy Division.”
Lineage and Honors
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Constituted 19 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 4th Division.
Organized 15 December 1917 – 10 January 1918 at Camp Greene, North Carolina.
Reorganized and redesignated in February 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Field Artillery Brigade.
Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington.
