130th Field Artillery Brigade

The 130th Field Artillery Brigade is a field artillery brigade of the United States Army, provided by the Kansas Army National Guard and headquartered in Manhattan, Kansas.

130th Field Artillery Brigade
130th Field Artillery Brigade Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	1917–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Field artillery
Part of	Kansas Army National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Manhattan, Kansas
Engagements	World War I World War II Korean War Operation Iraqi Freedom
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 130th Field Artillery history in the Kansas Army National Guard dates back to 1917, where its lineage as part of the 35th Infantry Division can be traced through both World Wars, the Korean War and, most recently, the war in Iraq 2003-2011. On June 1, 1978, the 130th was redesignated as the 130th Field Artillery Brigade.

In 1985, it was again designated as the 35th Division Artillery with the reactivation of the 35th Infantry Division. The 130th was reconstituted again on Sept. 2, 1997, in the Kansas Army National Guard in Topeka. Following its Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment, the brigade was inactivated on Nov. 10, 2007.

The brigade was reactivated on October 19, 2014.^[1]

Current Structure

The brigade now comprises the following units of the Kansas Army National Guard:^[2]

• 130th Field Artillery Brigade (130th FAB), in Manhattan, Kansas
  • Headquarters Battery, in Manhattan, Kansas
  • 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery Regiment (M142 HIMARS), in Hiawatha, Kansas
  • 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery Regiment (M109A6 Paladin), in Hutchinson, Kansas
  • 997th Brigade Support Battalion, in Hays, Kansas
  • 330th Signal Company, in Wichita, Kansas

Three additional field artillery battalions of the brigade are under administrative control of other formations: