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[ 0 => '{{Multiple issues|', 1 => '{{Refimprove|date=July 2016}}', 2 => '{{Lead rewrite|date=July 2016}}', 3 => '{{Copy edit|date=July 2016}}', 4 => '{{Underlinked|date=July 2016}}}}', 5 => '{{infobox military unit', 6 => '|unit_name=2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment', 7 => '|image=', 8 => '|caption= ', 9 => '|dates= 1921–present', 10 => '|country= United States', 11 => '|branch= [[United States Army|Army]]', 12 => '|type= Airborne [[field artillery]]', 13 => '|role= Airborne BCT Cannon Battalion', 14 => '|size= [[Battalion]]', 15 => '|command_structure=', 16 => '|garrison= Fort Richardson, Alaska', 17 => '|nickname= ', 18 => '|patron=', 19 => '|motto=', 20 => '|colors=', 21 => '|colors_label=', 22 => '|march=', 23 => '|mascot=', 24 => '|equipment= [[M119]]A3 / [[M777 howitzer|M777A2]]', 25 => '|battles=[[World War II]]<br>[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan]]<br>[[Iraq Campaign|Operation Iraqi Freedom]]', 26 => '|anniversaries=', 27 => '|decorations=', 28 => '|website= ', 29 => '|identification_symbol=', 30 => '|identification_symbol_label=', 31 => '<!-- Commanders -->', 32 => '|commander1= LTC Benjamin Luper', 33 => '|commander2= ', 34 => '|commander3= ', 35 => '|commander4= CSM Stanley McQueen', 36 => '|commander4_label= Command Sergeant Major', 37 => '|notable_commanders=', 38 => '}}', 39 => 'The '''2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment''', also known as the 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 377th Field Artillery Regiment or as the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment (2-377 PFAR), is the field artillery battalion assigned to the [[4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division]] of the [[United States Army]]. The battalion was active in both Iraq and Afghanistan during the [[War on Terror | Global War on Terror]] and served alongside the [[101st Airborne Division]] in [[World War II]]. It has been stationed at various locations in the United States as a training unit, including Fort Richardson, Alaska. The battalion is currently composed of a Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), three cannon batteries (A, B, and C), and a forward support company (Company F, 725th Support Battalion).', 40 => false, 41 => 'The battalion's mission is: "On order, 2-377th PFAR provides firepower overmatch throughout the 4-25 IBCT(ABN) area of operations in order to dominate all adversaries through the rapid & simultaneous application of fires and sensor platforms."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usarak.army.mil/4bde25th/2-377PFAR.html|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160304114008/http://www.usarak.army.mil/4bde25th/2-377PFAR.html|title=Mission Statement|archive-date=2016-03-04|access-date=2016-07-20|dead-url=yes}}</ref>', 42 => false, 43 => '==Lineage and honors==', 44 => '===Lineage===', 45 => '*Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Battery B, 377th Field Artillery, an element of the 101st Division (later redesignated as the 101st Airborne Division)', 46 => '*Organized in November 1921 at Green Bay, Wisconsin', 47 => '*Reorganized and redesignated 20 January 1942 as Battery B, 377th Field Artillery Battalion', 48 => '*Redesignated 15 August 1942 as Batter B, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, concurrently inactivated, withdrawn from the Organized Reserves, and allotted to the Army of the United States', 49 => '*Activated 16 August 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana', 50 => '*Inactivated 20 November 1945 in France', 51 => '*Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Battery B, 515th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion', 52 => '*Allotted 25 Jun 1948 to the Regular Army', 53 => '*Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky', 54 => '*Inactivated 15 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky', 55 => '*Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky', 56 => '*Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky', 57 => '*Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina', 58 => '*Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Batter B, 377th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion', 59 => '*Inactivated 25 April 1957 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division', 60 => '*Redesignated 19 July 1957 as Battery B, 377th Artillery', 61 => '*Assigned 1 September 1957 to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina', 62 => '*Inactivated 8 July 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina', 63 => '*Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Batter B, 377th Field Artillery', 64 => '*Relieved 1 April 1974 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 377th Artillery, and activated in Germany (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)', 65 => '*Inactivated 16 July 1987 in Germany', 66 => '*Redesignated 15 October 2003 as Battery B, 377th Field Artillery', 67 => '*Activated 16 December 2003 in Afghanistan', 68 => '*Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Battery B, 377th Field Artillery Regiment', 69 => '*Redesignated 16 November 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 377th Field Artillery and assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently activated)<ref name = "CMH Lineage">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/fa/0377fa02bn.htm |title=2d Battalion, 377th Field Artillery |website=History.army.mil |date= |accessdate=2016-07-20}}</ref>', 70 => false, 71 => '===Campaign Participation Credit===', 72 => '*World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Rhineland (with arrowhead); Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe', 73 => '*War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined<ref name = "CMH Lineage" />', 74 => '**Afghanistan: Consolidation I, Consolidation II, Consolidation III, Transition I', 75 => '**Iraq: National Resolution; [[Iraq War troop surge of 2007 | Iraqi Surge]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrc.army.mil/TAGD/Afghanistan%20Campaign%20Medal%20or%20Iraq%20Campaign%20Medal |title=HRC Homepage |website=Hrc.army.mil |date= |accessdate=2016-07-20}}</ref>', 76 => false, 77 => 'Note: The published US Army lineage lists "Campaigns to be determined" as of 1 October 2007. Comparison of the battalion's deployment dates with War on Terrorism campaigns estimates that the battalion is entitled to credit for participation in the 6 campaigns listed.', 78 => false, 79 => '===Decorations===', 80 => '*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY', 81 => '*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE', 82 => '*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY', 83 => '*Netherlands Orange Lanyard', 84 => '*Belgian Fourragere 1940', 85 => '**Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in FRANCE AND BELGIUM', 86 => '*Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at BASTOGNE<ref name = "CMH Lineage" />', 87 => false, 88 => '==Heraldry==', 89 => '===Distinctive Unit Insignia===', 90 => '*[[377th Field Artillery Regiment#Distinctive Unit Insignia|377th Field Artillery Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia]]', 91 => '===Coat of Arms===', 92 => '*[[377th Field Artillery Regiment#Coat of Arms|377th Field Artillery Regiment Coat of Arms]]', 93 => '===Beret Flash===', 94 => '[[File:2-377flash.png|75px]]<br>', 95 => 'On a shield-shaped embroidered item with a semi-circular base 2 1/4 inches (5.72 cm) in height and 1 7/8 inches (4.76 cm) in width edged with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) red border, a red background with a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) blue inner border. The beret flash was approved on 27 April 2004. It was redesignated for the 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment on 9 June 2005.<ref name = "tioh">{{cite web|url=http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=4920&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services |title=Background Trimming |website=Tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil |date= |accessdate=2016-07-20}}</ref>', 96 => false, 97 => '===Background Trimming===', 98 => '[[File:2-377oval.jpg|75px]]<br>', 99 => 'On a red oval-shaped embroidered item 1 3/8 inches (3.49 cm) in height and 2 1/4 inches (5.72 cm) in width consisting of a blue inner border 1/8 inch (.32 cm), all within a 1/8 inch (.32 cm) red border. The background trimming was approved on 27 April 2004. It was redesignated for the 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment on 9 June 2005.<ref name = "tioh" />', 100 => false, 101 => '==References==', 102 => '{{Reflist}}', 103 => false, 104 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:377 2}}', 105 => '[[Category:Airborne artillery units and formations]]', 106 => '[[Category:Airborne units and formations of the United States Army]]', 107 => '[[Category:Field artillery battalions of the United States Army]]', 108 => '[[Category:Military units and formations in Alaska]]' ]