77th Field Artillery Regiment

77th Field Artillery Regiment
77th Field Artillery Regiment
	Coat of arms
Active	1916
Country	United States
Branch	Army
Type	Field artillery
Motto	En Garde (On Guard)
Engagements	World War I; World War II; Vietnam War Operation Junction City Battle of Suoi Tre; ; ; Global war on terrorism Iraq War; War in Afghanistan; ;
Decorations	; Presidential Unit Citation (2x); ; Valorous Unit Award (2x); ; Meritorious Unit Commendation (4x); ; Vietnam Gallantry Cross (3x); ; Civil Actions Medal;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Guy H. Preston; John William Vessey Jr. (2-77 FAR)
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 77th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army. First constituted 1916 in the Regular Army as a cavalry regiment, it was reorganized in 1917 as field artillery and given its current designation.

Two battalions of the 77th are currently active; 1st Battalion is part of the 41st Field Artillery Brigade in Germany, while 2nd Battalion is part of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery in Fort Carson, Colorado.