The 108th Regiment Distinctive Unit Crest, referred to as a unit crest by most Soldiers, was originally approved for the 506th Field Artillery Battalion on 24 March 1958 and was redesignated for the 108th Regiment on 27 November 1959. Scarlet and yellow colors associated with Field Artillery units such as the 506th, and the two arching bands are intended to simulate the trajectory of Artillery projectiles. “King Of Battle,” the Regimental motto, was adapted while the unit was still a Field Artillery Battalion and is used to describe Artillery’s role in the battlespace. (Armor, on the other hand, is often called the “Queen Of Battle.”)
Distinctive Unit Insignias is worn by all Soldiers (except General Officers) in units that have been authorized to be issued the device. It is worn centered on the shoulder loops of the Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) and the blue Army Service Uniform (ASU, Enlisted only) with the base of the insignia toward the outside shoulder seam. DUIs are not worn on the Dress variations of either uniform, however.
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Originally constituted as the 108th Airborne Division Artillery on 15 July 1946 in the Organized Reserves, the 108th Regiment would remain a Reserve unit as the organization became the Organized Reserve Corps in 1948 and then the Army Reserve on 9 July 1952. It was redesignated as the HQ and HQ Battery, 108th Division Artillery on 1 March 1952 but not deployed to Korea.
On 30 April 1959, the unit was reorganized and redesignated as HQ and HQ Company, 108th Regiment; an element of the 108th Division (Training). Over the next forty-plus years, the Regiment would under numerous reorganizations, typically adding more and more battalions under the Regimental colors, with all battalions elements of the 108th Division—until 2006. In October of that year, the Regiment’s 11th and 12th Battalions were relieved from assignment to the 108th Division and assigned to another training unit (84th Training Command). The next year, the regiment’s 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 10th Battalions were relieved from assignment to the 108th Division and assigned to the 100th.
The 108th Regiment was reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental system in December 2008 and at the same time the Regiment’s 1st, 2d, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 13th Battalions were relieved from assignment to the 108th. It was reorganized again on 15 March 2009 to consist of 13 Battalions serially numbered (1st, 2nd, 3rd…13th).
As of Summer 2023, the 108th Regiment appears to have no active units. We encourage visitorws with information regarding any active (or soon-to-be-active) units of the organization to email us with details so we may update this page.