Officially known as a Distinctive Unit Insignia or DUI for short, the unit crest is worn only with the blue Army Service Uniform (ASU) that replaced the Army Green Uniform. The background used for the shield portion of the 182nd Field Artillery Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia is one of the more eye-catching designs you’ll see on an Army unit crest. Called a seme of quatrefoils, it’s adapted from the coat of arms of Count Pontchartrain (which has a blue field rather than the insignia's red that signifies Artillery), the Minister of Marine in France at the time of Detroit’s founding. The horizontal black band in the center, called a fess, is likewise taken from the coat of arms of Cadillac, founder of the city of Detroit originally dispatched by Pontchartrain to the region. “Might If Right” is the Regimental motto.
Originally approved for the 182nd Field Artillery Regiment on 26 June 1930, this insignia was redesignated for the 182nd Field Artillery Battalion on 31 July 1943. It would be redesignated for the 182nd Artillery on 9 September 1960 before being again designated for the 182nd Field Artillery Regiment, this time on 9 August 1972.
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Today’s 182nd Field Artillery Regiment is represented by the 1st Battalion, with its component units assigned in Regions 1, 2, 3, and 5 of the Michigan Army National Guard. It was originally organized and Federally recognized in the Michigan National Guard on 6 December 1922 as the 182nd Field Artillery, but was broken up in March 1943: Its HQ and HQ Battery (HHB) became the HHB, 182nd Field Artillery Group and its 1st Battalion was redesignated as the 182nd Field Artillery Battalion (the rest of the regiment began a new lineage at this point). These two organizations would combine to earn credit for participating in five campaigns in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater and earning the 182nd French Croix de Guerre with Palm.
Following the war, the HHB, 182nd Field Artillery Group was inactivated in December 1945, then consolidated with the 182nd Field Artillery Battalion on 11 December 1946, with the newly formed unit retaining the 182nd FA Battalion designation as it was assigned to the 46th Infantry Division. In 1959, this unit was consolidated with the 177th Field Artillery Battalion and the 300th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion to create the 182nd Artillery, a parent regiment in the Combat Arms Regimental System consisting of a Rocket Howitzer Battalion and two Howitzer Battalions that were all elements of the 46th Infantry Division.
The composition of the Regiment (i.e., number of Battalions and their parent organizations) would be altered over the next three decades, with a 1972 redesignation changing its title to 182nd Field Artillery (it would become the 182nd Field Artillery Regiment in 2005). As of Autumn 2023, it is organizationally aligned with the 197th Field Artillery Brigade when under Federal control and is under the purview of the 63rd Troop Command, Michigan Army National Guard when under state control. It comprises a single Battalion (1-182nd FAR) headquartered in Detroit along with the Battalion's Battery A and a Support Battalion, while Battery B is stationed in Bay City and Battery C is located in Lansing. Additionally, the Battalion's Detachment 2, 182nd Field Artillery is located in Wyoming and components of Battery C are attached to the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 86th Brigade Combat Team (also in Wyoming).