20th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

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20th Field Artillery Regiment
Active	1916
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Army
Type	Field artillery
Motto(s)	"Duty Not Reward"
Equipment	Multiple Launch Rocket System
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 20th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army. It served in France during the First World War with the 5th Division, at St. Mihiel and Lorraine before inactivation on 5 September 1921 at Camp Bragg, North Carolina.

The regiment's distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 20th Field Artillery on March 28, 1890. It was redesignated as 20th Field Artillery Battalion on August 12, 1899, redesignated as 20th Artillery on June 13, 1901

and redesignated for the 20th Field Artillery on September 1, 1903

In 1966-67. The 6th Battalion (155 mm) was stationed at Fort Carson CO under the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division. During the Vietnam War, it had the mission to train and maintain Basic Combat Training and Field Artillery Advanced Individual Training. The 6th Battalion was awarded the Belgium Fourrager for its actions in WWII.

Currently, the regiment has only a single battalion on active service; the 2nd Battalion.