When the Nebraska National Guard was reorganized after
World War II, the 3rd Battalion of the
134th Infantry Regiment was organized and Federally recognized on 4 December 1946 with headquarters and headquarters company at
North Platte. The 134th Infantry was the regiment of the
34th Infantry Division from Nebraska, which included Iowa and Nebraska National Guard units. The 3rd Battalion, located in rural western Nebraska, included four of the twelve lettered companies of the 134th Infantry: Company I (
Scottsbluff), Company K (
Sidney), Company L (
Alliance), and Company M (North Platte). Company M was the first to be federally recognized on 5 May 1947, with I following in August and K and L in October of that year. Under the
Pentomic reorganization of the Army National Guard on 1 May 1959, 3rd Battalion, 134th Infantry was broken up, its lineage continued by the 168th Artillery, a parent regiment under the
Combat Arms Regimental System. When the 34th Infantry Division was eliminated in the 1 April 1963
Reorganization Objective Army Division restructuring, 1-168 became a separate non-divisional unit and 2-168 became the direct support battalion of the
67th Infantry Brigade, formed from Nebraska units of the 34th. The 1st Battalion, 168th Artillery was formed as the direct support battalion of the 67th Infantry Brigade under the 1 May 1968 reorganization of the Nebraska Army National Guard. HHB was at Scottsbluff with elements at Sidney, Service Battery at Gering, Battery A at Ogallala, Battery B at North Platte, and Battery C at Chadron with elements at Alliance. 1-168 FA continued in this role when the brigade became part of the reformed
35th Infantry Division as the 67th Brigade on 1 October 1985. The battalion was subordinate to the 35th Infantry Division Artillery headquarters. By 1990, the battalion was equipped with the
M109A2 self-propelled howitzer and included about 400 members. The battalion conducted its two weeks of annual training at
Camp Guernsey, Wyoming. It became the first battalion of the 35th Division Artillery to receive upgraded M109A5 howitzers in 1995. The battalion was inactivated on 30 September 1997 due to the conversion of the 67th Brigade into a support group. Its subordinate units were mostly converted into support units while the battalion headquarters was converted into the 168th Quartermaster Battalion headquarters, which perpetuated its lineage. Under the reorganization, Scottsbluff also gained a medical section of the 1st Battalion, 195th Armor and a maintenance section of the 67th Support Battalion, while Alliance, formerly the site of Detachment 1, Battery A, lost its National Guard presence with the closure of its armory. Battery A at Sidney became a mortar platoon of the 1st Battalion, 134th Infantry. Battery C at Chadron became the 1057th Transportation Company with platoons in Scottsbluff and Omaha. Service Battery at Gering became a company of the 1st Battalion, 195th Armor. The Scottsbluff-based Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 168th Quartermaster Battalion (Petroleum Supply) was inactivated in 2012. == Heraldry ==