3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment

Constituted 1 June 1821 in the Regular Army as the 3rd Regiment of Artillery and organized from existing units with headquarters at Fort Washington, Maryland. The lineages of some of the units that initially made up the 3rd U.S. Artillery include campaign credit for the War of 1812. Four batteries of the 3rd U.S. Artillery were assigned to Fort Jefferson, Florida in 1869. The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the regiment deployed to the Philippines in the Spanish–American War of 1898, while Battery F deployed to Puerto Rico. Regiment broken up 13 February 1901 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of the Artillery Corps. HHB 2nd Battalion and Battery D at Fort Rosecrans, California (HD San Diego) (Battery C inactive), and HHB 3rd Battalion and Battery E at Fort Stevens, Oregon (HD of the Columbia River) (Batteries F & G inactive). The Oregon National Guard component of HD Columbia River was the 249th Coast Artillery from 1924 until October 1944, and the California National Guard component of HD Los Angeles and HD San Diego was the 251st Coast Artillery from 1924 until January 1930. Batteries A and B inactivated 1 March 1930 at San Pedro and Fort MacArthur, California, respectively; Batteries A and F activated 1 July 1939 at Fort MacArthur and Fort Stevens, respectively; Battery D inactivated 1 February 1940 at Fort Rosecrans (replaced by Battery A, 19th Coast Artillery), with Batteries E & F inactivated at Fort Stevens (they became Batteries A & B, 18th Coast Artillery); Battery B activated 1 July 1940 at Fort MacArthur; Batteries C, D, E, and F activated 2 December 1940 at Fort MacArthur; Batteries B & D exchanged designations mid-December 1940; Battery G (searchlight battery) activated 1 June 1941 at Los Angeles, California; Battery G inactivated 29 August 1941 at Los Angeles; Battery G activated 14 February 1942 at Fort MacArthur; Batteries C & D exchanged designations 1 October 1942. 21 August 1941. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Battery B, 521st Coast Artillery Battalion. 520th CA Battalion redesignated as 3rd CA Battalion 1 December 1944. Activated 15 July 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Departed Boston Port of Embarkation 28 April 1943; arrived in North Africa 12 May 1943; moved to Italy 9 September 1943. Has credit for four campaigns in Italy. Redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 630th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 26 September 1945 in Italy. Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 43rd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and assigned to the 10th Infantry Division. Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas. ==Honors==

Campaign participation credit War of 1812: Canada ==Current configuration==

• 1st Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment • 2nd Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment • 3rd Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment • 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment • 5th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment ==Coat of arms==

• Shield Or, on a chevron gules above an imperial Chinese dragon of the like armed azure three mullets argent, on a chief of the second two pallets of the fourth an arrow in fess counterchanged. • Crest Out of a mural crown or masoned gules a garland the dexter branch cactus the sinister palm proper encircling a sun in splendor argent. • Motto Non Cedo Ferio (I Yield Not, I Strike). Symbolism • Shield Scarlet is used for artillery. The two white stripes on the scarlet chief, the colors of the campaign streamers for the War of 1812, commemorate the participation of several companies of the regiment. The arrow alludes to the Indian Wars. The chevron and stars indicate service in the Civil War. The stars also refer to the numerical designation of the regiment. The dragon represents service in China; the claws and teeth are blue to indicate that elements of the regiment served in the China Relief Expedition as infantry. • Crest The mural crown, cactus, and palm signify the regiment's participation in the Mexican War and elements of the regiment in the Philippine Insurrection. The sun in its glory commemorates the laurels earned by the regiment during its days of glory. ==Distinctive unit insignia==

The distinctive insignia is an adaptation of the crest and motto of the coat of arms. ==See also==