The 117th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Alabama Army National Guard. The regiment's 1st Battalion is a cannon battalion assigned to the 142nd Field Artillery Brigade. Lineage & Honors Lineage Organized August–September 1916 in the Alabama National Guard as the 1st Cavalry. Mustered into Federal service 23 September 1916. Assigned 18 July 1917 to the 31st Division. Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917. Converted and redesignated 4 October 1917 as the 117th Field Artillery and remained assigned to the 31st Division. Demobilized 17 January 1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Reconstituted 1921–1922 in the Alabama National Guard as the 2d Battalion, 141st Field Artillery, an element of the 39th Division. (141st Field Artillery relieved 1 July 1923 from assignment to the 39th Division and assigned to the 31st Division.) 2d Battalion, 141st Field Artillery, expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 17 January 1927 as the 117th Field Artillery with headquarters at Florala, and remained assigned to the 31st Division. Consolidated 15 March 1929 with the 55th Machine Gun Squadron (organized December 1921–January 1922 in the Alabama National Guard) and consolidated unit designated as the 117th Field Artillery. Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations. Regiment broken up 10 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and the 1st Battalion as the 117th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 31st Infantry Division; 2d Battalion as the 2d Battalion, 137th Field Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 31st Division (Headquarters Battery consolidated with the Pioneer Company, 631st Tank Destroyer Battalion—hereafter separate lineage). 117th Field Artillery Battalion inactivated 8 December 1945 at San Francisco, California. Reorganized and Federally recognized 5 December 1946 with headquarters at Andalusia. Ordered into active Federal service 16 January 1951 at home stations. (117th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 12 March 1953 with headquarters at Andalusia.) Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 117th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS). 2d Battalion, 137th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 8 February 1943 as the 933d Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 29 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Reorganized and Federally recognized 4 December 1946 with headquarters at Enterprise as an element of the 31st Infantry Division. Ordered into active Federal service 16 January 1951 at home stations. (933d Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally