Chicago, Illinois. There remains an informal, unincorporated fraternal organization consisting of some of the officers and men who served with the firing battalions of the 434th Field Artillery Brigade. On 17 April 2007, the 434th Field Artillery Brigade was re-activated at Fort Sill, OK as an Army Training Center responsible for the training of the Army's newest volunteers. More information about the current status of 434th Field Artillery Brigade may be found here. Lineage & Honors Lineage Constituted 21 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Tank Destroyer Brigade Activated 24 November 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas Inactivated 3 November 1945 in Germany Converted and redesignated 17 April 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 434th Field Artillery Group, and allotted to the Organized Reserves Activated 7 May 1947 at Kansas City, Missouri (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Redesignated 30 September 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 434th Artillery Group Location changed 31 December 1965 to Chicago, Illinois Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 434th Field Artillery Group Redesignated 1 June 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 434th Field Artillery Brigade Inactivated 31 December 1990 at Chicago, Illinois Transferred 9 November 2006 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Headquarters activated 17 April 2007 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma Campaign Participation Credit World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Decorations None References Training brigades of the United States Army Field artillery brigades of the United States Army