The 142nd Field Artillery Brigade is a field artillery brigade in the Arkansas Army National Guard (ARNG). The 142nd is currently under administrative control of the 29th Infantry Division. Current Structure Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 142nd Field Artillery Brigade (142nd FAB) 1st Battalion, 117th Field Artillery Regiment (1-117th FAR)- affiliated with the 142nd FAB but routinely under the administrative control of the Alabama Army National Guard's 226th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (226th MEB) 1st Battalion, 142nd Field Artillery Regiment (1-142nd FAR)- Arkansas Army National Guard 2nd Battalion, 142nd Field Artillery Regiment (2-142nd FAR)- Arkansas Army National Guard 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery Regiment (1-181st FAR)- affiliated with the 142nd FAB but routinely under the administrative control of the Tennessee Army National Guard. 217th Brigade Support Battalion (217th BSB)- Arkansas Army National Guard History The Headquarters and Headquarters Battery of the 142nd Field Artillery Brigade carries the lineage of Company B, 2nd Infantry Regiment, Arkansas State Guard, first organized 1905-1910. As an infantry unit, the unit mobilized for the Mexican Expedition, but did not actually participate in operations. Mobilized again for World War I, the unit was reorganized as Battery B, 142nd Field Artillery, an element of the 39th Division. Arriving in France in September 1918, the 142nd was detached from the 39th Division to serve as corps artillery with the 64th Field Artillery Brigade, but only completed training on 8 November 1918, and did not participate in combat operations before the Armistice on 11 November. The unit did earn campaign participation credit, recognized by a World War I victory streamer without inscription, before returning to the United States and demobilizing 26 June 1919. Between the world wars, the unit was reorganized as a coast artillery unit from 1923-1931, before being reconverted to field artillery as Battery A, 142nd Field Artillery. Mobilized again for World War II in 1941, the 142nd Field Artillery Regiment was broken up in 1943 to form the 142nd Field Artillery Group, the 936th Field Artillery Battalion, and the 937th Field Artillery Battalion. Battery A, 142nd, became Battery A, 936th Field Artillery Battalion, and served in Italy from 1943-1945. The unit earned four campaign streamers before inactivating on 16 October 1945. Batteries A and B, 936th Field Artillery Battalion were consolidated, reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), 142nd Field Artillery Group in 1946 as part of the rebuilding of the Army National Guard following