Battery A, 2-218th Field Artillery Regiment

This page is the start of a series of pages that are about the oldest field artillery battery west of the Mississippi River, USA. Originally organized as the Portland Light Battery in 1866, Battery A enjoys a continuous lineage from early Oregon to today's assignment within the Oregon Army National Guard. The pages below will tell you something about the battery and its many outstanding soldiers.

Today:  The battery today; it's mission, present  structure, weapons and vehicles.

History:
  History and lineage from 1866 thru present day that documents assignments as well as name and equipment changes.

People:
  Current and historical people that are or have been assigned to the battery.

Weapons:  Information on some of the weapons and prime-movers that have been used in days gone by.