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The 38th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army. 38th Field Artillery Battalion on 8 July 1941 along with a unit motto, “Steel Behind The Rock.’ It was redesignated to reflect the unit’s changing status, first as the 38th Artillery Regiment in 1958 and then fore the 38th Field Artillery in 1971. Its shield is red, the branch color of Artillery. A combination of three pallets and eight artillery shells denotes the numerical designation of the unit. The crest of the insignia contains Mt. Rainier, emblematic of Washington State where the Regiment was originally formed, and a star that stands for Texas, the location of Fort Sam Houston where the unit was organized and redesignated before World War II.