Utah National Guard battery ranked No. 1 in the U.S.
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DRAPER, Utah (ABC4) — The Utah National Guard‘s field artillery battery has been recognized as the best in the country.
The 1st Battalion 145th Field Artillery Regiment — the Utah National Guard’s “Alpha Battery” — will receive the 2023 Alexander Hamilton Award during a ceremony at Camp Williams this weekend.
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The Alexander Hamilton Award was created in 2002 and named after the American statesman and Continental Army artilleryman.
Hamilton was an “outstanding artillery battery commander and an aide to General George Washington during the Revolutionary War,” the Utah National Guard said. “He shaped the Constitution and served as the nation’s first treasury secretary.”
The annual award reportedly evaluates soldiers on mission execution, training, deployment service, equipment maintenance, logistics programs, fitness, family readiness, and community service.
Soldiers from the regiment will be shooting live rounds from M109A6 Paladin howitzers as part of the award ceremony, the Utah National Guard said, so nearby residents can expect to hear artillery fire sporadically from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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