Field Artillery Branch

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branch of the United States Army combat arms branch

The Field Artillery Branch is the component of the U.S. Army responsible for providing indirect fire support using cannons, rockets, and missiles to assist ground combat operations.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. Army Field Artillery	7
U.S. Army Field Artillery Branch	5
U.S. Army field artillery	5
United States Army Field Artillery Branch	5
U.S. Army Field Artillery branch	4
United States Army Field Artillery	4
Field Artillery Branch canonical	3
U.S. Army artillery	3
Field Artillery	2
U.S. Army Field Artillery units	2
United States Army Field Artillery branch	2
United States Army artillery	2
Artillery Corps of the U.S. Army	1
U.S. Army Artillery branch	1
U.S. Army artillery forces	1
U.S. Army artillery units	1
U.S. Army field artillery branch	1
United States Field Artillery	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17729 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Field Artillery Branch
Context triple: [United States Army, hasBranch, Field Artillery Branch]

A. Infantry Branch
The Infantry Branch is the United States Army’s primary ground combat arm, responsible for engaging the enemy directly through close-quarters and maneuver warfare.
B. Regimental Special Troops Battalion
The Regimental Special Troops Battalion is a specialized support and enabler unit within the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, providing capabilities such as intelligence, communications, and reconnaissance to Ranger operations.
C. Royal Armoured Corps
The Royal Armoured Corps is the British Army’s main armoured warfare formation, encompassing its tank and armoured reconnaissance regiments.
D. Special Forces Branch
The Special Forces Branch is the United States Army’s elite component responsible for unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, and other specialized missions often conducted with small, highly trained teams.
E. United States Army
The United States Army is the primary land warfare service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for ground-based military operations and national defense.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Field Artillery Branch
Target entity description: The Field Artillery Branch is the component of the U.S. Army responsible for providing indirect fire support using cannons, rockets, and missiles to assist ground combat operations.

A. Infantry Branch
The Infantry Branch is the United States Army’s primary ground combat arm, responsible for engaging the enemy directly through close-quarters and maneuver warfare.
B. Regimental Special Troops Battalion
The Regimental Special Troops Battalion is a specialized support and enabler unit within the U.S. Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, providing capabilities such as intelligence, communications, and reconnaissance to Ranger operations.
C. Royal Armoured Corps
The Royal Armoured Corps is the British Army’s main armoured warfare formation, encompassing its tank and armoured reconnaissance regiments.
D. Special Forces Branch
The Special Forces Branch is the United States Army’s elite component responsible for unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, and other specialized missions often conducted with small, highly trained teams.
E. United States Army
The United States Army is the primary land warfare service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for ground-based military operations and national defense.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of the United States Army ⓘ combat arms branch ⓘ
color	scarlet ⓘ
coordinatesWith	Air Defense Artillery Branch ⓘ Armor Branch ⓘ Aviation Branch ⓘ Infantry Branch ⓘ Military Intelligence Branch ⓘ linked to: Army Military Intelligence
country	United States of America ⓘ
doctrineEmphasizes	joint fires integration ⓘ mass fires ⓘ precision fires ⓘ
established	1907 ⓘ
hasEnlistedCareerManagementField	13 ⓘ
hasMotto	King of Battle ⓘ
hasOfficerBranchCode	FA ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ
includesMOS	13A Field Artillery Officer ⓘ 13B Cannon Crewmember ⓘ 13F Fire Support Specialist ⓘ 13J Fire Control Specialist ⓘ 13M Multiple Launch Rocket System Crewmember ⓘ 13R Field Artillery Firefinder Radar Operator ⓘ
militaryFunction	close support to maneuver forces ⓘ counterfire operations ⓘ deep fires ⓘ indirect fire ⓘ suppression of enemy air defenses ⓘ
nickname	Redlegs ⓘ
partOf	United States Army ⓘ
predecessor	Artillery Corps of the U.S. Army ⓘ linked to: Field Artillery Branch
role	providing indirect fire support ⓘ supporting ground combat operations ⓘ
supports	Stryker units ⓘ air assault units ⓘ airborne units ⓘ armor units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ special operations forces ⓘ
symbol	crossed field guns ⓘ
trainingCenter	Fort Sill ⓘ linked to: Fort Sill, Oklahoma
trainsAt	United States Army Field Artillery School ⓘ
uses	cannons ⓘ fire direction systems ⓘ forward observers ⓘ howitzers ⓘ missile systems ⓘ rocket artillery systems ⓘ target acquisition systems ⓘ

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Referenced by (50)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Army → hasBranch → Field Artillery Branch ⓘ

Armor Branch → worksWith → Field Artillery Branch ⓘ

Field Artillery Branch → predecessor → Artillery Corps of the U.S. Army ⓘ