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201st Field Artillery
The 201st Field Artillery is the United States oldest active National Guard unit. Based in Fairmont, West Virginia, it was first activated in 1735 and has continued to serve ever since. In December of 1990, the unit was called to serve in Operation Desert Storm. The unit was called up for 180 days unless sooner released or later extended. The 201st left Fairmont and went to Fort Campbell, Kentucky for training. On the exact 256th anniversary of its founding, the unit fired 256 rounds downrange at Iraqi forces. David Tucker was a chaplain's assistant of the unit at the time and noted this in a letter to The Fairmont Times.
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