E/101st (TA) Battery
Symbolism: The shield is red for Artillery. The tomahawk and powder horn allude to the earliest history of the regiment. The canton is white, the old Infantry color. The anchor and cannon device is a portion of the Corps badge of the 2d Division of the 9th Corps, in which Battery "A" - then the 11th Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery, United States Volunteers served during the Civil War. The crowned fleur-de-lis is taken from the coat of Arms of Verdun and represents the World War I service of the organization
CPT Matthew S. Nowak
1SG Kevin J. Thompson
Echo Battery (E Btry) of the 101st Field Artillery (FA) from Massachusetts, is a Target Acquisition Battery (TAB), using radar units to detect incoming rockets, artillery, or mortars, and relaying their flight positions as targets for Air Defense Artillery (ADA) batteries. Its parent unit, the 101st has a long history as the Boston Light Artillery, and its lineage reaches back to the 1600s.