145th Armor Regiment
| 145th Armored Regiment | |
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| Active | 2007–present (as 1-145th Armor Regiment) Lineage dating to 1861 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Ohio Army National Guard |
| Type | Combined arms battalion (Parent regiment under USARS) |
| Size | 600 Soldiers |
| Part of | 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Ohio higher headquarters), and 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division (Total Army higher headquarters) |
| Garrison/HQ | Stow, Ohio |
| Nickname(s) | Fifth Ohio (special designation) Steel Panthers |
| Motto(s) | Excel |
| Equipment | M1A1 SA Abrams Tank M2A2 SA Bradley Fighting Vehicle |
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| Commanders | |
| Battalion Commander | LTC Philip Patti |
| Command Sergeant Major | CSM Gordon Cairns |
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The 145th Armored Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard, is a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, with headquarters at Stow, Ohio. It currently consists of the 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, a 600-soldier combined arms battalion of the Ohio Army National Guard with units located throughout northeast Ohio.
For command and control purposes within the Ohio Army National Guard, the 1st Battaltion, 145th Armored Regiment, is a subordinate battalion of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. In 2013, the battalion entered into an alignment-for-training relationship with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division. In May 2016, the battalion donned the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 34th Infantry Division in anticipation of formal alignment with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team in September 2016. As a combined arms battalion, the 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, is able to deploy two mechanized infantry companies, two armor companies, a support company, a headquarters company, and a battalion headquarters in order to accomplish its federal, state, and community missions.
Its Headquarters Company (HHC) and three line companies are organic to the battalion. While combined arms battalions traditionally receive their support companies from their organic Brigade Support Battalion (BSB), since the battalion is not organic to an Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), the 134th Support Company exists independently and is attached to the battalion. As of 2014, the battalion's fire support platoon was re-designated and currently exists as Detachment 2, Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, and is re-attached to the battalion.