Zaire wider campaign of , ridding the country of the influences from the colonial era of the Belgian Congo, was also launched under Mobutu's direction. Weakened by the end of American support after the end of the Cold War, Mobutu was forced to declare a new republic in 1990 to cope with demands for change. By the time of its downfall, Mobutu's rule was characterised by widespread cronyism, corruption and economic mismanagement. Zaire collapsed in the 1990s, amid the destabilization of the eastern parts of the state in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and growing ethnic violence. In 1996, ,
27th Field Artillery Regiment allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the 198th Infantry Brigade, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas Inactivated 12 May 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 198th Infantry Brigade Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Activated 1 March 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment World War II Southwest Asia War on Terrorism 27th Field Artillery Regiment The 27th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army, first Constituted in 1918 in the National