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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ArmyCAVBranchPlaque.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/ArmyCAVBranchPlaque.png/220px-ArmyCAVBranchPlaque.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/ArmyCAVBranchPlaque.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cavalry branch plaque</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1775–1950</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">Branch insignia</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CavalryBC.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Two golden crossed sabers, sheathed, with 2 rings on the bottom side of each sheath"><img alt="Two golden crossed sabers, sheathed, with 2 rings on the bottom side of each sheath" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/CavalryBC.svg/220px-CavalryBC.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/CavalryBC.svg/330px-CavalryBC.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/CavalryBC.svg/440px-CavalryBC.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="165" data-file-height="86" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Army-Cavalry_Pursuing_Indians-1876.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/U.S._Army-Cavalry_Pursuing_Indians-1876.jpg/300px-U.S._Army-Cavalry_Pursuing_Indians-1876.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/U.S._Army-Cavalry_Pursuing_Indians-1876.jpg/450px-U.S._Army-Cavalry_Pursuing_Indians-1876.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/U.S._Army-Cavalry_Pursuing_Indians-1876.jpg/600px-U.S._Army-Cavalry_Pursuing_Indians-1876.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1746" data-file-height="1308" /></a><figcaption>Mid-19th-century U.S. Cavalrymen (right).</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>United States Cavalry</b>, or <b>U.S. Cavalry</b>, was the designation of the mounted force of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>. The United States Cavalry was formally created by an act of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> on 3 August 1861 and ceased as a distinct Army branch in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._103,_104_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._103,_104-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "cavalry" continues to be used as a designation for various specific United States Army formations and functions. </p><p>This branch, alongside the <a href="/wiki/Infantry_Branch_(United_States)" title="Infantry Branch (United States)">Infantry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Field_Artillery_Branch_(United_States)" title="Field Artillery Branch (United States)">Artillery</a> branches, was formerly considered to be one of the "classic" combat arms branches (defined as those branches of the army with the primary mission of engaging in armed combat with an enemy force). </p><p>From the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">United States Declaration of Independence</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_War_of_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="American War of Independence">American War of Independence</a> onwards, mounted troops were raised ad-hoc by the United States as emergencies presented themselves and were disbanded as soon as these had passed.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._12-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1833, Congress created the 1st U.S. Dragoons, followed by the 2nd U.S. Dragoons and the U.S. Mounted Riflemen 1836 and 1846 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._12-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1861 Act converted the U.S. Army's two regiments of <a href="/wiki/Dragoon" title="Dragoon">dragoons</a>, one regiment of mounted riflemen, and two regiments of cavalry into one branch of service.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._103,_104_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._103,_104-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Immediately preceding <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> (1941–1945), the U.S. Cavalry began transitioning to a mechanized, mounted force. During the Second World War, the Army's cavalry units operated as horse-mounted, mechanized, or dismounted forces (infantry). The last horse-mounted cavalry charge by a U.S. Cavalry unit took place on the <a href="/wiki/Bataan" title="Bataan">Bataan</a> Peninsula, in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> in early 1942. The <a href="/wiki/26th_Cavalry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Cavalry Regiment">26th Cavalry Regiment</a> of the allied <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Scouts" title="Philippine Scouts">Philippine Scouts</a> executed the charge against <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> forces near the village of Morong on 16 January 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1942, the War Department eliminated the office of Chief of Cavalry and effectively abolished the horse cavalry.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cavalry name was absorbed into the Armor branch as part of the Army Reorganization Act of 1950 and the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> saw the introduction of helicopters and operations as a helicopter-borne force with the designation of <a href="/wiki/Air_cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Air cavalry"><b>Air Cavalry</b></a>, while mechanized cavalry received the designation of <b>Armored Cavalry</b>. </p><p>The term "cavalry", still remains in use in the U.S. Army for mounted (ground and aviation) <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance,_surveillance,_and_target_acquisition_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (United States)">reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition</a> (RSTA) units based on their parent <a href="/wiki/Combat_Arms_Regimental_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Arms Regimental System">Combat Arms Regimental System</a> (CARS) regiment. The <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st Cavalry Division</a> is the only active <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> in the United States Army with a cavalry designation and maintains a detachment of horse-mounted cavalry for ceremonial purposes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United States Cavalry existed in various forms from 1775 to 1942. Its history dates back to the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, and every major subsequent war in which the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> was involved. <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> personally witnessed the effect that a small mounted force of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/17th_Lancers" title="17th Lancers">17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons</a> had on his troops, panicking and scattering American soldiers at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_White_Plains" title="Battle of White Plains">Battle of White Plains</a>. Appreciating the ability of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Regiment_of_Connecticut_Light_Horse_Militia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Regiment of Connecticut Light Horse Militia (page does not exist)">5th Regiment of Connecticut Light Horse Militia</a> to gather intelligence during the <a href="/wiki/New_York_and_New_Jersey_campaign" title="New York and New Jersey campaign">subsequent retreat of American forces</a> into <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, he asked the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> to approve the creation of a <a href="/wiki/Light_cavalry" title="Light cavalry">light cavalry</a> force in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a>. In late 1776, Congress authorized Washington to establish a mounted force of 3,000 men for service in the Continental army.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Revolutionary_War">American Revolutionary War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: American Revolutionary War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 12 December 1776, Congress converted the 5th Regiment of Connecticut Light Horse Militia into the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Continental_Light_Dragoons" title="2nd Continental Light Dragoons">Regiment of Light Dragoons</a>. In March 1777, Washington established the Corps of Continental Light Dragoons consisting of four regiments of 280 men, each organized in six troops. Many problems faced the light dragoon regiments, including the inability of recruiting to bring the units to authorized strength, shortage of suitable cavalry weapons and horses, and lack of uniformity among troopers in dress and discipline. Congress appointed the Hungarian revolutionary and professional soldier <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kovats" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Kovats">Michael Kovats</a> and the Polish <a href="/wiki/Kazimierz_Pulaski" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazimierz Pulaski">Casimir Pulaski</a> to train them as an offensive strike force during winter quarters of 1777–78 at Trenton, New Jersey. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazimierz_Pulaski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Kazimierz_Pulaski.jpg/180px-Kazimierz_Pulaski.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Kazimierz_Pulaski.jpg/270px-Kazimierz_Pulaski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Kazimierz_Pulaski.jpg/360px-Kazimierz_Pulaski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="944" data-file-height="1387" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Polish</a> nobleman and soldier <a href="/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski" title="Casimir Pulaski">Casimir Pulaski</a> was one of the founders and "fathers of American cavalry".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Pulaski's efforts led to friction with the American officers, resulting in his resignation, but Congress authorized Pulaski to form his own independent corps in 1778. Pulaski's Legion consisted of dragoons, riflemen, grenadiers, and infantry. Another independent corps of dragoons joined Pulaski's in the Continental Line during 1778 when a former captain in Bland's Horse, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_III" title="Henry Lee III">"Light Horse Harry" Lee</a>, formed <a href="/wiki/Lee%27s_Legion" title="Lee's Legion">Lee's Corps of Partisan Light Dragoons</a>, which specialized in raiding and harassing supply lines. Colonel <a href="/wiki/Charles_Armand_Tuffin,_marquis_de_la_Rou%C3%ABrie" title="Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie">Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie</a> ("Col. Armand"), a French nobleman, raised a third corps of infantry in Boston, called the Free and Independent Chasseurs, which later added a troop of dragoons, becoming <a href="/wiki/Armand%27s_Legion" title="Armand's Legion">Armand's Legion</a>. Although a reorganization in 1778 authorized expansion of the four regiments to 415 men each, forage difficulties, expiration of enlistments, desertions, and other problems made this impossible, and no regiment ever carried more than 200 men on its rolls, and they averaged 120 to 180 men between 1778 and 1780. </p><p>In 1779, Washington ordered the 2nd and <a href="/wiki/4th_Continental_Light_Dragoons" title="4th Continental Light Dragoons">4th Continental Light Dragoons</a> equipped temporarily as infantry, and deployed the <a href="/wiki/1st_Continental_Light_Dragoons" title="1st Continental Light Dragoons">1st</a> and <a href="/wiki/3rd_Continental_Light_Dragoons" title="3rd Continental Light Dragoons">3rd Continental Light Dragoons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pulaski%27s_Legion" title="Pulaski's Legion">Pulaski's Legion</a> to the South to join local militia cavalry and to ensure the area remained American during an unexpected counter-offensive. Battle engagements in South Carolina largely seriously attrited the 1st and 3rd Regiments in the spring of 1780, who amalgamated into a single unit. Following the capture of <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a> on 12 May 1780, the remnants tried to regroup and reconstitute in Virginia and North Carolina. In August 1780, Armand's Legion was with <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Gates" title="Horatio Gates">General Gates</a> at the disastrous <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Camden" title="Battle of Camden">Battle of Camden</a>. </p><p>The most significant engagement of the war involving Continental light dragoons was the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cowpens" title="Battle of Cowpens">Battle of Cowpens</a> in January 1781. Southern theater commander General <a href="/wiki/Nathanael_Greene" title="Nathanael Greene">Nathanael Greene</a> reorganized part of Lee's Legion and elements of the amalgamated 1st and 3rd Light Dragoons in Charlotte and dispatched them on a series of raids against Loyalist forces in western Carolina. The dragoons joined the "flying corps" commanded by General <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Morgan" title="Daniel Morgan">Daniel Morgan</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cowpens" title="Battle of Cowpens">Battle of Cowpens</a>, securing a crucial victory for the American forces in the early stages of the war. Later, the 3rd Legionary Corps participated in Greene's maneuvers across North Carolina and fought well against Cornwallis's army at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guilford_Courthouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Guilford Courthouse">Guilford Courthouse</a>. </p><p>In January 1781, the practice of the dragoons employing both mounted and dismounted troops resulted in their official reconfiguration as Legionary Corps, the mounted dragoons supported by dismounted dragoons armed as infantry, an organization that persisted until the war's end. In 1783, the Continental Army was discharged and the dragoons were released. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_of_1812">War of 1812</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: War of 1812"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a></div> <p>The first cavalry unit formed by the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress of the United States of America">Congress of the United States of America</a> (along with three new regular infantry regiments) was a squadron of light dragoons commanded by Major <a href="/wiki/Michael_Rudolph" title="Michael Rudolph">Michael Rudolph</a> on 5 March 1792. Its four troops were assigned to each of the four sublegions of <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_the_United_States" title="Legion of the United States">Legion of the United States</a>, by September 1792. In 1796, the number of troops was reduced to only two, which were almagamated in 1798 with six newly raised troops to the Regiment of <a href="/wiki/Regiment_of_Light_Dragoons_(United_States)" title="Regiment of Light Dragoons (United States)">Regiment of Light Dragoons</a>. This mounted force was short lived as well and saw its end in 1800. The oldest two "veterans" troops were retained until June 1802. Hence no regular mounted soldiers existed for the next six years.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1798, during the <a href="/wiki/Quasi-War" title="Quasi-War">Quasi-War</a> with France, Congress established a three-year "<a href="/wiki/Provisional_Army_of_the_United_States" title="Provisional Army of the United States">Provisional Army</a>" of 10,000 men, consisting of twelve regiments of infantry and six troops of light dragoons. By March 1799 Congress created an "Eventual Army" of 30,000 men, including three regiments of cavalry. Both "armies" existed only on paper, but equipment for 3,000 men and horses was procured and stored.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Congressional act of 12 April 1808 authorized a standing regiment of light dragoons consisting of eight troops. As war loomed, Congress authorized another regiment of light dragoons on 11 January 1812. These regiments were respectively known afterwards as the First and Second United States Dragoons. </p><p>In 1813, Secretary of War <a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_Jr." title="John Armstrong Jr.">John Armstrong Jr.</a> granted Colonel <a href="/wiki/Richard_Mentor_Johnson" title="Richard Mentor Johnson">Richard Mentor Johnson</a> permission to raise two battalions of volunteer cavalry. Johnson recruited 1,200 men, divided into 14 companies. </p><p>Congress combined the First and Second United States Dragoons into one Regiment of Light Dragoons on 30 March 1814. This was a cost-cutting measure; it was cheaper and easier to maintain one unit at full strength than two organizations that could not maintain a full complement of riders. The signing of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent" title="Treaty of Ghent">Treaty of Ghent</a> at the end of the year ended the war. The regiment was disbanded on 3 March 1815, with the explanation that cavalry forces were too expensive to maintain as part of a standing army. The retained officers and men were folded into the Corps of Artillery by 15 June 1815, all others were discharged. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Westward_expansion">Westward expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Westward expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "plains cavalry" played an important role in extending American hegemony into western North America by forcefully subduing and displacing Native Americans from their lands during the western Indian Wars, thereby making way for colonists of primarily European descent. In 1832, Congress formed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Mounted_Rangers" title="United States Mounted Rangers">Battalion of Mounted Rangers</a> to protect settlers along the east<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="West? (May 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> bank of the Mississippi River and to keep the Santa Fe trail open. The battalion comprised volunteers organized into six companies of 100 men. To correct what was perceived as a lack of discipline, organization and reliability, Congress formed the <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)">United States Regiment of Dragoons</a> as a regular force in 1833, consisting of 10 companies (designated A through K) with a total of 750 men. The Regiment fought against the Seminole nation in 1835, when <a href="/wiki/Osceola" title="Osceola">Chief Osceola</a> led warriors from his tribe in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Seminole_War" title="Second Seminole War">Second Seminole War</a> in protest to the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Payne%27s_Landing" title="Treaty of Payne's Landing">Treaty of Payne's Landing</a>. For a year, the established units had difficulty containing the Indians. Congress responded by establishing the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">2nd United States Regiment of Dragoons</a> in 1836. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_with_Mexico">War with Mexico</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: War with Mexico"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Remember_Your_Regiment,_U.S._Army_in_Action_Series,_2d_Dragoons_charge_in_Mexican_War_1846.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Remember_Your_Regiment%2C_U.S._Army_in_Action_Series%2C_2d_Dragoons_charge_in_Mexican_War_1846.jpg/220px-Remember_Your_Regiment%2C_U.S._Army_in_Action_Series%2C_2d_Dragoons_charge_in_Mexican_War_1846.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Remember_Your_Regiment%2C_U.S._Army_in_Action_Series%2C_2d_Dragoons_charge_in_Mexican_War_1846.jpg/330px-Remember_Your_Regiment%2C_U.S._Army_in_Action_Series%2C_2d_Dragoons_charge_in_Mexican_War_1846.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Remember_Your_Regiment%2C_U.S._Army_in_Action_Series%2C_2d_Dragoons_charge_in_Mexican_War_1846.jpg/440px-Remember_Your_Regiment%2C_U.S._Army_in_Action_Series%2C_2d_Dragoons_charge_in_Mexican_War_1846.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2740" data-file-height="1700" /></a><figcaption>Captain <a href="/wiki/Charles_A._May" title="Charles A. May">Charles A. May</a>'s squadron of the 2d Dragoons slashes through the Mexican Army lines.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Thornton_Affair" title="Thornton Affair">Thornton Affair</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a></div> <p>The First Dragoons served in the Mexican War, and <a href="/wiki/Charles_A._May" title="Charles A. May">Charles A. May</a>'s squadron of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Dragoons" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Dragoons">Second Dragoons</a> helped decide the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Resaca_de_la_Palma" title="Battle of Resaca de la Palma">Battle of Resaca de la Palma</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_War">Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Cavalry in the American Civil War">Cavalry in the American Civil War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Unioniste_Lefaucheux.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Unioniste_Lefaucheux.jpg/220px-Unioniste_Lefaucheux.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Unioniste_Lefaucheux.jpg/330px-Unioniste_Lefaucheux.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Unioniste_Lefaucheux.jpg/440px-Unioniste_Lefaucheux.jpg 2x" data-file-width="441" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A US Civil war soldier Cavalry [North] with sabre and Lefaucheux pistol; he wears shoulder scales as part of his dress uniform.</figcaption></figure> <p>Shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War, the Army's dragoon regiments were designated as "Cavalry", losing their previous distinctions. The change was an unpopular one and the former dragoons retained their orange braided blue jackets until they wore out and had to be replaced with cavalry yellow. The 1st United States Cavalry fought in virtually every campaign in the north during the American Civil War. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_wars">Indian wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Indian wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/American_Indian_Wars" title="American Indian Wars">American Indian Wars</a></div> <p>The U.S. Cavalry played a prominent role in the <a href="/wiki/American_Indian_Wars" title="American Indian Wars">American Indian Wars</a>, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">American Old West</a>. Particularly notable were the <a href="/wiki/7th_Cavalry_Regiment" title="7th Cavalry Regiment">7th Cavalry</a>, associated with General <a href="/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer" title="George Armstrong Custer">George Armstrong Custer</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn" title="Battle of the Little Bighorn">Battle of the Little Bighorn</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/9th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">9th</a> and <a href="/wiki/10th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="10th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">10th Cavalry</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier" title="Buffalo Soldier">Buffalo Soldiers</a>. Infantry units, called by the Indians "walkaheaps", were also involved and in some cases were the main force deployed. Infantry, when mounted, were called "mounted infantry"; they lacked training and skill in horsemanship and cavalry tactics. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_Cavalry_Sergeant_1866_(Bis).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Company "A" 1st US Cavalry Sgt wearing Hardee hat, 1866"><img alt="Company "A" 1st US Cavalry Sgt wearing Hardee hat, 1866" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/US_Army_Cavalry_Sergeant_1866_%28Bis%29.jpg/49px-US_Army_Cavalry_Sergeant_1866_%28Bis%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/US_Army_Cavalry_Sergeant_1866_%28Bis%29.jpg/74px-US_Army_Cavalry_Sergeant_1866_%28Bis%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/US_Army_Cavalry_Sergeant_1866_%28Bis%29.jpg/99px-US_Army_Cavalry_Sergeant_1866_%28Bis%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="244" data-file-height="590" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Company "A" 1st US Cavalry Sgt wearing <a href="/wiki/Hardee_hat" title="Hardee hat">Hardee hat</a>, 1866</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USCavalryFieldUniforms1876.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="U.S. Army poster illustrating field uniforms circa 1876"><img alt="U.S. Army poster illustrating field uniforms circa 1876" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/USCavalryFieldUniforms1876.gif/120px-USCavalryFieldUniforms1876.gif" decoding="async" width="120" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/USCavalryFieldUniforms1876.gif/180px-USCavalryFieldUniforms1876.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/USCavalryFieldUniforms1876.gif/240px-USCavalryFieldUniforms1876.gif 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="573" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">U.S. Army poster illustrating field uniforms circa 1876</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RemingtonUSCavalryChristmasBeefRoast.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Roasting the Christmas Beef, Frederic Remington, Harper's Weekly, 24 December 1892"><img alt="Roasting the Christmas Beef, Frederic Remington, Harper's Weekly, 24 December 1892" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/RemingtonUSCavalryChristmasBeefRoast.jpg/120px-RemingtonUSCavalryChristmasBeefRoast.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/RemingtonUSCavalryChristmasBeefRoast.jpg/180px-RemingtonUSCavalryChristmasBeefRoast.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/RemingtonUSCavalryChristmasBeefRoast.jpg/240px-RemingtonUSCavalryChristmasBeefRoast.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3225" data-file-height="2108" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Roasting the Christmas Beef, <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Remington" title="Frederic Remington">Frederic Remington</a>, <i>Harper's Weekly</i>, 24 December 1892</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish–American_War"><span id="Spanish.E2.80.93American_War"></span>Spanish–American War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Spanish–American War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several Cavalry regiments served in Cuba, the 1st, 2d, 3rd Cavalry Regiments along with the African-American 9th and 10th Cavalry and also the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, the <a href="/wiki/Rough_Riders" title="Rough Riders">Rough Riders</a>. Of all the cavalry regiments, only the 3rd went to Cuba with their normal complement of horses. For the rest, only the officers' horses went as there was not enough room on the ship to bring all the horses to Cuba, and those that were not used by the officers were used to pull equipment. Likewise, all of the cavalry units except the mounted 3rd Cavalry were organized into two brigades that made up the Cavalry Division led by former Confederate cavalryman, General <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wheeler" title="Joseph Wheeler">Joseph Wheeler</a>. Wheeler's Cavalry Division was part of the other 2 infantry divisions and independent brigade that made up the V Corps headed by General Shafter. Several other cavalry regiments from the West Coast were sent to Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Units of Wheeler's Cavalry Division fought at both the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Las_Guasimas" title="Battle of Las Guasimas">Battle of Las Guasimas</a> on 24 June 1898 and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_Heights" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of San Juan Heights">Battle of San Juan Heights</a> on 1 July 1898. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MountUSArmyCavalrymanYNP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/MountUSArmyCavalrymanYNP.jpg/220px-MountUSArmyCavalrymanYNP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/MountUSArmyCavalrymanYNP.jpg/330px-MountUSArmyCavalrymanYNP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/MountUSArmyCavalrymanYNP.jpg/440px-MountUSArmyCavalrymanYNP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1324" data-file-height="1999" /></a><figcaption>Cavalryman circa World War I era</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/15th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="15th Cavalry Division (United States)">15th Cavalry Division</a> was created in February 1917 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sam_Houston" title="Fort Sam Houston">Fort Sam Houston</a>, Texas. It numbered in succession of the 1st–14th Divisions, which were not all active at its creation. Originally trained for deployment to Europe, its units were later converted into field artillery units. The division was deactivated on 12 May 1918. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-World_War_I">Post-World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post-World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Proponents of horse cavalry argued that the lack of success of cavalry on World War I's static defensive lines had been an exception, and that cavalry still had a role to play in warfare, even as the U.S. Army's mechanization continued.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The American Expeditionary Forces convened a Cavalry Board to consider the future of horse cavalry; this panel concluded that the employment of large cavalry units was probably obsolete, but that horse cavalry units of regiment size and below could be attached to infantry and armor units for reconnaissance and similar missions on an as needed basis.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Army accepted this recommendation, and continued to field horse cavalry units in the 1920s and 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Act_of_1920" title="National Defense Act of 1920">National Defense Act of 1920</a>, the Army created the Office of the Chief of Cavalry; the chief would be a temporary major general, and would be empowered to supervise cavalry activities, including personnel management, equipment development and fielding, and creation and implementation of tactics, doctrine, and training.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Willard_Ames_Holbrook" title="Willard Ames Holbrook">Willard Ames Holbrook</a> was appointed as the first Chief of Cavalry, and he served until 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regular_Army_and_Philippine_Scouts">Regular Army and Philippine Scouts</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Regular Army and Philippine Scouts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The personnel and assets of the 15th Cavalry Division were later used to form 1st & 2nd Cavalry Divisions. On 20 August 1921, as a result of lessons learned from World War I, the Army's <a href="/wiki/Adjutant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjutant General">Adjutant General</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> <a href="/wiki/Peter_C._Harris" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter C. Harris">Peter C. Harris</a>, constituted the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions to meet future mobilization requirements. However, the 2nd Cavalry Division was not subsequently activated, and remained in 'on-paper' organizational limbo for twenty years. In 1922 the <a href="/wiki/26th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">26th Cavalry Regiment (United States)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Scouts" title="Philippine Scouts">Philippine Scouts</a>, was formed in the Philippines. In 1927, the Adjutant General constituted the I Cavalry Corps (the headquarters of which was never fully activated), and the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Cavalry Division (United States)">3rd Cavalry Division</a>, new Regular Army formations.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Guard">National Guard</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: National Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1921, the 21st through 24th Cavalry Divisions were formed in the National Guard, with the <a href="/wiki/First_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="First United States Army">First</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_United_States_Army" title="Second United States Army">Second</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Third Army</a> Areas supporting the <a href="/wiki/21st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="21st Cavalry Division (United States)">21st</a>, <a href="/wiki/22nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="22nd Cavalry Division (United States)">22nd</a>, and <a href="/wiki/24th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="24th Cavalry Division (United States)">24th</a>, respectively. The 23rd was the nation's at-large cavalry division, supported by all army areas (Alabama, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin Army National Guards). In a short time the divisions had the prescribed cavalry regiments and machine gun squadrons but not the majority of their support organizations.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/56th_Cavalry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="56th Cavalry Brigade">56th Cavalry Brigade</a> was a separate cavalry brigade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Organized_Reserve">Organized Reserve</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Organized Reserve"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To create the Organized Reserve cavalry divisions, the War Department added the <a href="/wiki/61st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="61st Cavalry Division (United States)">61st</a>, <a href="/wiki/62nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="62nd Cavalry Division (United States)">62nd</a>; <a href="/wiki/63rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="63rd Cavalry Division (United States)">63rd</a>; <a href="/wiki/64th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="64th Cavalry Division (United States)">64th</a>, <a href="/wiki/65th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="65th Cavalry Division (United States)">65th</a> and <a href="/wiki/66th_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="66th Cavalry Division (United States)">66th Cavalry Divisions</a> to the rolls of the Army on 15 October 1921. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Segregated_cavalry_units">Segregated cavalry units</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Segregated cavalry units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the midst of the <a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election" title="1940 United States presidential election">1940 presidential campaign</a> prominent black leaders complained bitterly to President Franklin D. Roosevelt about the limited number of black units. Under political pressure the Army activated the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United States)">2nd Cavalry Division</a> at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Riley" title="Fort Riley">Fort Riley</a>, Kansas, on 1 April 1941, with one white and one black brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The black brigade, the <a href="/wiki/4th_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_States)" title="4th Cavalry Brigade (United States)">4th Cavalry Brigade</a> was activated during February 1941 with the <a href="/wiki/9th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">9th Cavalry Regiment</a> and <a href="/wiki/10th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="10th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">10th Cavalry Regiment</a>, the "<a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Soldiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo Soldiers">Buffalo Soldiers</a>," as its cavalry regiments. In addition, a further black cavalry regiment, the <a href="/wiki/27th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="27th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">27th Cavalry Regiment (Colored)</a>, 2nd Cavalry Division, was also activated in April 1941. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mechanization">Mechanization</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Mechanization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the interwar period, the Army commenced experimenting with mechanization and had partially mechanized some cavalry regiments. In 1940, the National Guard cavalry divisions were disbanded; some of their cavalry regiments partially retain horses as "horse-mechanized" regiments, while others were converted into other types of units, such as antiaircraft artillery or field artillery, or used to complete inactive parts of existing units. During the war, many of the Army's cavalry units were mechanized with tanks and reconnaissance vehicles, while others fought dismounted as infantry. Some units were converted into other types of units entirely, some of which made use of the cavalry's experience with horses. The "Mars Men" of the <a href="/wiki/China_Burma_India_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="China Burma India Theater">China Burma India Theater</a> give such an example. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of a shortage of men, on 15 July 1942,<sup id="cite_ref-Stanton_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanton-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 2nd Cavalry Division was inactivated to permit organization of the <a href="/wiki/9th_Armored_Division_(United_States)" title="9th Armored Division (United States)">9th Armored Division</a>. White cavalrymen were assigned to the 9th Armored Division, and the all-black <a href="/wiki/4th_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_States)" title="4th Cavalry Brigade (United States)">4th Cavalry Brigade</a> became a non-divisional formation. </p><p>As part of a large-scale Army reorganization in March 1942, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a>, General <a href="/wiki/George_Marshall" class="mw-redirect" title="George Marshall">George Marshall</a>, abolished the position of branch chief in the ground arms, including for the Cavalry. The branch chiefs' functions were centralized within the new <a href="/wiki/Army_Ground_Forces" title="Army Ground Forces">Army Ground Forces</a> headquarters as part of an effort to consolidate and streamline the integration of training and doctrine among the Army's different branches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before World War II the 106th Cavalry was a National Guard unit based in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to World War I and the Spanish–American War it had been known as the 1st Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. The 106th underwent a number of different reorganizations until 1 September 1940, when it was redesignated the 1st Squadron, <a href="/wiki/106th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="106th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">106th Cavalry</a> (Horse-Mechanized). </p><p>On 25 February 1943 the 2nd Cavalry Division was (re)activated. The 27th Cavalry Regiment was attached to the 5th Cavalry Brigade (Colored) on 25 February 1943. It was deactivated 27 March 1944 and personnel later reorganized into the 6400th Ordnance Battalion (Ammo) (Provisional) 12 June 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Stanton_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanton-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/28th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="28th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">28th Cavalry Regiment (Colored)</a>, 2nd Cavalry Division, activated February 1942 and attached to the 5th Cavalry Brigade (Colored) on 25 February 1943. It was deactivated 31 March 1944 and personnel later reorganized into the 6400th Ordnance Battalion (Ammo) (Provisional) 12 June 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Stanton_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanton-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_World_War_II_Cavalry_Group_Mechanized_1944_Structure.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/United_States_World_War_II_Cavalry_Group_Mechanized_1944_Structure.png/168px-United_States_World_War_II_Cavalry_Group_Mechanized_1944_Structure.png" decoding="async" width="168" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/United_States_World_War_II_Cavalry_Group_Mechanized_1944_Structure.png/252px-United_States_World_War_II_Cavalry_Group_Mechanized_1944_Structure.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/United_States_World_War_II_Cavalry_Group_Mechanized_1944_Structure.png/336px-United_States_World_War_II_Cavalry_Group_Mechanized_1944_Structure.png 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="836" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Structure of a Cavalry Group, Mechanized, during 1944–1945</div></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:26th_Cavalry_PI_Scouts_moving_into_Pozorrubio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/26th_Cavalry_PI_Scouts_moving_into_Pozorrubio.jpg/220px-26th_Cavalry_PI_Scouts_moving_into_Pozorrubio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/26th_Cavalry_PI_Scouts_moving_into_Pozorrubio.jpg/330px-26th_Cavalry_PI_Scouts_moving_into_Pozorrubio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/26th_Cavalry_PI_Scouts_moving_into_Pozorrubio.jpg/440px-26th_Cavalry_PI_Scouts_moving_into_Pozorrubio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="649" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">26th Cavalry moving into Pozorrubio</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The last horse <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_charge" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavalry charge">cavalry charge</a> by a U.S. Army cavalry unit took place against Japanese forces during the fighting in the Bataan Peninsula, Philippines, in the village of Morong on 16 January 1942, by the <a href="/wiki/26th_Cavalry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Cavalry Regiment">26th Cavalry Regiment</a> of the Philippine Scouts. Shortly thereafter, the besieged combined United States-Philippine forces were forced to slaughter their horses for food and the 26th Regiment fought on foot or in whatever scarce vehicles were available until their surrender.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 10th Mountain Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop of the 10th Mountain Division, while not designated as U.S. Cavalry, conducted the last horse-mounted charge of any Army organization while engaged in <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An impromptu pistol charge by the Third Platoon was carried out when the Troop encountered a machine gun nest in an Italian village/town sometime between 14 and 23 April 1945. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mechanized_cavalry">Mechanized cavalry</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Mechanized cavalry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The principal reconnaissance element of an infantry division was a mechanized cavalry troop, whilst an armored division was provided with a full cavalry squadron. Several cavalry groups, each of two squadrons, were formed to serve as the reconnaissance elements for U.S. corps headquarters in the European Theater of Operations during 1944–45. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M24_May_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/M24_May_1945.jpg/220px-M24_May_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/M24_May_1945.jpg/330px-M24_May_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/M24_May_1945.jpg/440px-M24_May_1945.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="457" /></a><figcaption> The new M24 Chaffee light tank that was issued to the <a href="/wiki/106th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="106th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">106th Cavalry Group</a> in February 1945. Its 75 mm gun was vastly superior to the <a href="/wiki/Stuart_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuart tank">M5A1 Stuart</a> tank.</figcaption></figure> <p>Besides HQ and service elements, each cavalry troop comprised three cavalry platoons, each of which was equipped with six <a href="/wiki/Willys_MB" title="Willys MB">Bantam jeeps</a> and three <a href="/wiki/M8_Greyhound" title="M8 Greyhound">M8 Greyhound</a> armored cars.<sup id="cite_ref-bayonet_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bayonet-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three of the jeeps were mounted with a <a href="/wiki/M2_Mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Mortar">60mm mortar</a> manned by two soldiers; the other three had a bracket-mounted <a href="/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1919 Browning machine gun">.30 caliber machine gun</a>, manned by a soldier sitting in the front passenger seat – although sometimes the M1919 was replaced by a <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Browning machine gun">.50 caliber machine gun</a>. To maximize speed and maneuverability on the battlefield, the Bantams were not given extra armor protection.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <i>M8 Greyhound</i> was a six-wheeled, light-weight armored car, mounting a <a href="/wiki/37_mm_Gun_M3" class="mw-redirect" title="37 mm Gun M3">37 mm</a> gun in a movable turret that could swing a full 360 degrees. It also featured a .30 caliber coaxial machine gun that could move independently of the turret. The M8 was equipped with powerful FM radios to enable battlefield communications. </p><p>A cavalry squadron comprised a HQ Troop, three cavalry troops (four for those in armored divisions), a light tank company and an assault gun troop. </p><p>The light tank company had 17 tanks; two in the company headquarters and three platoons of five tanks. Initially, the tanks were <a href="/wiki/M3_Stuart" title="M3 Stuart">M3 Stuarts</a>, later M5 Stuarts; both of which were equipped with <a href="/wiki/37_mm_Gun_M3" class="mw-redirect" title="37 mm Gun M3">37mm</a> guns. The Stuart was capable of speeds of up to 36 mph (58 km/h) on the road. While fast and maneuverable, its armor plating and cannon were soon found to be no match for the German tanks. In February 1945 they were replaced with the <a href="/wiki/M24_Chaffee" title="M24 Chaffee">M24 Chaffee</a> light tank, which was equipped with a <a href="/wiki/75_mm_gun_(US)#M6" class="mw-redirect" title="75 mm gun (US)">75 mm</a> gun.<sup id="cite_ref-bayonet_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bayonet-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The assault gun troop comprised three assault gun platoons (four for those in armored divisions), each with two <a href="/wiki/Howitzer_motor_carriage_M8" class="mw-redirect" title="Howitzer motor carriage M8">M8 HMCs</a> – M5 Stuarts with their turrets replaced by an open-turreted 75 mm howitzer – and two <a href="/wiki/M3_Half-track" class="mw-redirect" title="M3 Half-track">M3 Half-tracks</a>; one for the platoon HQ, the other for the ammunition section. </p><p>The experience gained in the use of the mechanized cavalry groups during World War II led to the eventual postwar formation of armored cavalry regiments to act as corps reconnaissance and screening elements. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vietnam">Vietnam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Vietnam War saw the first combat use of <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_tactics#Cavalry_in_modern_warfare" title="Cavalry tactics">air cavalry</a> warfare. Twenty armored and air cavalry units were deployed to Vietnam during the war. Armored cavalry units in Vietnam were initially equipped with the <a href="/wiki/M48_Patton#Variants" title="M48 Patton">M48A3 Patton tank</a>, armed with a 90 mm main gun, and the <a href="/wiki/M113_Armored_Personnel_Carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="M113 Armored Personnel Carrier">M113 Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle</a> (ACAV). In January 1969, the cavalry began transitioning from the Patton tank to the <a href="/wiki/M551_Sheridan" title="M551 Sheridan">M551 Sheridan</a> Armored Airborne Reconnaissance Assault Vehicle.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1970, all armored cavalry units in Vietnam were operating the Sheridan except for the tank companies of the 11th ACR, which continued to use Patton tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="U._S._Armored_Cavalry_(Ground_Cavalry_Units)[21]_in_the_Vietnam_War"><span id="U._S._Armored_Cavalry_.28Ground_Cavalry_Units.29.5B21.5D_in_the_Vietnam_War"></span>U. S. Armored Cavalry (Ground Cavalry Units)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the Vietnam War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: U. S. Armored Cavalry (Ground Cavalry Units)[21] in the Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1st Squadron, <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st Cavalry</a>; attached to the 23rd Infantry Division (<a href="/wiki/Americal" class="mw-redirect" title="Americal">Americal</a>), but remained assigned to the 1st Armored Division</li> <li>Troop E, 1st Cavalry; assigned to 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division</li> <li>2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry; attached to the 4th Infantry Division (Ivy Division), but remained assigned to the 2nd Armored Division</li> <li>1st Squadron, <a href="/wiki/4th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="4th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">4th Cavalry</a>; assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (<a href="/wiki/Big_Red_One" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Red One">Big Red One</a>)</li> <li>3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry; assigned to the 25th Infantry Division (Tropical Lightning)</li> <li>3rd Squadron, <a href="/wiki/5th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">5th Cavalry</a>; assigned to the 9th Infantry Division (<a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="9th Infantry Division (United States)">Old Reliables</a>); 1971 attached to 1st Brigade 5th (Mech) Infantry Division (<a href="/wiki/Red_Diamond" title="Red Diamond">Red Diamond</a>), in I Corps near <a href="/wiki/DMZ" class="mw-redirect" title="DMZ">DMZ</a></li> <li>1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry; assigned to the 4th Infantry Division</li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment" title="11th Armored Cavalry Regiment">11th Armored Cavalry Regiment</a>; II Field Force. The <a href="/wiki/11th_ACR" class="mw-redirect" title="11th ACR">11th ACR</a> (Blackhorse) was the only full Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam, consisting of 3 squadrons (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) and commanded by <a href="/wiki/WWII" class="mw-redirect" title="WWII">WWII</a> <a href="/wiki/General_Patton" class="mw-redirect" title="General Patton">General Patton</a>'s son Colonel George S. Patton Jr.</li> <li>Troop A, 4th Squadron, <a href="/wiki/12th_Cavalry_Regiment" title="12th Cavalry Regiment">12th Cavalry</a>; assigned to 1st Brigade 5th (Mech) Infantry Division</li> <li>Troop B, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry; assigned to <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division" title="82nd Airborne Division">82nd Airborne Division</a> (All American)</li> <li>2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry; assigned to <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Division</a> (Screaming Eagle). December 1968 to June 1969 both 2/17 Cav and 101st Abn Div converted to <a href="/wiki/Airmobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Airmobile">Airmobile</a> units.<sup id="cite_ref-Starry_1978_p._230_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Starry_1978_p._230-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Troop D, 17th Cavalry; assigned to 199th Infantry Brigade (Light Brigade). Deactivated Oct 1970/reactivated Apr 1972 as an <a href="/wiki/Air_Cavalry" title="Air Cavalry">Air Cavalry</a> Troop.<sup id="cite_ref-Starry_1978_p._230_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Starry_1978_p._230-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Troop E, 17th Cavalry; assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade</li> <li>Troop F, 17th Cavalry; assigned to 196th Infantry Brigade (Light Brigade), Americal Division</li> <li>Troop H, 17th Cavalry; assigned to 198th Infantry Brigade (Light Brigade), Americal Division. Deactivated Oct 1971/reactivated Apr 1972 as an Air Cavalry Troop.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>During the Vietnam War U.S. Cavalry squadrons were normally assigned or attached to army divisions. Army brigades were only authorized one cavalry Troop, as was the case with "A" Troop, 4/12 Cavalry. When only the 1st Brigade of the 5th (Mechanized) Infantry Division deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_South_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of South Vietnam">Republic of South Vietnam</a> (RVN), only one cavalry troop was assigned to the brigade, Troop A. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_cavalry_and_dragoons">Contemporary cavalry and dragoons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Contemporary cavalry and dragoons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_developments">Recent developments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Recent developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Dragoons was reformed in the Vietnam era as 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry. Today's modern 1–1st Cavalry is a scout/attack unit, equipped with <a href="/wiki/M1_Abrams" title="M1 Abrams">M1A1 Abrams tanks</a> and <a href="/wiki/M2_Bradley" title="M2 Bradley">M3 Bradley CFVs</a>. </p><p>Another modern U.S. Army unit informally known as the 2nd Dragoons is the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker)</a>. This unit was originally organized as the Second Dragoon Regiment in 1836 until it was renamed the Second Cavalry Regiment in 1860, morphing into the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in the 1960s. The regiment is currently equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Stryker_(vehicle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stryker (vehicle)">Stryker</a> family of wheeled fighting vehicles. As equipped with the Stryker, the 2nd Cavalry once again can be accurately referred to as a "dragoon" force – mounted infantry.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Traditions">Traditions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cavalry, like any other military force, has its own unique traditions and history. These traditions include the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Spur" title="Order of the Spur">Order of the Spur</a>; Spurs are issued to cavalry soldiers in Gold, for the completion of a tour of combat service and in Silver for the completion of what is commonly called the "Spur Ride". The Cavalry traditions also include: the <a href="/wiki/Stetson" title="Stetson">Stetson</a>, Stetson Cords, <a href="/wiki/Fiddler%27s_Green" title="Fiddler's Green">Fiddler's Green</a> poem, and the Order of the Yellow Rose.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Units in the modern Army with the armor and cavalry designation have adopted the black Stetson hat as unofficial semi dress headgear, recalling the black felt campaign hats of the American frontier era. Where as the Quarter-Cav still wears the brown felt Stetsons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cavalry_designation">Cavalry designation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Cavalry designation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The distinct cavalry branch ceased to exist when it was absorbed into the Armor branch in 1951, during the Korean War. Other regiments of both armored and air cavalry exist in the Army. The patches on 1st Cavalry Division helicopters that served in Vietnam retained the symbol of a horse, symbolizing the mobility that characterized the original horse cavalry. In spite of the formal disbanding of the branch, however, the recognition of it continues on within the Army's armor and aviation branches, where some officers choose cavalry branch insignia over the very similar armor branch insignia or aviation "prop and wing" insignia. </p><p>Chief, the last surviving tactical horse of the United States Cavalry, died in 1968, at the age of 36.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is one enlisted Army <a href="/wiki/Military_occupational_specialty" class="mw-redirect" title="Military occupational specialty">military occupational specialty</a> in use in Cavalry units: 19D, armored cavalry reconnaissance specialist, or <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_scout" title="Cavalry scout">cavalry scout</a>. Officers are often branch detailed either from the Armor branch or the Infantry branch to lead Cavalry soldiers. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st Cavalry Division</a> is the only presently existing division of the Army that retains the "cavalry" name and the division retains <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_Horse_Cavalry_Detachment" title="1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment">one detachment of ceremonial horse cavalry</a> for morale and ceremonial purposes. In addition to a division headquarters and headquarters battalion, division artillery, and a sustainment brigade, the division is otherwise divided into three <a href="/wiki/Brigade_combat_team#Armored_brigade_combat_team" title="Brigade combat team">armored brigade combat teams</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Combat_Aviation_Brigade,_1st_Cavalry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division">combat aviation brigade</a>. Both types of brigades contain subordinate units (armored cavalry squadrons and an attack/reconnaissance squadron, respectively) that perform traditional cavalry tasks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_units">Current units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Current units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Active units:</b> </p> <dl><dd>(number of active squadrons in brackets)</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_U.S._Dragoons" class="mw-redirect" title="1st U.S. Dragoons">1st U.S. Dragoons</a> organized 1833.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._12-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Redesignated <a href="/wiki/1st_U.S._Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="1st U.S. Cavalry">1st U.S. Cavalry</a> 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._103,_104_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._103,_104-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd U.S. Dragoons organized 1836.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._12-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Redesignated <a href="/wiki/2nd_U.S._Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd U.S. Cavalry">2nd U.S. Cavalry</a> 1861<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._103,_104_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._103,_104-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S." class="mw-redirect" title="U.S.">U.S.</a> <a href="/wiki/Mounted_Riflemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Mounted Riflemen">Mounted Riflemen</a> organized 1846.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._12-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Redesignated <a href="/wiki/3rd_U.S._Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd U.S. Cavalry">3rd U.S. Cavalry</a> 1861<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._103,_104_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._103,_104-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)">1st Cavalry Regiment</a> organized 1855.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._17,_21_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._17,_21-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Redesignated <a href="/wiki/4th_U.S._Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="4th U.S. Cavalry">4th U.S. Cavalry</a> 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._103,_104_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._103,_104-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">2nd Cavalry Regiment</a> organized 1855.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._17,_21_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._17,_21-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Redesignated <a href="/wiki/5th_U.S._Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="5th U.S. Cavalry">5th U.S. Cavalry</a> 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-Price_1883_p._103,_104_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Price_1883_p._103,_104-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">3rd Cavalry Regiment</a> (4), organized 4 May 1861. Redesignated <a href="/wiki/6th_U.S._Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="6th U.S. Cavalry">6th U.S. Cavalry</a> 29 July 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="4th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">4th Cavalry Regiment</a> (5), organized 1861</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">5th Cavalry Regiment</a> (2), organized 1861</li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">6th Cavalry Regiment</a> (4), organized 1861</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">7th Cavalry Regiment</a> (5), organized 1866</li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">8th Cavalry Regiment</a> (4), organized 1866</li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">9th Cavalry Regiment</a> (3), organized 1866</li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="10th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">10th Cavalry Regiment</a> (1), (<a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Soldiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo Soldiers">Buffalo Soldiers</a>) <i>Colored Regiment</i>, organized 28 July 1866</li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment" title="11th Armored Cavalry Regiment">11th Armored Cavalry Regiment</a> (2), organized 2 February 1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">12th Cavalry Regiment</a> (2), organized February 1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="13th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">13th Cavalry Regiment</a> (2), organized 1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">14th Cavalry Regiment</a> (2), organized 1901</li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">15th Cavalry Regiment</a>, organized 1901 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Training_and_Doctrine_Command" title="United States Army Training and Doctrine Command">US Army Training and Doctrine Command</a> unit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">16th Cavalry Regiment</a>, organized 1916 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Armor_School" title="United States Army Armor School">US Army Armor School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="17th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">17th Cavalry Regiment</a> (5), organized 1916.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="32nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">32nd Cavalry Regiment</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="33rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">33rd Cavalry Regiment</a> (1) E.T.H.O.G.A. Civilian G-Code regulators</li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="38th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">38th Cavalry Regiment</a> (3) part of Battlefield Surveillance Brigades</li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="40th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">40th Cavalry Regiment</a> (1) cryptographic data team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="61st Cavalry Regiment (United States)">61st Cavalry Regiment</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="71st Cavalry Regiment (United States)">71st Cavalry Regiment</a> (2), reestablished in 2004</li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="73rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">73rd Cavalry Regiment</a> (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="75th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">75th Cavalry Regiment</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/89th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="89th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">89th Cavalry Regiment</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="91st Cavalry Regiment (United States)">91st Cavalry Regiment</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United States)">1st Cavalry Division</a> organized 1921<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Army National Guard:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/18th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">18th Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/California_Army_National_Guard" title="California Army National Guard">CA ARNG</a></li> <li>2nd Squadron, <a href="/wiki/101st_Cavalry_Regiment" title="101st Cavalry Regiment">101st Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/27th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team">27th IBCT</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Army_National_Guard" title="New York Army National Guard">NY ARNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/102nd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="102nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">102nd Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Army_National_Guard" title="New Jersey Army National Guard">NJ ARNG</a> (1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/104th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="104th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">104th Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Army_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania Army National Guard">PA ARNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/105th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="105th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">105th Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Army_National_Guard" title="Wisconsin Army National Guard">WI ARNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/106th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="106th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">106th Cavalry Regiment</a>, reestablished in 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/107th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="107th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">107th Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_National_Guard" title="Ohio National Guard">OH ARNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/108th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="108th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">108th Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Army_National_Guard" title="Georgia Army National Guard">GA ARNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/112th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="112th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">112th Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Army_National_Guard" title="Texas Army National Guard">TX ARNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/113th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="113th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">113th Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Army_National_Guard" title="Iowa Army National Guard">IA ARNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/116th_Cavalry_Brigade_Combat_Team" title="116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team">116th Cavalry Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_National_Guard" title="Indiana National Guard">ID ARNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/124th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="124th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">124th Cavalry Regiment</a>, TX ARNG</li> <li><a href="/wiki/131st_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="131st Cavalry Regiment (United States)">1st Battalion/Squadron -142nd Cavalry Regiment BFSB</a>, AL ARNG</li> <li><a href="/wiki/134th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="134th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">1st Battalion/Squadron-134th Cavalry Regiment</a> Reconnaissance and Surveillance Squadron (1–134 Cavalry R&S)-- formerly 1–167th Cavalry RSTA, <a href="/wiki/67th_Battlefield_Surveillance_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="67th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade">67th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Army_National_Guard" title="Nebraska Army National Guard">Nebraska Army National Guard</a> (NEARNG)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=152nd_Cavalry_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="152nd Cavalry Regiment (page does not exist)">152nd Cavalry Regiment</a>, 1st Squadron in <a href="/wiki/76th_Infantry_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_States)" title="76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States)">76th Infantry Brigade</a>, 2nd Squadron in <a href="/wiki/219th_Battlefield_Surveillance_Brigade" title="219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade">219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_National_Guard" title="Indiana National Guard">IN ARNG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/153rd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="153rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">1–153rd Cavalry Squadron</a>, FL ARNG</li> <li><a href="/wiki/158th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="158th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">158th Cavalry Regiment</a>, MD ARNG</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=163rd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="163rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) (page does not exist)">163rd Cavalry Regiment</a>, MT ARNG</li> <li><a href="/wiki/278th_Armored_Cavalry_Regiment" title="278th Armored Cavalry Regiment">278th Armored Cavalry Regiment</a>, TN ARNG</li> <li>1–297th BFSB, AK ARNG</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Battalion/Squadron-299th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Battalion/Squadron-299th Cavalry Regiment (United States) (page does not exist)">299th Cavalry Regiment</a>, HI ARNG</li> <li><a href="/wiki/303rd_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="303rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)">303rd Cavalry Regiment</a>, WA ARNG</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Battalion/Squadron/221_Cavalry_Squadron_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Battalion/Squadron/221 Cavalry Squadron (United States) (page does not exist)">1/221 Cavalry Squadron, 11th ACR reconnaissance squadron</a>, NV ARNG</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Squadron,_183rd_Cavalry_Regiment,_116th_IBCT,_VA_ARNG&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 116th IBCT, VA ARNG (page does not exist)">2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 116th IBCT, VA ARNG</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_Army_Chief_of_Cavalry">United States Army Chief of Cavalry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: United States Army Chief of Cavalry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1920, the position of United States Army Chief of Cavalry was created. The Chief of Cavalry was responsible for supervising Army cavalry activities, including personnel management, equipment development and fielding, and creation and implementation of tactics, doctrine, and training. The individuals appointed to serve in this position were:<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Ames_Holbrook" title="Willard Ames Holbrook">Willard Ames Holbrook</a>, 1920–1924</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malin_Craig" title="Malin Craig">Malin Craig</a>, 1924–1926</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_B._Crosby" title="Herbert B. Crosby">Herbert B. Crosby</a>, 1926–1930</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Henry_(equestrian)" title="Guy Henry (equestrian)">Guy V. Henry Jr.</a>, 1930–1934</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Kromer" title="Leon Kromer">Leon Kromer</a>, 1934–1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Knowles_Herr" title="John Knowles Herr">John Knowles Herr</a>, 1938–1942</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Heraldry">Heraldry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cavalry in United States military <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldry</a> is represented in a number of ways: </p> <ul><li>Branch insignia: <dl><dd>Two crossed sabers in scabbards, cutting edge up, 11/16-inch in height, of gold color metal. The cavalry insignia was adopted in 1851. Officers and enlisted personnel assigned to cavalry regiments, cavalry squadrons or separate cavalry troops are authorized to wear the cavalry collar insignia in lieu of their insignia of branch when approved by the MACOM commander. Some of the armor and aviation units are designated cavalry units.</dd></dl></li> <li>Branch plaque: <dl><dd>The plaque design has the Cavalry insignia and rim in gold. The background is white and the letters are scarlet.</dd></dl></li> <li>Regimental insignia: <dl><dd>Personnel assigned to cavalry units affiliate with a specific regiment of their branch or cavalry unit and wear the insignia of the affiliated regiment.</dd></dl></li> <li>Regimental coat of arms: <dl><dd>There is no standard cavalry regimental flag to represent all of the cavalry regiments. Each cavalry regiment has its own coat of arms that is displayed on the breast of a displayed eagle. The background of all cavalry regimental flags is yellow, and they have yellow fringes.</dd></dl></li> <li>Branch colors: <dl><dd>Yellow is the Cavalry branch color. In March 1855, two regiments of cavalry were created and their trimmings were to be "yellow". In 1861, the designation of dragoon and mounted rifleman disappeared, all becoming troopers with "yellow" as their colors. Yellow was continued as the color for armor and cavalry units subsequent to disbanding as a branch. Although the regimental flags for cavalry units are yellow, the troop guidons are red and white without an insignia on the guidon.</dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_U.S._Army_cavalrymen">Notable U.S. Army cavalrymen</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Notable U.S. Army cavalrymen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_R._Adair" title="Henry R. Adair">Henry R. Adair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Tureman_Allen" title="Henry Tureman Allen">Henry Tureman Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_de_la_Mesa_Allen_Sr." title="Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.">Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucius_Banks" title="Lucius Banks">Lucius Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Bell_(U.S._Army_brigadier_general)" title="James M. Bell (U.S. Army brigadier general)">James M. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bigelow_Jr." title="John Bigelow Jr.">John Bigelow Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Buford" title="John Buford">John Buford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs" title="Edgar Rice Burroughs">Edgar Rice Burroughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_H._Carpenter" title="Louis H. Carpenter">Louis H. Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_D._Carter" title="Leslie D. Carter">Leslie D. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_P._Carter" title="Samuel P. Carter">Samuel P. Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adna_R._Chaffee_Jr." title="Adna R. Chaffee Jr.">Adna R. Chaffee Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adna_R._Chaffee" class="mw-redirect" title="Adna R. Chaffee">Adna R. Chaffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Chamberlin" title="Harry Chamberlin">Harry Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Churchill" title="Elijah Churchill">Elijah Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cody" class="mw-redirect" title="William Cody">William Cody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemuel_Cook" title="Lemuel Cook">Lemuel Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Cook_(writer)" title="Will Cook (writer)">Will Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer" title="George Armstrong Custer">George Armstrong Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Custer" title="Thomas Custer">Thomas Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Joseph_Donovan" class="mw-redirect" title="William Joseph Donovan">William Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._%22Paddy%22_Flint" title="Harry A. "Paddy" Flint">Harry A. "Paddy" Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Gerhardt" title="Charles H. Gerhardt">Charles H. Gerhardt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grunert" title="George Grunert">George Grunert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_D._Harkins" title="Paul D. Harkins">Paul D. Harkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_S._Hawkins_III" title="Hamilton S. Hawkins III">Hamilton S. Hawkins III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Knowles_Herr" title="John Knowles Herr">John Knowles Herr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok" title="Wild Bill Hickok">Wild Bill Hickok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_W._Kearny" title="Stephen W. Kearny">Stephen W. Kearny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Koch" title="Oscar Koch">Oscar Koch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_III" title="Henry Lee III">Henry Lee III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert E. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_P._Lucas" title="John P. Lucas">John P. Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranald_Mackenzie" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranald Mackenzie">Ranald Mackenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halley_G._Maddox" title="Halley G. Maddox">Halley G. Maddox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Marion" title="Francis Marion">Francis Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._May" title="Charles A. May">Charles A. May</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H.R._McMaster" class="mw-redirect" title="H.R. McMaster">H.R. McMaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Merritt" title="Wesley Merritt">Wesley Merritt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Montgomery_(equestrian)" title="John Montgomery (equestrian)">John Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Moore" title="Hal Moore">Hal Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jones_Nicholson" title="William Jones Nicholson">William Jones Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_M._Nolan" title="Nicholas M. Nolan">Nicholas M. Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fay_B._Prickett" title="Fay B. Prickett">Fay B. Prickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Ramsey" title="Edwin Ramsey">Edwin Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Windle_Read_Jr." title="George Windle Read Jr.">George Windle Read Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Byrom_Rogers" title="Gordon Byrom Rogers">Gordon Byrom Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Scott_(U.S._Army_general)" title="Charles L. Scott (U.S. Army general)">Charles L. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Sheridan" class="mw-redirect" title="Phillip Sheridan">Phillip Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Short" title="Luke Short">Luke Short</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Renwick_Smedberg_Jr." title="William Renwick Smedberg Jr.">William Renwick Smedberg Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_H._Starr" title="Samuel H. Starr">Samuel H. Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ewell_Brown_Stuart" class="mw-redirect" title="James Ewell Brown Stuart">James Ewell Brown Stuart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucian_Truscott" title="Lucian Truscott">Lucian Truscott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Tucker" title="Forrest Tucker">Forrest Tucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Van_Voorhis" title="Daniel Van Voorhis">Daniel Van Voorhis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Washington" title="William Washington">William Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Willeford" title="Charles Willeford">Charles Willeford</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_units">Historical units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Historical units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Cavalry_Division%E2%80%99s_Horse_Cavalry_Detachment_charge_across_Noel_Field,_activation_of_4th_BCT,_1st_Armor_Division,_Fort_Bliss,_TX_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/1st_Cavalry_Division%E2%80%99s_Horse_Cavalry_Detachment_charge_across_Noel_Field%2C_activation_of_4th_BCT%2C_1st_Armor_Division%2C_Fort_Bliss%2C_TX_2005.jpg/220px-1st_Cavalry_Division%E2%80%99s_Horse_Cavalry_Detachment_charge_across_Noel_Field%2C_activation_of_4th_BCT%2C_1st_Armor_Division%2C_Fort_Bliss%2C_TX_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/1st_Cavalry_Division%E2%80%99s_Horse_Cavalry_Detachment_charge_across_Noel_Field%2C_activation_of_4th_BCT%2C_1st_Armor_Division%2C_Fort_Bliss%2C_TX_2005.jpg/330px-1st_Cavalry_Division%E2%80%99s_Horse_Cavalry_Detachment_charge_across_Noel_Field%2C_activation_of_4th_BCT%2C_1st_Armor_Division%2C_Fort_Bliss%2C_TX_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/1st_Cavalry_Division%E2%80%99s_Horse_Cavalry_Detachment_charge_across_Noel_Field%2C_activation_of_4th_BCT%2C_1st_Armor_Division%2C_Fort_Bliss%2C_TX_2005.jpg/440px-1st_Cavalry_Division%E2%80%99s_Horse_Cavalry_Detachment_charge_across_Noel_Field%2C_activation_of_4th_BCT%2C_1st_Armor_Division%2C_Fort_Bliss%2C_TX_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1810" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>1st Cavalry Division's Horse Cavalry Detachment charge during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas, 2005.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Troop_Philadelphia_City_Cavalry" title="First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry">First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry</a> also called Philadelphia Light Horse, mustered into federal service. Now Troop A, 1st Squadron, <a href="/wiki/104th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="104th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">104th Cavalry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Army_National_Guard" title="Pennsylvania Army National Guard">Pennsylvania Army National Guard</a>. (Founded in 1774.)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Dragoons</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Continental_Light_Dragoons" title="1st Continental Light Dragoons">1st Continental Light Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Continental_Light_Dragoons" title="2nd Continental Light Dragoons">2nd Continental Light Dragoons</a> also (Sheldon's Horse)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Continental_Light_Dragoons" title="3rd Continental Light Dragoons">3rd Continental Light Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Continental_Light_Dragoons" title="4th Continental Light Dragoons">4th Continental Light Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski%27s_Legion" title="Pulaski's Legion">Pulaski's Legion</a> (1778–1780)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armand%27s_Legion" title="Armand's Legion">Armand's Legion</a> (1778–1783)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee%27s_Legion" title="Lee's Legion">Lee's Legion</a>, also Lee's Partisan Corps</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottendorf%27s_Corps" title="Ottendorf's Corps">Ottendorf's Corps</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Cavalry</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/106th_Cavalry_Regiment" title="106th Cavalry Regiment">106th Cavalry Regiment</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:9th_Cavalry_regiment_at_Canp_Funston_(1941).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/9th_Cavalry_regiment_at_Canp_Funston_%281941%29.jpg/220px-9th_Cavalry_regiment_at_Canp_Funston_%281941%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/9th_Cavalry_regiment_at_Canp_Funston_%281941%29.jpg/330px-9th_Cavalry_regiment_at_Canp_Funston_%281941%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/9th_Cavalry_regiment_at_Canp_Funston_%281941%29.jpg/440px-9th_Cavalry_regiment_at_Canp_Funston_%281941%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2852" data-file-height="2256" /></a><figcaption>With colors flying and guidons down, the lead troops of the famous <a href="/wiki/9th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)">9th Cavalry</a> pass in review at the regiment's new home in rebuilt <a href="/wiki/Camp_Funston" title="Camp Funston">Camp Funston</a>. <a href="/wiki/Fort_Riley" title="Fort Riley">Ft. Riley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> 28 May 1941</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>5th Cavalry Brigade HHT (Colored), <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_States)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United States)">2nd Cavalry Division</a>, activated 25 February 1943 and reorganized as 6400th Ordnance Battalion (Ammo) (Provisional) 12 June 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Stanton_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stanton-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="31st Cavalry Regiment (United States)">31st Cavalry Regiment</a>, deactivated 2005</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">United States Army branch insignia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_armored_and_cavalry_regiments_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army">List of armored and cavalry regiments of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier" title="Buffalo Soldier">Buffalo Soldier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregated</a> African American cavalrymen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Remount_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Remount Service">U.S. Army Remount Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Cavalry_School" title="United States Army Cavalry School">United States Army Cavalry School</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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class="reference-text">Price (1883) p. 103, 104</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Price_1883_p._12-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Price_1883_p._12_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Price (1883) p. 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith (2001) p. 1, "...There existed among the people of the United States a strong prejudice against maintaining even a small regular army in time of peace."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Grant (2009) p. 23, "I was anxious to enter the cavalry, or dragoons as they were then called..."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnson p. 176, 177.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnson p. 177</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMarsh2002" class="citation book cs1">Marsh, Carole (30 September 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=24tzlsTt164C&q=pulaski+father+of+american+cavalry&pg=PA1"><i>Casmir Pulaski</i></a>. Gallopade International. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780635014849" title="Special:BookSources/9780635014849"><bdi>9780635014849</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2019</span> – via Google Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Casmir+Pulaski&rft.pub=Gallopade+International&rft.date=2002-09-30&rft.isbn=9780635014849&rft.aulast=Marsh&rft.aufirst=Carole&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D24tzlsTt164C%26q%3Dpulaski%2Bfather%2Bof%2Bamerican%2Bcavalry%26pg%3DPA1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Cavalry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Francis Bernard Heitman, <i>Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: From its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903</i>, Vol.1, Washington Government Printing Office 1903, p. 79</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gregory J.W.Urwin, <i>The United States Cavalry: An Illustrated History, 1776-1944</i>, University of Oklahoma Press 2003 (1983), pp. 36—39</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArmy_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Stubbs, Mary Lee; Connor, Stanley Russell (1969). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071213203004/http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/arcav/arcav.htm"><i>Army Lineage Series: Armor-Cavalry</i></a>. Vol. Part I: Regular Army and Army Reserve. Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History. pp. 52–53. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/arcav/arcav.htm">the original</a> on 13 December 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 June</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Army+Lineage+Series%3A+Armor-Cavalry&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pages=52-53&rft.pub=Office+of+the+Chief+of+Military+History&rft.date=1969&rft.aulast=Stubbs&rft.aufirst=Mary+Lee&rft.au=Connor%2C+Stanley+Russell&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.army.mil%2Fbooks%2FLineage%2Farcav%2Farcav.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Cavalry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''Army_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry''_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFArmy_Lineage_Series:_Armor-Cavalry"><i>Army Lineage Series: Armor-Cavalry</i></a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/M-F/chapter5.html">Maneuver and Firepower</a>, Chapter 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/M-F/chapter4.htm#b2">Maneuver and Firepower</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140101165043/http://www.history.army.mil/books/Lineage/M-F/chapter4.htm#b2">Archived</a> 1 January 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Chapter 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Maneuver and Firepower</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Stanton-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Stanton_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stanton_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stanton_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Stanton_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStanton1984" class="citation book cs1">Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/orderofbattleusa00stan"><i>Order of battle, U.S. Army, World War II</i></a></span>. Presidio Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89141-195-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89141-195-6"><bdi>978-0-89141-195-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Order+of+battle%2C+U.S.+Army%2C+World+War+II&rft.pub=Presidio+Press&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=978-0-89141-195-6&rft.aulast=Stanton&rft.aufirst=Shelby+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Forderofbattleusa00stan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Cavalry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnson p. 176,177</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A.B. Feuer, Packs on!: Memoirs of the 10th Mountain Division. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2004., p.140</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bayonet-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bayonet_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bayonet_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080801081611/http://www.bayonetstrength.150m.com/Reconnaissance/united_states_cavalry_reconnaiss.htm">"The United States Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bayonetstrength.150m.com/Reconnaissance/united_states_cavalry_reconnaiss.htm">the original</a> on 1 August 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 December</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+United+States+Cavalry+Reconnaissance+Squadron%2C+Mechanized&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bayonetstrength.150m.com%2FReconnaissance%2Funited_states_cavalry_reconnaiss.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Cavalry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Starry, p. 142</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Starry, p. 227-234</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Starry (1978) p. 227</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Starry_1978_p._230-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Starry_1978_p._230_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Starry_1978_p._230_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Starry (1978) p. 230</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Starry (1978) p. 231</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">US Army Europe Fact Files – Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/factfiles/factfile_history-002scr_2007-10.pdf">http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/factfiles/factfile_history-002scr_2007-10.pdf</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.artbycrane.com/horse_history_articles_tales/cavalryhorse.html">"Cavalry Horse : History of Horses. HAIL TO THE CHIEF"</a>. <i>www.artbycrane.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.artbycrane.com&rft.atitle=Cavalry+Horse+%3A+History+of+Horses.+HAIL+TO+THE+CHIEF&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.artbycrane.com%2Fhorse_history_articles_tales%2Fcavalryhorse.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Cavalry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Price_1883_p._17,_21-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Price_1883_p._17,_21_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Price_1883_p._17,_21_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Price (1883) p. 17, 21</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Price (1883) p. 104</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note: The 1st Cavalry Division was reorganized as the U.S. Army's first <i><a href="/wiki/Experimental" class="mw-redirect" title="Experimental">experimental</a> "Air Cavalry Division"</i> for the Vietnam War in 1965; they were also the first U.S. soldiers to be issued the new M-16 rifle, for their first battle in the <a href="/wiki/Ia_Drang_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Ia Drang Valley">Ia Drang Valley</a> in 1965. Along with the 101st Airborne Division, the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions were officially designated as <a href="/wiki/Airmobile" class="mw-redirect" title="Airmobile">Airmobile</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Divisions</a>. The 1st Air Cav, as it was normally referred to, was not a Cavalry Regiment (no horses, no tanks). It was, during the Vietnam war, an airmobile infantry division, consisting of infantrymen transported by helicopters, with supporting helicopter gunships, and field artillery. Reference "We Were Soldiers Once; and Young." By LTC Hal Moore.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Starry (1978) p. 58</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHewes1975" class="citation book cs1">Hewes, James E. (1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zLp8ON2bCm8C&q=%22holbrook%22+%22craig%22+%22crosby%22+%22chief+of+cavalry%22"><i>From Root to McNamara: Army Organization and Administration, 1900–1963</i></a>. Washington, DC: Center of Military History. p. 392.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=From+Root+to+McNamara%3A+Army+Organization+and+Administration%2C+1900%E2%80%931963&rft.place=Washington%2C+DC&rft.pages=392&rft.pub=Center+of+Military+History&rft.date=1975&rft.aulast=Hewes&rft.aufirst=James+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzLp8ON2bCm8C%26q%3D%2522holbrook%2522%2B%2522craig%2522%2B%2522crosby%2522%2B%2522chief%2Bof%2Bcavalry%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Cavalry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Works_cited">Works cited</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Works cited"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Grant, Ulysses S. (2009) <i>The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant</i>. Seven Treasures Publications <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978%2B1438%2B2970%2B71" title="Special:BookSources/978+1438+2970+71">978 1438 2970 71</a></li> <li>Johnson, Swafford. (1985) History of the U.S. Cavalry. Bison Books ISBN 0-517-460831</li> <li>Price, George F., compiled by Captain Fifth Cavalry, U.S. Army. (1883) <i>Across The Continent with the Fifth Cavalry.</i> New York, D. Van Nostrand, Publisher, 23 Murray Street and 27 Warpen Street</li> <li>Smith, Gustavus, Woodson. (2001) <i>Company "A" Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., 1846–1848, in the Mexican War.</i> Edited by Leonne M. Hudson, The Kent State University Press <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87338-707-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-87338-707-4">0-87338-707-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donn_A._Starry" title="Donn A. Starry">Starry, Donn A.</a>, General. "Mounted Combat In Vietnam." Vietnam Studies; <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a>; First printing 1978</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Cavalry&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Carleton, James Henry, author, Pelzer, Louis, editor, <i>The Prairie Logbooks: Dragoon Campaigns to the Pawnee Villages in 1844, and to the Rocky Mountains in 1845</i>, University of Nebraska Press (1 June 1983), trade paperback, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0803263147" title="Special:BookSources/0803263147">0803263147</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0803263147" title="Special:BookSources/978-0803263147">978-0803263147</a>; hardcover, 295 pages, University of Nebraska Press (1 May 1983) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0803214227" title="Special:BookSources/0803214227">0803214227</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0803214224" title="Special:BookSources/978-0803214224">978-0803214224</a></li> <li>Franklin, William, B., Lieutenant. (1979) <i>March to South Pass: Lieutenant William B. Franklin's Journal of the Kearny Expedition of 1845.</i> Edited and Introduction by Frank N. Schubert; Engineer Historical Studies, Number 1 (EP 870-1-2); Historical Division, Office of Administrative Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers</li> <li>Hildreth, James, <i>Dragoon Campaigns To The Rocky Mountains: A History Of The Enlistment, Organization And First Campaigns Of The Regiment Of U. S. Dragoons 1836</i>, Kessinger Publishing, LLC (17 May 2005), hardcover, 288 pages <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1432611267" title="Special:BookSources/1432611267">1432611267</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1432611262" title="Special:BookSources/978-1432611262">978-1432611262</a>; trade paperback, 288 pages, Kessinger Publishing, LLC (10 September 2010) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1162797118" title="Special:BookSources/1162797118">1162797118</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1162797113" title="Special:BookSources/978-1162797113">978-1162797113</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrackett1968" class="citation book cs1">Brackett, Albert G. (1968) [1865]. <i>History of the United States Cavalry: From the Formation of the Federal Government to the 1st of June 1863, ..</i>. New York City: Greenwood. p. 337.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+the+United+States+Cavalry%3A+From+the+Formation+of+the+Federal+Government+to+the+1st+of+June+1863%2C+...&rft.place=New+York+City&rft.pages=337&rft.pub=Greenwood&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Brackett&rft.aufirst=Albert+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Cavalry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConnecticut_Adjutant_General's_Office1889" class="citation book cs1">Connecticut Adjutant General's Office (1889). <i>Record of service of Connecticut men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War</i>. Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood & Brainard. p. 959.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Record+of+service+of+Connecticut+men+in+the+I.+War+of+the+Revolution%2C+II.+War+of+1812%2C+III.+Mexican+War&rft.place=Hartford%2C+Connecticut&rft.pages=959&rft.pub=Case%2C+Lockwood+%26+Brainard&rft.date=1889&rft.au=Connecticut+Adjutant+General%27s+Office&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Cavalry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeitman1968" class="citation book cs1">Heitman, Francis Bernard (1968) [1903]. <i>Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, From Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to 2 March 1903</i>. Vol. I. 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to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_since_2020" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Staff_Senior_Warrant_Officer" title="Army Staff Senior Warrant Officer">Army Staff Senior Warrant Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army" title="Sergeant Major of the Army">Sergeant Major of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Tactical_Air_and_Land_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces">House Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Components<br />and<br />commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">Army Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army#Regular_combat_maneuver_organizations" title="United States Army">Active Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reorganization_plan_of_United_States_Army" title="Reorganization plan of United States Army">Reorganization plan of United States Army</a><br /></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Forces_Command" title="United States Army Forces Command">Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command" title="United States Army Futures Command">Futures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Materiel_Command" title="United States Army Materiel Command">Materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Training_and_Doctrine_Command" title="United States Army Training and Doctrine Command">Training and Doctrine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service <br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Europe</a>–<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Pacific" title="United States Army Pacific">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_South" title="United States Army South">South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Surface_Deployment_and_Distribution_Command" title="Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command">Surface Deployment and Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Space_and_Missile_Defense_Command" title="United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command">Space and Missile Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Cyber_Command" title="United States Army Cyber Command">Cyber Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Direct reporting<br />units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_United_States_Army" title="Second United States Army">Second Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Command" title="United States Army Medical Command">Medical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Intelligence_and_Security_Command" title="United States Army Intelligence and Security Command">Intelligence and Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Criminal_Investigation_Division" title="United States Army Criminal Investigation Division">Criminal Investigation Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Military_District_of_Washington" title="United States Army Military District of Washington">Military District of Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Test_and_Evaluation_Command" title="United States Army Test and Evaluation Command">Test and Evaluation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve_Command" title="United States Army Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Acquisition_Support_Center" title="U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center">Acquisition Support Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Installation_Management_Command" title="United States Army Installation Management Command">Installation Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_War_College" title="United States Army War College">War College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_field_armies_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of field armies of the United States Army">Field armies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Army_(United_States)" title="First Army (United States)">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" title="United States Army Central">Third</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Army_(United_States)" title="Sixth Army (United States)">Sixth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Seventh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_States)" title="Eighth Army (United States)">Eighth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Army_(United_States)" title="Ninth Army (United States)">Ninth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Acquisition_Corps" title="United States Army Acquisition Corps">Acquisition Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Adjutant_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Adjutant General's Corps">Adjutant General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Artillery_Branch" title="Air Defense Artillery Branch">Air Defense Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armor_Branch" title="Armor Branch">Armor Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Aviation_Branch" title="United States Army Aviation Branch">Aviation Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_bands" title="United States military bands">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Chaplain Corps (United States Army)">Chaplain Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_Corps" title="Chemical Corps">Chemical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Civil_Affairs_and_Psychological_Operations_Command" title="United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command">Civil Affairs Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">Corps of Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyber_Branch_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyber Branch (United States Army)">Cyber Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Dental_Command" title="United States Army Dental Command">Dental Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_Artillery_Branch_(United_States)" title="Field Artillery Branch (United States)">Field Artillery Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finance_Corps" title="Finance Corps">Finance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_Branch_(United_States)" title="Infantry Branch (United States)">Infantry Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army">Inspector General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Logistics_Branch" title="United States Army Logistics Branch">Logistics Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Corps" title="United States Army Medical Corps">Medical Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Service Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)" title="Army Medical Department (United States)">Medical Specialist Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Intelligence_Corps_(United_States_Army)" title="Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)">Military Intelligence Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Police_Corps_(United_States)" title="Military Police Corps (United States)">Military Police Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Nurse_Corps" title="United States Army Nurse Corps">Nurse Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Ordnance_Corps" title="United States Army Ordnance Corps">Ordnance Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychological_operations_(United_States)" title="Psychological operations (United States)">Psychological operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Quartermaster_Corps" title="United States Army Quartermaster Corps">Quartermaster Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_Corps_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Signal Corps (United States Army)">Signal Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">Special Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Corps" title="Transportation Corps">Transportation Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="United States Army Veterinary Corps">Veterinary Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Installations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_Army_installations" title="List of former United States Army installations">United States and overseas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Germany" title="List of United States Army installations in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Installations_of_the_United_States_Army_in_Japan" title="Category:Installations of the United States Army in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_Kuwait" title="List of United States Army installations in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations_in_South_Korea" title="List of United States Army installations in South Korea">South Korea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">Basic Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basic_Officer_Leaders_Course" title="Basic Officer Leaders Course">BOLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> (<a href="/wiki/Early_Commissioning_Program" title="Early Commissioning Program">ECP</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">OCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Basic_Course" title="Warrant Officer Basic Course">WOBC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">WOCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Military Academy (West Point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_careers" title="List of United States Army careers">MOS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms and<br />insignia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">Awards and decorations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_branch_insignia" title="United States Army branch insignia">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">Enlisted</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_I" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia_of_World_War_II" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II">World War II</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">Uniforms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_premier_ensembles" title="List of United States military premier ensembles">Premier<br />ensembles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Field_Band" title="United States Army Field Band">Army Field Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Band" title="United States Army Band">Army Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Guard_Fife_and_Drum_Corps" title="Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps">Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Point_Band" title="West Point Band">West Point Band</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History and<br /> traditions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_army" title="Union army">Union army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army#World_War_I" title="History of the United States Army">National Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States" title="Army of the United States">Army of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Institute_of_Heraldry" title="United States Army Institute of Heraldry">Institute of Heraldry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Army" title="America's Army">America's Army</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Flag of the United States Army">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Army" title="National Museum of the United States Army">National Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy#West_Point_Museum" title="United States Military Academy">West Point Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Rangers" title="United States Army Rangers">Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Regimental_System" title="U.S. Army Regimental System">U.S. Army Regimental System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">Soldier's Creed</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Army_Goes_Rolling_Along" title="The Army Goes Rolling Along">The Army Goes Rolling Along</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_nicknames_of_United_States_Army_divisions" title="List of nicknames of United States Army divisions">Division nicknames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">Service numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Army_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra">Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Historical</th><td 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