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French dragoon of the Volontaires de Saxe regiment, mid-18th century. A non-military use of dragoons was the 1681 Dragonnades, a policy instituted by Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenot families into either leaving France or re-converting to Catholicism by billeting ill-disciplined dragoons in Protestant households. While other categories of ...
A French dragoon (c. 1700).. Dragoons originally were mounted infantry, who were trained in horse riding as well as infantry fighting skills.However, usage altered over time and during the 18th century, dragoons evolved into conventional light cavalry units and personnel.
The 2nd Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Second Dragoons, [1] is an active Stryker infantry and cavalry regiment of the United States Army.The Second Cavalry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army Europe and Africa, with its garrison at the Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany.
Shield: The color of the Dragoons was Dragoon yellow (orange-yellow), shown by the color of the shield and the dragon is in allusion to the name Dragoon. The gold eight-pointed star on the encircling belt was the insignia of the Dragoons until 1851. Crest: This Regiment was organized in 1833 as the Regiment of United States Dragoons.
In the United States Army, soldiers may wear insignia to denote membership in a particular area of military specialism and series of functional areas. Army branch insignia is similar to the line officer and staff corps officer devices of the U.S. Navy as well as to the Navy enlisted rating badges. The Medical, Nurse, Dental, Veterinary, Medical ...
7th Dragoon Guards. Dragoon Guards is a designation that has been used to refer to certain heavy cavalry regiments in the British Army since the 18th century. While the Prussian and Russian armies of the same period included dragoon regiments among their respective Imperial Guards, different titles were applied to these units.
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment.The regiment, through the Royal Scots Greys, is the oldest surviving Cavalry Regiment of the Line in the British Army.
Dragoon officer in parade dress. Together with the Hussars and Uhlans, the Imperial and Royal Dragoons (German: k.u.k. Dragoner) made up the cavalry of the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1867 to 1914. After 1867, Austria-Hungary had de facto three armies at the same time.