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The United States Army's 3rd Cavalry Division was created from the perceived need for additional cavalry units in the interwar period. The 3rd Cavalry Division was largely a "paper" formation existing from 1927 to 1940. Its units never assembled in a single location or conducted large scale training.
The 3rd Cavalry Regiment, formerly 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Brave Rifles") [2] is a regiment of the United States Army currently stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas.. The regiment has a history in the United States Army that dates back to 19 May 1846, when it was constituted in the Regular Army as the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
2nd Cavalry Regiment - stationed in Germany, as 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment; 3rd Cavalry Regiment - stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas, as 3rd Stryker Cavalry Regiment; 4th Cavalry Regiment. 1st Squadron is the cavalry squadron assigned to the 1st Armored BCT, 1st Infantry Division stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas.
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3rd Cavalry Brigade (Germany) 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade, of the Indian Army in the First World War; 3rd (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade, of the Indian Army in the Second World War; 3rd Cavalry Brigade (Imperial Japanese Army) 3rd Cavalry Brigade (Poland) 3rd Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (United States)
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 Joseph Wheeler. 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.
The division was formed on 1 November 1934 as 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" in Milan.Although not officially sanctioned the division is considered to be the heir of the 3rd Cavalry Division of Lombardy, which fought in World War I and consisted of the V and VI cavalry brigades and was based in Milan.
The 3rd United States Colored Cavalry was a regiment in the United States Army organized as one of the units of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War. The regiment was originally formed in October 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi as the 1st Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (African Descent).