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The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") [1] is a combined arms division and is one of the most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army. [2] It is based at Fort Cavazos, Texas.
In 2002 the 1st brigade was the first brigade in the First Cavalry Division to transition to Force XXI and received the new M1A2 SEP (System Enhancement Package) tank into its two tank battalions (1–12 Cav and 2–8 Cav) in addition to other modernized, digitally enhanced equipment. In March 2004 the 1st Bde.
In 1965 the 15th Medical Battalion and the 1st Cavalry Division colors in Korea were exchanged with the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) and the 2d Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Georgia. The personnel and equipment of the 2d and 11th divisions were merged to become the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and the colors of the 2d Infantry ...
1st Cavalry Division Hosts 'CAV Week' in celebration of 100th birthday
While the 1st Cavalry Division was repelling the Tet Offensive, the 26th Marine Regiment was taking heavy bombardment and ground attacks at the Khe Sanh Combat Base. On 1 April 1968, the 2nd Brigade, alongside other 1st Cavalry Division elements, conducted Operation Pegasus in order to relieve the Marines at Khe Sanh. The 1st Cavalry Division ...
In September 1990, the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 82nd Field Artillery Regiment deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Along with other elements of the First Cavalry Division (United States), the helped to create the illusion that the main force of the coalition forces would enter Iraq by coming up the Wadi al-Batin.
On 27 July 1921, the battalion was reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. The battalion enjoys the distinction of being one of only two units continuously assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, since the organization of the Division. [6] On 15 March 1943, the Engineer Squadron was reorganized and re-designated as the 8th Engineer Combat ...
The 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment is the BCT cavalry squadron assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division.Carrying the lineage of Company A, United States Regiment of Dragoons, the squadron has served in the Mexican-American War, Civil War, various Indian wars, the Spanish–American War, the Philippine Insurrection, World War II, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terrorism.