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Shoulder sleeve insignia of the US 1st Cavalry Division. This is a list of commanders of the US 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army. [1] MG Robert L. Howze September 1921 – June 1925; BG Joseph C. Castner June 1925 – January 1926; MG Edwin B. Winans January 1926 – October 1927; BG Samuel D. Rockenbach October 1927 – November 1927
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.
As a lieutenant colonel from 2007 to 2009, he served as the squadron commander of 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment in the 1st Infantry Division. During this command the squadron deployed to northwest Baghdad from 2008 to 2009. In 2011, he assumed command as the 74th Colonel of the 3d Cavalry Regiment (Brave Rifles) at Fort Hood, Texas.
Again Meyer returned to combat as deputy commander of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam, later taking command of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry from 1965 to 1966. [1] Returning stateside, he graduated from the National War College in 1967, then served in the Plans and Operations Division, Office of the Joint Chiefs of ...
Harrold as commander of the 1st Cavalry Division. Harrold briefly served as deputy commander of I Corps in 1951, but was soon transferred to commander of the 1st Cavalry Division. He served from July 1951 to March 1952, receiving promotion to major general and leading the division during the Korean War.
From 2006 to 2008 Brooks served as the Deputy Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division, serving for fifteen months in Baghdad as second-in-command of the main effort (Multinational Division – Baghdad) stabilizing the Iraqi capital city and province during what is now called "The Surge." Upon return from Iraq, he took command of the 1st ...
The division's personnel and equipment were transferred to the newly raised 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). In July 1965 he was given command of 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment. In December 1965, he assumed command of 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, which was the only air cavalry squadron in the Army at the time.
He then served as Deputy Commanding General (Maneuver) of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, the Director of the Mission Command Center of Excellence at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Training for Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.