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The 1-40 Cavalry Regiment conducted 14 months of counterinsurgency operation throughout Southern Baghdad including leading a decisive effort during the Iraq troop surge of 2007. For extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment was awarded the Valorous Unit Award. In December 2007, the unit ...
8th Squadron is the cavalry squadron assigned to the 2nd Stryker BCT, 2nd Infantry Division, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. In July 2016, 8th Squadron - 1st Cavalry Regiment participated in Hanuman Guardian 2016, a Joint US-Thai training exercise held in Fort Adisorn, Thailand. [1]
A squadron was historically a cavalry subunit, a company- or battalion-sized military formation. The term is still used to refer to modern cavalry units, and is also used by other arms and services (frequently aviation, also naval). In some countries, including Italy, the name of the battalion-level cavalry unit translates as "Squadron Group".
32nd Cavalry Regiment (1) 33rd Cavalry Regiment (1) E.T.H.O.G.A. Civilian G-Code regulators; 38th Cavalry Regiment (3) part of Battlefield Surveillance Brigades; 40th Cavalry Regiment (1) cryptographic data team; 61st Cavalry Regiment (2) 71st Cavalry Regiment (2), reestablished in 2004; 73rd Cavalry Regiment (4) 75th Cavalry Regiment (1) 89th ...
A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...
Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) squadrons are a type of unit in the United States Army.These are cavalry squadrons (though in IBCTs they typically contain at least one dismounted infantry troop), [1] [2] and act at the squadron level as a reconnaissance unit for their parent brigade combat teams.
[citation needed] 2nd and 3rd Recce Squadrons consolidated 15 February 1968 with 1st Squadron, 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment. [6] In the late 1990s the squadron was organized as a separate regimental armored cavalry squadron and was equipped with M1A1 tanks and M3A2 cavalry fighting vehicles. 1st Squadron, 108th Armored Cavalry inactivated ...
A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron. In many armies a troop is the equivalent element to the infantry section or platoon. Exceptions are the US Cavalry and the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery where a troop is a subunit comparable to an infantry company or artillery battery.