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]
40th Cavalry Regiment - 40th Armor Regiment was an armored regiment of the United States Army from 1941 until 1997. It was redesignated and reactivated in 2005 as the 40th Cavalry Regiment serving in the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.[2]
72nd Armor "Crusaders" - from at least 1996.[8] In 1984-85, Isby and Kamps listed the 1-72 Armor and 2-72 Armor as part of the 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, South Korea. They were respectively annotated as to be redesignated, at some undetermined date, the 4-69 Armor and the 2-73 Armor.[9] At a later date, the 1st & 2nd Battalions, 72nd Armor, were attested as being assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. 1st Battalion was inactivated in 2015 and 2nd Battalion was inactivated in 2005.
On 15 November 1965, the regiment reorganized to consist of the 1st Squadron in the 41st Infantry Division and Troop E with the 41st Infantry Brigade. On 1 March 1968, it was reorganized to consist of Troop E, part of the 41st Infantry Brigade.[10]
Troop E: In 1952 Companies A and C of the 106th Tank Battalion were headquartered at Camp Lincoln in Illinois. The unit was reorganized on 1 February 1968 to consist of Troop E, an element of the 33rd Infantry Brigade.
108th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Mississippi Army National Guard) - Organized as the 750th Tank Battalion in the Mississippi Army National Guard with headquarters at Senatobia, MS, from 16 Feb-28 May 1956. Expanded, reorganized and redesignated with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Recce Squadrons, 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1 May 1959. Ordered into Federal Service from 30 September 1962 – 23 October 1962. In 1968 the regimental headquarters became 1st Brigade, 30th Armored Division, MSARNG.[citation needed] 2nd and 3rd Recce Squadrons consolidated 15 February 1968 with 1st Squadron, 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment. 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 2007. Note the 108th Armor Regiment existed at the same time in the Georgia Army National Guard, sometimes with the same battalion numbers.
112th Cavalry "Rarin' to Go" - From 1973 all of the Texas Army National Guard armor units were renumbered as battalions of the 112th Armor. From 1988–93 eight battalions were assigned to the 112th making it then the largest armored regiment in the U.S. Army.[12]
1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry - On 17 October 2008, the 4th Battalion, 112th Armor was renamed 1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry. The unit carries the colors and lineage of the original 112th Cavalry Regiment. The squadron Headquarters and Headquarters Troop are based in Bryan, Texas, with A Troop, B Troop and C Troop based in Taylor, Rosenberg and Ellington Field respectively. A and B Troops are equipped as cavalry units with HMMWVs, and C Troop is a dismounted infantry unit. The Squadron is part of the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the 36th Infantry Division.
2nd Battalion, 112th Armor - listed with 2nd Brigade, 1984-85[13]
3rd Battalion, 112th Armor - listed with 2nd Brigade, 1984-85[13]
4th Battalion, 112th Armor - listed with 3rd Brigade, 1984-85[13]
5th Battalion, 112th Armor - listed with 3rd Brigade, 1984-85[13]
6th Battalion, 112th Armor - listed with 1st Brigade, 1984-85[13]
127th Armor - traces its origins as far back as 1838, to a company also known as the "Buffalo City Guards". 127th Tank Battalion (formed 1950) reorganized and redesignated as 127th Armor, a CARS parent regiment, on 16 March 1959. The regiment then consisted of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, an element of the 27th Armored Division (United States). Circa 2005 the 1st Battalion was a tank unit of the 3rd Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division (United States) in Buffalo, NY.[14] The 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry, also carries the lineage of the 1st Battalion, 127th Armor Regiment, which was converted into the 2nd Squadron, 101st Cav when the New York Army National Guard reorganized in 2005-2006.[15]
172nd Cavalry Regiment (Vermont Army National Guard) - On 1 March 1959 the previous 172nd Infantry Regiment was split into the 172nd Infantry and 172nd Armor.[18][page needed] Some elements were consolidated with the 124th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion and converted and redesignated as the new 172nd Armor, a Combat Arms Regimental System parent regiment. The 172nd Armor was to consist of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion and the 2nd Reconnaissance Squadron, both part of the 43rd Infantry Division. The regiments were reorganized in 1963, 1964 (when the 172nd Infantry and 172nd Armor were merged) and 1968, when the 172nd Armor was reorganised in February to comprise the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 50th Armored Division. 1st Battalion, 172nd Armor and 2nd Battalion, 172nd Armor were both inactivated as the result of the 86th Brigade's conversion to Infantry, during 2006-08. Most units were reconfigured as parts of 1-172nd Cavalry or the 86th Brigade Special Troops Battalion.
203rd Armor - Missouri National Guard, 1963-68. The 108th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron was redesignated 1 November 1949 as 203rd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion (mobile), reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1952 as 203rd Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. redesignated 1 October 1953 as 203rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (90mm). It was consolidated 15 April 1959 with 203rd Combat Arms Regiment, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. This was part of the larger reorganisation that placed the Army National Guard under the ROCID/Pentomic organization. The battalion was redesignated 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 203rd Combat Arms Regiment, and had its units remain in place at Joplin, Anderson, Monett, and Neosho.[21] It was then redesignated the 203rd Armor Regiment 1963, and then the 203rd Engineer Battalion in 1968.
205th Armor "Virtus Et Fortitude" (Courage and Fortitude)
252nd Armor "Ready Poised Decisive" - On 10 March 1963, the 196th Cavalry Regiment was reorganized as the 252nd Armor Regiment, consisting of 1st and 2nd Battalions as elements of the 30th Infantry Division (concurrently, the former 196th Armor Regiment was reconstituted and reorganized from existing units of the North Carolina Army National Guard as the 196th Cavalry Regiment, hereafter a separate lineage).[22][23]
1st Squadron (OK ARNG, RSTA (in formation?), 45th InfBde(L))(Tulsa, OK)(Listed as 1-279 INF with 45 IB(S) in Isby and Kamps 1985 (p. 384); seemingly last active September–December 2008, when 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment was redesignated 1-279 Cavalry, then quickly redesignated back to Infantry).
301st Cavalry Regiment – First constituted 1917 and broken up 1918 to create new artillery units. Reconstituted as Organized Reserve unit 1921 and converted to signal aircraft warning regiment 1942. Its interwar headquarters was successively at Syracuse, Buffalo, and Rochester, New York. The 301st was part of the 61st Cavalry Division.[24]
302nd Cavalry Regiment – First constituted 1917 and broken up 1918 to create new artillery units. Reconstituted as Organized Reserve unit 1921 and converted to tank destroyer battalion 1942. Its interwar headquarters was at Newark, New Jersey, and it was part of the 61st Cavalry Division. Reactivated as training regiment 1971 and 1973, inactivated by mid-2000s.[25][26]
303rd Armor Regiment "Fire and Movement" - The regiment traces its history from the 803d Tank Battalion, redesignated from 803d Tank Destroyer Battalion on 13 September 1946. Reorganized and federally recognized 18 March 1947 with HQ at Centralia. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as the 303d Armor, with one battalion (1959-1963), two battalions (1963-1968), and one battalion from that date. Consolidated with 803d Armor (constituted 1 January 1974) between 15 April and 1 September 1993. Now consolidated with 303rd Cavalry as 303rd Cavalry Regiment.
306th Cavalry Regiment – First constituted 1917 and broken up 1918 to create new artillery units. Reconstituted as Organized Reserve unit 1921 and converted to signal aircraft warning regiment 1942. Its interwar headquarters was at Baltimore, Maryland, and it was part of the 62nd Cavalry Division.[28]
309th Cavalry Regiment – First constituted 1917 and broken up 1918 to create new artillery units. Reconstituted as Organized Reserve unit 1921 and converted to signal aircraft warning regiment 1942. Part of the 63rd Cavalry Division, its interwar headquarters was at Asheville, North Carolina, and later Atlanta.[31]
632nd Armor Regiment "Age aut Perfice" (Act or Achieve) - On 1 April 1963, the regiment was created on the basis of elements of the 105th Armor Regiment.[33] The regiment had two battalions, but was reduced to a single battalion, 1-632 Armor, on 30 December 1967. At times, the battalion was part of the 32nd Infantry Division (later 32nd Infantry Brigade) and the battalion was also a non-divisional unit for some periods. In late 2001, the 632nd Armor Regiment was inactivated as a result of a reorganization of the 32nd Infantry Brigade.
635th Armor Regiment "Will to Win" - The regiment was constituted in the Air National Guard on March 25, 1953 as the 891st Engineer Aviation Battalion. On August 1, 1953 it was allotted to the Kansas National Guard.[34] It was reorganized and federally recognized January 13, 1954 with headquarters at Manhattan, Kansas. Redesignated in January 1957 as the 891st Engineer Battalion. Converted again to the 635th Armor on February 1, 1976, consisting of the 1st Battalion. In 1984 the battalion was part of the 69th Infantry Brigade.[16] Reorganised again on March 1, 1990 to comprise the 1st and 2nd Battalions at Manhattan and Salina, respectively. The 1st Battalion, 635th Armor, part of the 40th Infantry Division (California) as of 1998. This unit was deactivated in September 2008, its former troops becoming part of the 2nd Battalion, 137th Regiment (Combined Arms Battalion). 2-137 INF was renamed 1-635 Armor in October 2020.
713th Cavalry Regiment (South Carolina Army National Guard) Constituted 1973, redesignated 202nd Cavalry 1991.
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^"History and Traditions: North Carolina National Guard." Second Edition, August 1966. Public Affairs Section, the Adjutant General's Department, State of North Carolina, Raleigh.
^ abBaumgardner, Neil; Aumiller, Tim (20 January 2006). "Armor-Cavalry Regiments". baummil.org. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
