MISSION
"As one of the Army's two on-call heavy contingency
force divisions, the First Team has an on-order mission to
deploy to a designated contingency area of operations by sea,
air or land, conduct reception, staging, onward movement
and integration; and on order, conduct combat operations
and redeployment."
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American
Defense |
American
Campaign |
Asiatic Pacific
Campaign |
World War II
Victory |
Army of
Occupation |
Korean
Service
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Vietnam
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SouthWest
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The attached data identifies and summarizes the command and subordinate units
that have been assigned or attached to the Direct Support Units, 1st Cavalry
Division who participated, beginning with its functional organization and
activation of specialized units during the Vietnam War. The introduction of
the "Direct Support" concept allowed the 1st Cavalry Division Commander to
have direct control over a broad range of operational specialization and
capability in order to carry out its mission. In order to present a pictorial
time line representation showing continuity of the commands of individual
units, along with their designations (and redesignations), the data has been
displayed in an indentured, structured format similar to the present day Line
Organization.
In summary, the listing provides for an orderly, detailed presentation of the
Order of Battle for the Direct Dupport Units, 1st Cavalry Division as
originally activated in 1921 along with the incremental organizational changes
that were made in the time interval up to the present day. The following
paragraphs detail the method of presentation.
The period of activation of a command or unit is represented by a horizontal
line starting with a numeric corresponding with the year of activation and
ending with a numeric corresponding with year of deactivation or
redesignation. Should the command or unit be reactivated in a later time
period, the time line is reinitiated on the original reference line of entry
at the location representative of the date reactivated. Subordinate units,
listed under command units are listed with numeric designations in ordered
sequence. An exception is made for those units which were reorganized and
redesignated. This numeric of the year in which the redesignation took place
is annotated by a tilde (~).
The data used in preparing this presentation was provided by the Center of
Military History, Department of the Army. The certification to the accuracy
of the assigned units and time line intervals will be conducted by a detailed
analysis of the lineage sheets for each unit. Upon confirmation of unit and
assignment/deactivation date, the entry will be annotated by the addition of
the referenced Day/Month code. It is intended that this document will be a
reference tool for future historical research activity. As such, when any
errors or omissions are detected in detailed follow-on work, the document will
be corrected and reissued.
VIETNAM WAR
16 August 1965 - 28 June 1972
TIME LINE ----------------------------- 16 Aug 196566676869707172
Personnel Services Company (Rear)
1st Personnel Services Battalion (Prov) 26 Jan '68/9; Inactv'd 01 Jul
1st Personnel Services Company 01 Jul '69--
15th Finance Battalion 15 Mar 71~ (Con't next era)
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TRICAP TO ARMOR
05 May 1971 - 16 September 1990
TIME LINE ----------------------------- 05 May 197172737475767778798081828384858687888990
15th Finance Company 05 May '71-------------------'82~ Relv'd 16 Mar Xfer'd DIRECT SUPPORT, below
DIRECT SUPPORT UNITS
15th Finance Company 07 Apr '83-----'87~ Dsgn'd 16 Apr as 15th Finance Supt Unit, below
15th Finance Support Unit 16 Apr '87---'90~ (Con't next era)
15th Personnel Service Company 01 Oct '85-------'90~ (Con't next era)
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PERSIAN GULF WAR
16 September 1990 - 07 March 1991
TIME LINE ----------------------------- 16 Sep 199091
SEPARATE BNs/COs, 1st Cavalry Division - "Maverick"
15th Finance Battalion Oct '90/1 Apr
15th Personnel Service Battalion Oct '90/1 Apr
Trial Defense Service Oct '90/1 Apr
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FORCE RESTRUCTURING
08 Mar 1991 - 01 October 1999
TIME LINE ----------------------------- 08 Mar 19919293949596979899
DIRECT SUPPORT
9th Air Support Operations 08 Mar '91-------------'99 (Con't next era)
15th Finance Battalion 08 Mar '91-------------'99 (Con't next era)
15th Personnel Service Battalion 08 Mar '91-------------'99 (Con't next era)
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TODAY'S CAVALRY
01 October 1999 +
TIME LINE ----------------------------- 01 Oct 1999000102030405060708091011121314151617181920
DIRECT SUPPORT
9th Air Support Operations 01 Oct '99/-----
15th Finance Battalion 01 Oct '99/-----
15th Personnel Service Battalion 01 Oct '99/-----
Staff Judge Advocate
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NOTE: The following Abbreviations Apply:
Absrb'd Absorbed Det Detachment Reasgn'd Reassigned
Actv'd Activated Dfnse Defense Regt Regiment
Arty Artillery Hdqtrs Headquarters Relv'd Relieved
Asgn'd Assigned Inactv'd Inactivated Reorg'd Reorganized
Asgm't Assignment Intel Intelligence Replc'd Replaced
Atchm't Attachment Maint Maintenance Ret'rd Returned
Avn Aviation Med Medium Spc'l Special
Bn Battalion Mltry Military Sqdn Squadron
Btry Battery Plt Platoon Supt Support
Co Company Prov Provisional Xfer'd Transferred
Cmd Command QtrMstr Quartermaster Trans Transportation
Dsng'd Designated Recon Reconnaissance Trp Troop
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