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Re-Birth of a Heritage
On 18 September, 2001 the 1st Cavalry Division unfurled the guidon of the
unit that was to become the first element representing the beginning of the
change over of the Division organization to the FORCE XXI configuration, "C"
Troop, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade. In addition to
the process of activating "C" Troop, the Division restored the organizational
continuity of a piece of its history. When the 1st Cavalry Division was
initially activated on 13 September 1921, the 10th Cavalry Regiment was among
the first cavalry regiments assigned to it.
On 18 December 1922, the 10th Cavalry Regiment was relieved from assignment
and each unit went their separate ways. However, on 01 July 1977, the 3rd
Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment was activated and assigned to the 1st Cavalry
Division at Ft. Hood, TX to participate in the Training and Doctrine Command
(TRADOC) Division Restructuring Study (DRS) to test, evaluate and determine
the most effective use of manpower and weapons systems of future "heavy
divisions" on the battlefields of the future. After seven years of intensive
evaluations, the 3rd Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment was inactivated and
relieved from the Division on 16 March 1984.
| "C" Troop, 10th Cavalry Regiment Activation Ceremony |
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| Colonel Michael Ryan, right, 1st Brigade Commander, 1st
Cavalry Division, passes the guidon to Captain Clinton Alexander, "C"
Troop Commander, during the activation ceremony. Photograph by Spc. Don Ward, 1st Cavalry Division PAO |
On 18 September, 2001, the organization of "C" Troop, personnel and equipment
was accomplished by acquisition of the three maneuvering units of the 1st
Combat Brigade; the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry; 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry and
1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiments. During the activation ceremony, "C"
Troop, 10th Cavalry Regiment took the name "The Cowboys", in honor of the
western heritage of the early missions undertaken by the original 10th Cavalry
Regiment.
As chartered, "C" Troop became the "eyes and ears" of the 1st Combat Brigade
Team conducting reconnaissance and security missions. In the field, the
troops - either on foot or moving swiftly in heavily armed HMMWVs, will be
probing ahead, scouting the terrain features, accessing, locating and
identifying safe routes and the presence of hostiles. This action enables the
1st Brigade to survey deep into their assigned sector, anticipate and plan for
attack or counteraction operations.
Following its activation and reassignment to the 1st Cavalry Division, "C"
Troop, 10th Cavalry Regiment continued to be called upon for hard missions and
completed highly successful National Training Center (NTC) rotations and a
deployment to Iraq for Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM (2003 -
2005), continuing the proud traditions of the Regiment.
On 24 May 2005, following six months of extensive planning, officers of the
1st Cavalry Division began executing the monumental task of reorganizing and
realigning its manpower and equipment resources into the Army Matrix of
Modular Forces. As each Brigade changed command, they changed their colors and
become a Brigade Unit of Action (BUA). Under the reorganization, the Division
will have six Brigades.
In the 6th step of the continuing the restructuring of the Division and
preparation for the reorganization to a Modular Force, the 1st Combat Brigade
underwent the following changes on 12 July,
While undertaking the transformation changes, the Division experienced nearly
a fifty percent turnover in personnel while performing the coordination of
arrival and reallocation of critical new equipment required to support their
new missions. Simultaneously, with the equipment changeovers, new training and
maintenance programs were initiated to prepare for possible combat
redeployment as early as 15 April, 2006.
As of today, none of the 10th Cavalry Regiment units are assigned to the 1st
Cavalry Division. Units of the Regiment, currently assigned, are represented
by the following active units:
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