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1920
1st Cavalry Regiment assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (20 August)
1921
7th, 8th and 10th Cavalry Regiments assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.
(13 September)
1921
1st Cavalry Division Organization Day. (13 September)
1922
5th Cavalry Regiment assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, relieving the 10th
Cavalry Regiment. (18 December)
1923
Participated in the first 1st Cavalry Division maneuvers.
1927
Participated in the second 1st Cavalry Division maneuvers.
1929
Participated in the third 1st Cavalry Division maneuvers.
1933
12th Cavalry Regiment assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, relieving the 1st
Cavalry Regiment. (03 January)
1934
By order of The Secretary of War, /s/ E. T. Conley, Brigadier General, the
saber was discontinued as an item of issue. (18 April)
1937
Participated in the Provisional Infantry Tests, Ft. Sam Houston, TX.
1938
Participated in the fourth 1st Cavalry Division maneuvers, Balmorhea, TX.
1939
Participated in the fifth 1st Cavalry Division maneuvers. (01 September)
1940
Camp Polk, Louisiana
Participated in the first 3rd Army Louisiana Maneuvers. (April/May & 13/24
August)
1941
Camp Polk, Louisiana
Participated in the second 3rd Army Louisiana Maneuvers. (05 August/08
October)
1941
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. (07 December)
1941
Congress declares war on Japan. (08 December)
1942
Bataan Death March begins. (10 April)
1942
Participated in the VIII Corps Louisiana Maneuvers near Mansfield, Louisiana
(04 August/19 September)
1943
1st Cavalry Division transitions from mounted to dismounted troops.
(01 February)
1943
The first echelon of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 5th Cavalry Regiment and
the 8th Engineer Combat Squadron, departs Camp Stoneman, California for the
Pacific theater. (28 May)
1943
The second echelon of the 1st Cavalry Division begins movement from Ft. Bliss
to Camp Stoneman, California. (18 June)
1943
The second echelon of the 1st Cavalry Division departs Camp Stoneman,
California for the Pacific theater. (03 July)
1943
The second echelon of the 1st Cavalry Division closed on Strathpine, Queensland,
Australia. (26 July)
1943
Subordinate elements of the 9th Cavalry activated in Australia and assigned
to the 1st Cavalry Division. (04 December)
1943
1st Cavalry Division reorganized and redesignated as 1st Cavalry Division
(Special). (04 December)
1944
Task Force "Brewer" makes an assault landing at White Beach, Los Negros,
Admiralty Islands. (29 February)
1944
SGT Troy A. McGill, G-5th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (04 March)
1944
Momote Airdrome, Los Negros secured. (04 March)
1944
First amphibious landing made "with out" boats at southern shore of Los Negros
by "G" Troop, 5th Cavalry. (24 March)
1944
Admiralty Islands campaign (Task Force Brewer) concluded. (18 May)
1944
1st Cavalry Division Association formed. (17 July)
1944
1st Cavalry Division assault elements landed at Marasbaras, near the area of
San Pedro Bay, Leyte. (20 October)
1945
Leyte-Samar campaign concluded. (04 January)
1945
1st Division elements lands on Mabilao, near the area of Lignayan Gulf, Luzon,
Philippine Islands. (27 January)
1945
The "Flying Column", elements of the 1st Cavalry Division, initiates a forced
march to Manila. (01 February)
1945
The "Flying Column", elements of the 1st Cavalry Division, enters Manila,
Philippine Islands and liberates Santo Tomas Prisoners. (03 February)
1945
PFC William J. Grabiarz, E-5th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (23 February)
1945
Organized resistance in Manila ends. (03 March)
1945
Kapatalan sawmill captured. (07 May)
1945
Luzon campaign completed. (30 June)
1945
The first atomic bomb, "Little Boy", was dropped at 8:15 AM over Hiroshima,
Japan. (06 August)
1945
The second atomic bomb, "Fat Man", was dropped at 11:02 AM over Nagasaki,
Japan. (09 August)
1945
Japan surrenders. (02 September)
1945
In the early morning hours a long convey of ships, carrying the 1st Cavalry
Division, steered into Yokohama Harbor and past the battleship Missouri where
General MacArthur would later receive the Japanese surrender party.
(02 September)
1945
MG William C. Chase and 1st Cavalry Division Troopers enter Tokyo, Japan.
(08 September)
1947
Department of Defense established by Congress. (25 July)
1950
Korean War begins. (25 June)
1950
1st Cavalry Division alerted for deployment to Korea. (06 July)
1950
1st Cavalry Division deploys to Korea. (14 July)
1950
1st Cavalry Division amphibious landing at Pohang-Dong. (18 July)
1950
1st Combat of Korean War for 1st Division Cavalry Troopers. (23 July)
1950
Corporal Tibor Rubin, I-8 Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor in recognition of
his courageous actions in Korea. (during the period from 23 July 1950 to 20
April 1953)
1950
1st Cavalry Division sets up defensive line behind Naktong River.
(03 August)
1950
3rd Battalions, 5th, 7th and 8th Cavalry arrives on the USS General John Pope
at Pusan. (25 August)
1950
1st Cavalry Division occupies positions in the "bowling alley".
(29 August)
1950
PFC Melvin L. Brown, D-8 Eng earns the Medal of Honor. (04 September)
1950
CPL Gorden M. Graig, 16th Reconnaissance earns the Medal of Honor.
(10 September)
1950
2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry captures Hill 314, earns Distinguished Unit
Citation. (12 September)
1950
General MacArthur launches Operation CHROMITE at Inchon. (15 September)
1950
7th Cavalry initiates Task Force "777", "Lynch" and "Witherspoon" to breakout
of the Pusan Perimeter. (20 September)
1950
Task Force "777", "Lynch" and "Witherspoon" completes 196 mile penetration
through Pusan Perimeter, consolidating gains at Osan. (27 September)
1950
1st Cavalry Division crosses the 38th parallel. (09 October)
1950
PFC Robert H. Young, E-8th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (09 October)
1950
1st LT Samuel Coursen, C-5th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (12 October)
1950
1st Cavalry Division elements enter Pyongyang. (19 October)
1950
Chinese Communist Forces surrounds 8th Cavalry Troopers at Unsan, Korea.
(01 November)
1951
Seoul-Inchon, Korea area evacuated. (03 January)
1951
1st LT Robert M. McGovern, A-5th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (30 January)
1951
Task Force Crombez breaks through to the encircled 23rd Regimental Combat Team
and a French Army Battalion. (15 February)
1951
1st Cavalry Division elements re-cross 38th parallel, Korea. (03 April)
1951
1st Cavalry Division organized the defense of Seoul, Korea. (28 April)
1951
1st Cavalry Division attacks Iron Triangle. (30 May)
1951
Operation COMMANDO begins. (03 October)
1951
Operation COMMANDO ends. (19 October)
1951
1st LT Lloyd L. Burke, G-5th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (28 October)
1951
1st LT James L. Stone, F-8th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (21/22 November)
1951
1st Cavalry Division begins rotation from Korea to Japan. 5th Cavalry leaves.
(07 December)
1951
7th Cavalry Regiment leaves Korea. (18 December)
1951
77th Field Artillery fires last 1st Cavalry Division round in Korean War.
(30 December)
1951
8th Cavalry Regiment leaves Korea. (30 December)
1952
Korean GI Bill enacted. (16 July)
1952
8th Cavalry Regiment returns to Korea. (16 October)
1952
7th Cavalry sails for Pusan. (12 December)
1953
Korean Armistice signed. (27 July)
1957
24 Division Infantry redesignated as 1st Cavalry Division in Korea.
(15 October)
1962
"Howze" Board findings submitted. (20 August)
1963
11th Air Assault Division (Test) Activated. (15 February)
1965
1st Cavalry Division (AirMobile) activated. (01 July)
1965
First 1st Cavalry Division combat troops sent to Vietnam. (14 August)
1965
1st Cavalry Division advance party landed at An Khe, Vietnam. (27 August)
1965
First combat of Vietnam War for 1st Cavalry Troopers in Operation GIBRALTAR.
(18 September)
1965
Operation GIBRALTAR ends. (20 September)
1965
Operation HAPPY VALLEY begins. (03 October)
1965
Operation SHINY BAYONET begins. (10 October)
1965
Operation SILVER BAYONET begins. (23 October)
1965
1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry fights hospital battle. (01 November)
1965
Operation HAPPY VALLEY ends. (01 November)
1965
1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry ambushes 66th NVA Regiment at LZ Betty.
(03 November)
1965
7th Cavalry air assaults into LZ X-Ray. (14 November)
1965
Major Bruce P. Crandall, A-229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, earns the Medal
of Honor. (14 November)
1965
CPT Edward W. Freeman, A-229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, earns the Medal
of Honor. (14 November)
1965
2nd LT Walter J. Marm, A-1/7th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor.
(14 November)
1965
2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, Company A, 1st Battalion, 5 Cavalry battle at LZ
Albany. (17 November)
1965
Operation SILVER BAYONET ends. (25 November)
1965
Operation CLEAN HOUSE begins. (17 December)
1965
Operation CLEAN HOUSE ends. (31 December)
1965
Operation MATADOR begins. (31 December)
1966
Operation MATADOR ends. (13 January)
1966
Operation MASHER/WHITE WING begins. (25 January)
1966
Operation MASHER/WHITE WING ends. (06 March)
1966
Operation JIM BOWIE begins. (13 March)
1966
Operation LINCOLN HOUSE begins. (25 March)
1966
Operation JIM BOWIE ends. (28 March)
1966
Operation LINCOLN HOUSE ends. (08 April)
1966
Operation MOSBY begins. (11 April)
1966
Operation MOSBY ends. (03 May)
1966
Operation LEWIS AND CLARK begins. (03 May)
1966
Operation DAVY CROCKETT begins. (04 May)
1966
Operation DAVY CROCKETT ends. (10 May)
1966
Operation LEWIS AND CLARK ends. (16 May)
1966
Operation CRAZY HORSE begins. (16 May)
1966
SSG Jimmy G. Stewart, B-2/12th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (18 May)
1966
Sgt David C. Dolby, B-1/8th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (21 May)
1966
Operation CRAZY HORSE ends. (05 June)
1966
Operation NATHAN HALE begins. (19 June)
1966
Operation NATHAN HALE ends. (01 July)
1966
Operation HENRY CLAY begins. (02 July)
1966
Operation HENRY CLAY ends. (30 July)
1966
Operation PAUL REVERE II begins. (02 August)
1966
Operation PAUL REVERE II ends at the battle of Hill 534. (15 August)
1966
Operation BYRD begins. (25 July)
1966
Operation THAYER I begins. (13 September)
1966
PFC Billy L. Lauffer, C-2/5th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor.
(21 September)
1966
Operation THAYER I ends. (01 October)
1966
Operation IRVING begins, over 2,000 enemy prisoners of war captured.
(02 October)
1966
Operation IRVING ends. (24 October)
1966
Operation THAYER II begins. (26 October)
1966
Operation PAUL REVERE IV begins. (31 October)
1966
PFC Lewis Albanese, B-5/7th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (01 December)
1966
Operation ROVER begins. (09 December)
1966
Operation ROVER ends. (14 December)
1966
Operation PAUL REVERE IV ends. (27 December)
1966
SSG Delbert O. Jennings, C-1/12th Cavalry earns The Medal of Honor.
(27 December)
1967
Operation BYRD ends. (30 January)
1967
Operation THAYER II ends. (12 February)
1967
Operation PERSHING begins. (12 February)
1967
PFC James H. Monroe, C-1/8th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (16 February)
1967
SP5 Charles C. Hagemeister, A-1/5th earns the Medal of Honor. (20 March)
1976
Operation LEJEUNE begins. (07 April)
1967
SP4 George A. Ingalls, A-2/5th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (16 April)
1976
Operation LEJEUNE ends. (22 April)
1967
SP5 Edgar L. McWethy Jr., B-1/5th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor.
(21 June)
1967
SP4 Carmel B. Harvey Jr., B-1/5th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor.
(21 June)
1967
Operation SONG RE begins. (01 August)
1967
Operation SONG RE ends. (20 August)
1967
Operation WHELLER/WALLOWA begins. (02 October)
1967
SGT Allen James Lynch, D-1/12th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor.
(15 December)
1968
SGT William D. Port, C-5/7th earns the Medal of Honor. (12 January)
1968
Operation PERSHING ends. (21 January)
1968
Operation PERSHING II begins. (22 January)
1968
Operation JEB STUART begins. (22 January)
1968
Operation WHELLER/WALLOWA ends. (25 January)
1968
CW2 Fredrick Ferguson, C-227th Aviation Battalion earns the Medal of Honor.
(31 January)
1968
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launch "Tet Offensive" at Hue. (31 January)
1968
Operation PERSHING II ends. (18 February)
1968
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong driven from the city of Hue. (22 February)
1968
Operation JEB STUART ends. (31 March)
1968
Operation PEGASUS/LAMSON 207 begins. (01 April)
1968
Operation PEGASUS/LAMSON 207 ends. (15 April)
1968
Operation DELAWARE/LAMSON 216 begins. (19 April)
1968
CPT James M. Sprayberry, D-5/7th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (25 April)
1968
1LT Douglas B. Fournet, B-1/7th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (04 May)
1968
Operation CONCORDIA SQUARE begins. (08 May)
1968
Operation DELAWARE/LAMSON 217 ends. (17 May)
1968
Operation JEB STUART III begins. (17 May)
1968
Operation CONCORDIA SQUARE ends. (17 May)
1968
SP4 Hector Santiago-Colon, B-5/7th Cavalry earns Medal of Honor. (28 June)
1968
Operation COMANCHE FALLS begins. (11 September)
1968
Operation LIBERTY CANYON begins. (28 October)
1968
Operation JEB STUART III ends. (03 November)
1968
Operation COMANCHE FALLS ends. (07 November)
1968
Operation TOAN THANG begins. (12 November)
1968
Operation LIBERTY CANYON ends. (15 November)
1968
SGT John N. Holcomb, D-2/7th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (03 December)
1969
Operation MONTANA SCOUT/RAIDER begins. (23 January)
1969
Operation TOAN THANG ends. (16 February)
1969
SP4 Donald R. Johnston, D-1/8th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (21 March)
1969
1LT Robert L. Poxon, B-1/9th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (02 June)
1969
SGT Rodney J. Evans, D-1/12th earns the Medal of Honor. (18 July)
1969
SGT Donald S. Skidgel, D-1/9th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor.
(14 September)
1969
2LT Robert R. Leisy, B-1/8th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (02 December)
1970
SGT Peter C. Lemon, E-2/8th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (01 April)
1970
SP4 John P. Baca, D-1/12th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor. (10 February)
1970
Sergeant Peter C. Lemon, E-2/8 Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor.
(01 April)
1970
Operation TOAN THANG (Fish Hook) begins. (01 May)
1970
First Team enters Cambodia. (01 May)
1970
Operation TOAN THANG (Fish Hook) ends. (29 June)
1971
CPT Jon Edward Swanson, B-1/9th Cavalry earns the Medal of Honor.
(26 February)
1971
1st Team stands down in Vietnam. (26 March)
1971
1st Cavalry Division assigned to Ft. Hood, Texas. (05 May)
1972
Operation KEYSTONE PHEASANT begins. (26 June)
1972
3rd Brigade departs Vietnam. (29 June)
1973
Cease-fire in Vietnam begins. (28 January)
1973
US ground troops leave Vietnam. (28 March)
1974
1st Cavalry Division reorganized from TRICAP to Armor configuration.
(06 December)
1982
"First" National Training Center rotation at Ft. Irwin, California.
(September)
1990
Operation DESERT SHIELD begins. (07 August)
1990
1st Cavalry Division Deployment to Southwest Asia begins. (16 September)
1990
1st Cavalry Division closes in Saudi Arabia. (22 October)
1991
Operation DESERT STORM begins. (17 January)
1991
First Iraqi enemy prisoners of war taken by the 1st Cavalry Division.
(23 January)
1991
1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Recon Force initiates Operation "Knight Strike"
into Iraq. (20 February)
1991
3rd Brigade Recon Force initiates Operation "Quick Strike" into Iraq.
(24 February)
1991
Operation DESERT STORM cease-fire. (28 February)
1991
First airplane with First Team Troopers return from Southwest Asia. (09 March)
1991
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division
activated at Ft. Hood, Texas. (21 May)
1991
Last airplane with First Team Troopers returns from Southwest Asia. (12 June)
1992
Operation INTRINSIC ACTION 92-03 - Kuwait initiated. (22 October)
1993
Operation IRIS GOLD 93-01 - Kuwait initiated. (15 January)
1994
Operation VIGILANT WARRIOR - Kuwait initiated. (October)
1995
Korean War Memorial dedicated. (27 July)
1995
Operation VIGILANT SENTINEL - Kuwait initiated. (August)
1995
Operation INTRINSIC ACTION 95-03 - Kuwait initiated. (22 August)
1996
Operation INTRINSIC ACTION 96-03 - Kuwait initiated. (26 August)
1997
Operation INTRINSIC ACTION 97-01 - Kuwait initiated. (February)
1997
Operation INTRINSIC ACTION 97-03 - Kuwait initiated. (03 June)
1998
Deployment of the 1st Cavalry Division to Bosnia announced. (17 April)
1998
Operation INTRINSIC ACTION 98-03 - Kuwait initiated. (May)
1998
Advanced party of 1st Cavalry Division departs Robert Gray Airfield for
Bosnia. (20 August)
1998
Main body of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division deploys to Bosnia.
(24 August)
1998
The 1st Cavalry Division accepts authority for command of MultiNational
Division - North. (07 October)
1999
The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division begins redeployment to
CONUS. (20 March)
1999
The 1st Cavalry Division turns over command of Multi-National Division -
North to the 10th Mountain Division. (04 August)
1999
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division turns over command of
MultiNational Division - North to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division. (01 October)
2000
Operation DESERT SPRING 00-01 - Kuwait initiated. (16 April)
2000
Operation INTRINSIC ACTION 01-01 - Kuwait initiated. (07 December)
2001
In the first step of FORCE XXI restructuring, "C" Trp, 10th Cavalry Regiment
(Recon) assigned to 1st Brigade as Reconnaissance troop. (18 September)
2001
The 1st Cavalry Division deploys the advance party of a Brigade Combat Team to
Kuwait as part of Operation "Enduring Freedom". (16 November)
2002
The 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery participated in Operation CLEAR
SKIES II to provide an antiaircraft missile defense of Washington, DC against
possible terrorists attacks. (09 February)
2002
"D" Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment deactivated as part of the
phased conversion to Heavy Division Force XXI compliance. (19 June)
2002
"D" Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment deactivated as part of the
phased conversion to Heavy Division Force XXI compliance. (17 August)
2002
"D" Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment deactivated as part of the
phased conversion to Heavy Division Force XXI compliance. (19 September)
2002
In the second element of FORCE XXI restructuring, "D" Troop, 9th Cavalry
Regiment (Recon) was activated and assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division as their Reconnaissance Troop. (20 September)
2002
In the third element of FORCE XXI restructuring, "F" Troop, 9th Cavalry
Regiment (Recon) was activated and assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division as their Reconnaissance Troop. (01 November)
2002
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 1441 that
demanded reinstatement of unfettered access for UN inspectors to search for
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. (08 November)
2003
In an address to members of the 1st Cavalry Division, President
George Bush indicated that they may be called into combat "to secure our
country and keep the peace". (03 January)
2003
The 1st Battalion, 130th Aviation Regiment (NCARNG), an Apache helicopter
unit, were mobilized under Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (09 January)
2003
The reality of the "Digital Battlefield" looms on the horizon as elements of
the 1st Cavalry Division, the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 68th
Chemical Company and supporting detachment (slice) of the 615th Aviation
Support Battalion and a Fire Support Element (FSE) of the 1st Battalion, 21st
Field Artillery Regiment received orders to prepare for deployment to
Southwest Asia, under the control of US Central Command, Tampa, FL.
(15 January)
2003
"F" Company, 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment, an Air Traffic Control
(ATC) asset, currently assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, received orders
to deploy along with the 4th Infantry Division to southwest Asia. (20
January)
2003
The 68th Chemical Company, one of the first elements of the 1st Cavalry
Division to receive deployment orders, began movement to the US Central
Command located in Kuwait. (11 February)
2003
The first echelon of the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation regiment departed on
charted aircraft to Kuwait in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (12
February)
2003
The 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment arrived at Camp Udairi, Kuwait and
is attached to Task Force 11th Aviation operating under the command of the US
Army V Corps. (14 February)
2003
The 1st Cavalry Division received orders to prepare for deployment to
Southwest Asia, under the control of US Central Command, Tampa, FL. (03
March)
2003
President Bush announced the end of "peaceful, diplomatic efforts"
to disarm Iraq. In a televised address to the nation, Bush gave Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein 48 hours for him, his immediate family and other key
leaders to leave Iraq or face a US led military action which will began "at
a time of our choosing." (17 March)
2003
The 1st Battalion, 130th Aviation Regiment (NCARNG), an Apache helicopter
unit, deployed from Ft. Bragg to Ft. Hood, TX. to replace the 1st Battalion,
227th Aviation Regiment who deployed to Southwest Asia. (19 March)
2003
In a battle against the 2nd Armored Brigade, Medina Division, Iraqi Republican
Guard, an Apache helicopter of the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment
attached to Task Force 11th Aviation was downed and the two pilots were taken
prisoner. (24 March)
2003
In the final push to Tikrit, the Marines 1st Expeditionary Force found the two
POW Apache helicopter pilots from the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment,
1st Cavalry Division, Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams, 30, of Orlando,
FL and Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, of Lithia Springs, GA,
who had been forced down and captured March 24 during heavy fighting. (13
April)
2003
The two former POW Apache helicopter pilots from the 1st Battalion, 227th
Aviation Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Chief Warrant Officer David S.
Williams and Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr. were returned to Ft.
Hood, TX. (19 April)
2003
The Fire Support Element (FSE) of the 4th Battalion, 5th ADA, assigned to
Operation NOBLE EAGLE at Washington DC, returns home to Ft. Hood, TX. and
rejoins their individual unit commands. (09 May)
2003
The Fire Support Element (FSE) of the 1st Battalion, 21st Field
Artillery Regiment, Task Force "227", returns from Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
and rejoins their individual unit command of the 21st Field Artillery. (15
May)
2003
The 1st Cavalry Division Task Force "227" returns from Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
and rejoins their individual unit commands. The Task Force consisted of the 1st
Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment and supporting detachment (slice) of the
615th Aviation Support Battalion. (21 May)
2003
The 68th Chemical Company returns from Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and rejoins
their unit command. (06 June)
2003
"D" Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment deactivated as part of the
phased conversion to Heavy Division Force XXI compliance. (15 August)
2003
"C" Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment deactivated as part of the
phased conversion to Heavy Division Force XXI compliance. (21 August)
2003
"D" Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment reflagged as "C"
Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment as part of the phased conversion
to Heavy Division Force XXI compliance. (21 August)
2003
The 3rd Brigade Task Force STEEL DRAGON deployed to support the national
firefighting effort at Fish Creek, Montana. (24 August)
2003
"C" Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment deactivated as part of the
phased conversion to Heavy Division Force XXI compliance. (28 August)
2003
"D" Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment reflagged as "C" Company,
3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment as part of the phased conversion to Heavy
Division Force XXI compliance. (28 August)
2003
The 3rd Brigade Task Force STEEL DRAGON returned from national firefighting
duty at Fish Creek, Montana. (12 September)
2003
"B" Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment and "C" Company, 312th
Military Intelligence Battalion, attached to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry
Regiment, 18th Airborne Corps, were deployed in support of Operation IRAQI
FREEDOM. (20 September)
2003
The 39th Infantry Brigade (ARARNG) received mobilization orders directing
nearly 3,000 soldiers from 47 of its units across the state of Arkansas to
report for federal active duty in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (27
September)
2003
The 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment (ORARNG) received orders for their
individual units to report on 12 October to their local armories to complete
any predeployment training requirements in preparation for movement to the
initial training and staging area of Ft. Hood, TX. (09 October)
2003
The 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment (ORARNG) were placed under federal
orders directing them to report at their local armories to complete training
requirements and prepare their equipment for movement. (12 October)
2003
The main body of the 39th Infantry Brigade began departing from its
47 respective locations across the state of Arkansas. Moving out a battalion
a day, the 3000 Arkansas Guardsmen will link up with the 1st Cavalry Division
at Fort Hood, TX. (28 October)
2003
A mobilization ceremony was held for the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry
Regiment at the Lane County Fairgrounds Exhibit. (29 October)
2003
Following an official deployment ceremony, the 2nd Battalion, 162nd
Infantry Regiment (ORARNG) departed at Mahlon Sweet Airport in Eugene, OR.
for movement to Ft. Hood, TX where they were placed under the command of the
39th Infantry Brigade and integrated into the 1st Cavalry Division to complete
their overseas deployment training. (30 October)
2003
The 1st Battalion 206th Air Defense Artillery (ILARNG), a subordinate unit of
the 39th Infantry Brigade, along with the convoy of pre-loaded equipment moved
out from their home armory base at Galva, IL. to link up with the 1st Cavalry
Division. (02 November)
2003
The initial movement of 1st Cavalry Division equipment to Iraq began as a
Roll-on/Roll-off ship, the USNS Benavidez (T-AKR 306) sailed on its maiden
voyage, from Beaumont, TX. (17 December)
2003
With the pomp and ceremony of Cavalry tradition, a flag-casing ceremony was
held to mark the start of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team's final preparations for
its January deployment to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (18
December)
2004
The crash of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, on a medical evacuation
mission near Fallujah, Iraq, resulted in the first trooper of the Division
being KIA during the Iraqi War - Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory B. Hicks, 35, of
Duff, TN, who was assigned to "B" Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry
Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; Fort Hood, TX. (08 January)
2004
The 2nd (BlackJack) Brigade Combat Team, the lead element of the 1st
Cavalry Division, deployed for its one-year tour to Iraq, (13 January)
2004
The 515th Support Battalion (Forward) was organized, activated and assigned to
the Support Command, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, TX. (14 January)
2004
The first shipment of 1st Cavalry Division equipment to Iraq arrives at the
port of Ash Shuabyah, just outside of Kuwait City, Kuwait on the
Roll-on/Roll-off ship, the USNS Benavidez (T-AKR 306). (15 January)
2004
In a colorful ceremony at Cooper Field, the 1st Cavalry Division signified
the end of their stay at Ft. Hood, TX by casing its colors along with those of
its remaining seven brigades and 29 battalions including the 39th Enhanced
Separate Infantry Brigade (ARARNG) and prepared them for unveiling in Baghdad,
Iraq in about two months. (27 January)
2004
The first elements of The 2nd Combat Brigade Team, the 2nd Battalion, 12th
Cavalry Regiment arrived safely in Baghdad after making a two and one-half day
overland journey of 250 miles from their point of entry camp in Kuwait. (31
January)
2004
The 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry conducted a formal Transition Of Authority
(TOA) ceremony, taking over the sectors commanded by the 2nd Battalion, 70th
Armor Regiment 1st Armored Division. (10 February)
2004
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division conducted a Transfer Of
Authority ceremony at an US Army base in northern Baghdad, taking over
security in the areas patrolled by the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division.
(13 February)
2004
Units of the 39th Infantry Brigade, who had been training at the Joint
Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk, LA. during last month, cased their
colors as they prepared for departure to Iraq. Later in the day, the first
group of 250 soldiers left by commercial plane from Alexandria, LA. (28
February)
2004
A second element of the 39th Infantry Brigade, "F" Battery, 1st Battalion,
202nd Air Defense Artillery, retrained for duty in Iraq as a Military Police
Company at Ft Polk, LA, cased their colors signifying the end of training and
prepared for departure to Iraq. The bulk of the 120 man team departed
Alexandria, LA. by commercial aircraft. (04 March)
2004
The 1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery, 39th Brigade Combat Team conducted
the first combat operation of their mission by successfully moving more than
400 soldiers and 150 vehicles from the staging camp in Kuwait to Camp Cooke,
Taji, Iraq. (15 March)
2004
Operation IRON PROMISE, involving thousands of troops from the 1st Cavalry
Division, which recently arrived in Iraq, the outgoing Germany-based 1st
Armored Division and scores of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldiers, was
launched in Baghdad to weed out insurgents and capture illegal weapons. (17
March)
2004
The aircraft carrying last echelon of 1st Cavalry Division personnel,
scheduled for deployment to Iraq, departed Robert Gray Army Airfield with an
unidentified destination. (22 March)
2004
The 1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery, 39th BCT, the first combat unit
north of Baghdad for the 1st Cavalry Division conducted a Transfer of
Authority with the 1st Armored Division. (24 March)
2004
Operation IRON PROMISE began on the streets of Baghdad to securing the region
and to eradicate cell groups that pose a threat to a free Iraq. (26 March)
2004
Following a fifteen hour flight, the last element of the 39th Infantry Combat
Brigade arrived safely at their temporary in-theater staging temporary camp in
Kuwait. (06 April)
2004
The first of many civil works projects, Operation IRON BROOM, was initiated in
the Al-Thawra District by Coalition Forces along with locals and the District
Advisory Council. (12 April)
2004
The colors of the 1st Cavalry Division were uncased during a ceremony that
took place in view of the "Crossed Swords" Iraq-Iran War Memorial in the
Green Zone, marking the Transfer Of Authority of the Baghdad area of operation
from the 1st Armored Division to the First-Team. (15 April)
2004
The trail party of the 39th Brigade Combat Team arrived at Camp Cooke, Iraq,
placing the entire Brigade in a combat zone for the first time in its long
history. (16 April)
2004
Operation YELLOW STONE began as combined elements of the 39th and 4th Brigade
Combat Teams (BCT) as well as Macedonian Special Forces of the 1st Cavalry
Division moved into the former presidential-island retreat of Al-Rashida to
secure the area and remove the anti-coalition forces from the island that had
been firing on Camp Cooke. (23 April)
2004
In an historic step toward self-rule, the US-led Coalition Provisional
Authority (CPA) transferred sovereignty and the power of self government to
the interim Iraqi government in a small ceremony at the heavily guarded Green
Zone. (28 June)
2004
The new Iraqi Government took legal custody of the first set of Prisoners of
War turned over by the Multinational Coalition Forces, including The Ace of
Spades - Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti, former Iraqi President given popular
recognition by a deck of playing cards. (30 June)
2004
The elements of the 1st Cavalry Division, members of the 39th Infantry Brigade
and subordinate units were recognized for their service to the Division by the
award of the combat shoulder patch to wear on their right shoulder. (04
July)
2004
The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division completed their final
stage of troop movement from Ft. Drum, NY via the way of the port of entry in
Kuwait to Baghdad, Iraq and was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (19
July)
2004
The siege of the al-Sadr Mahdi Army at Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq begins.
(05 August)
2004
The siege of the al-Sadr Mahdi Army at Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq ends.
(27 August)
2004
Ft. Hood celebrated homecoming day at Cooper Field for the first elements of
the 1st Cavalry Division that returned from serving their full year of duty in
Operation IRAQI FREEDOM; "B" Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment and
"C" Company (-), 312th Military Intelligence Battalion. (28 September)
2004
The first members of the 256th Infantry Enhanced Separate Brigade (LAARNG),
following training at Ft. Hood, TX, began deployment out of Alexander, LA. for
temporary staging and orientation in Kuwait before moving into Iraq for duty
and attachment to the 1st Cavalry Division. (29 September)
2004
The 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery and the 304th Battalion, Iraqi
National Guard began Operation DIAMOND CUTTER by shutting down all roads
leading in and out of the resistive neighborhood of the Al Rashid District of
southern Baghdad. (09 October)
2004
The 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment along with elements in the 2nd
Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment began Operation MUSTANG SOCKO a large scale
cordon and search for terrorists and weapons in the rural sector of southern
Baghdad to minimize anti-Iraqi attacks during the Muslim holy month of
Ramadan. (14 October)
2004
The 256th Infantry Enhanced Separate Brigade (LAARNG) arrived at Camp
BlackJack, Iraq and is attached to the 1st Cavalry Division. (04 November)
2004
The initial attack on the outskirts of Fallujah began just after sundown,
lighting up the minaret-studded skyline with huge flashes of light. (07
November)
2004
At 0 200 hours, reminiscent of their bloody urban assault to remove North
Vietnamese soldiers who occupied the ancient citadel of Hue in the 1968 Tet
Offensive, modern day Marine, 1st Cavalry Division troops and Iraqi Commandos
begin the ground assault on Fallujah, Operation DAWN/PHANTOM FURY, (08
November)
2004
Operation THUNDERSTRUCK, clearing the roads and bridges criss-crossing
irrigation canals, farm fields and date palm groves in the rural areas south
of Baghdad, was launched by "B" Company, 8th Engineers, and "B" Company, 458th
Engineer Battalion. (27 November)
2004
A joint US-Iraqi cordon-and-search, Operation FALCON FREEDOM, in the Al Rasid
neighborhoods netted several weapon caches and 20 suspected insurgents. (05
December)
2004
In Operation FIELD OF DREAMS the infamous neighborhood of Haifa Street in
Baghdad, the site of near constant wild west-style shoot-outs and gun battles
between insurgents and multinational forces, became the home of "B" Company,
3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment and Soldiers from the 9th
Cavalry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. (24 December)
2004
The 1st Cavalry Division joined in with the Marines to begin a major
anti-insurgency operation south of Baghdad, known as Operation TRIPLE PLAY
which focused on areas about 25 miles south of Baghdad centered in the area
inhabited by both Sunni and Shia Muslims, dubbed the "Triangle of Death". (28
December)
2005
Several thousand Troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry; 1st Battalion,
5th Cavalry Regiment; "D" Troop, 9th Cavalry Brigade Reconnaissance of the 1st
Cavalry Division and Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Expeditionary
Unit initiated Operation RIVER WALK, increasing the pressure on insurgents
intimidating the residents in Northern Babil and threatening to disrupt fair
elections scheduled later this month. (02 January)
2005
Elements of the Horse Cavalry Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division returned home
from a year-long deployment in Iraq to a crowd of family, friends and
well-wishers at Ft. Hood, TX. (05 January)
2005
TASK FORCE 1-9 of the 1st Cavalry Division kicked off Operation COPPERAS COVE,
named after a small town outside of Ft. Hood, TX, in their quest to bring
peace and stability to the volatile Al-Karkh district neighborhoods of Karkh
and Sheik Marruf, both of which are known for their hostility-the infamous
"Haifa Street" are adjacent to the International Zone of Baghdad. (12
January)
2005
Elements of the Iraqi SWAT team, a Reconnaissance platoon of the 24th Marine
Expeditionary Force and Troops of the 1st Cavalry Division began a fresh
offensive aimed at disrupting insurgent activity ahead of national elections
later this month by kicking off Operation CHECKMATE in a pre-dawn raid near
Jabella, about 50 miles south of the capital. (19 January)
2005
TASK FORCE 2-12 of the 1st Cavalry Division launched Operation BIG DIG in the
Latifiyah area of north Babi to search for munitions and armament caches
buried in the desert. (23 January)
2005
The 1st Cavalry Division Band and advanced elements of the 2nd Brigade
returned to Ft. Hood, TX after a full one-year deployment in Iraq. (29
January)
2005
As scheduled, over 5,200 Iraqi polling centers across the country opened at
0700 hours (local) amid high security for the first free election since 1953
and the first of the post-Saddam Hussein era. (30 January)
2005
The 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade is the first
main body unit of the 1st Cavalry Division to return from Operation IRAQI
FREEDOM-II. (17 February)
2005
The aircraft carrying the last members of the 2nd Brigade, who served in
Operation IRAQI FREEDOM-II, touched down at Robert Gray Airfield. (25
February)
2005
The 1st Cavalry Division Commander, Major General Peter Chiarelli, conducted a
Transfer Of Authority (TOA) ceremony at the Sahet Alihtifalat Alkubra parade
grounds in the Green Zone handing over the Baghdad mission to the 3rd Infantry
Division. (27 February)
2005
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division conducted a Transfer Of
Authority ceremony at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Prosperity, Iraq, passing
responsibility for the International Zone to the 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry
Division. (04 March)
2005
The 39th Brigade Combat Team, composed of almost 4,000 soldiers from 47 towns
throughout Arkansas and nine other states, began redeployment from Iraq to the
embarkation port in Kuwait and the long road back to Ft. Sill, OK where they
will undergo orientation and be demobilized. (06 March)
2005
The leading party of the 39th Brigade Combat Team, composed of 250 members of
the 153rd Infantry began arriving the Rhinehart Physical Fitness Center, Ft.
Sill, OK from the nearby Lawton Airport for their first staging of
demobilization. (08 March)
2005
The 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment returns from Operation IRAQI
FREEDOM-II, completing the return of the 1st Brigade. (14 March)
2005
At approximately 2148 hours (local), personnel from the 39th Brigade Combat
Team consisting of the trail party and a security element of the 2nd Battalion,
162nd Infantry, Oregon National Guard left Baghdad, Iraq, thus completing the
39th Brigade Combat Team's Mission during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. (15
March)
2005
More than half of the 1st Cavalry Division had returned from their overseas
deployment when 300 newly arrived soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry
Regiment, joined by 18 of the unit who were injured in Iraq and sent home
early, marched across Cooper Field, adjacent to the Headquarters of the 1st
Cavalry Division. (16 March)
2005
The remaining 200 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment and the
2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment arrived home to Ft. Hood shortly after
1000 hours and were well received at Cooper Field. (23 March)
2005
Thirteen buses, loaded with nearly seven hundred citizen-soldiers of the 2nd
Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon Army National Guard from 10 armories located
along the coast and the Interstate-5 Corridor, departed Ft. Lewis, WA. As the
busses crossed the Oregon-Washington border, they were joined by an Oregon
State Police escort. (25 March)
2005
More than 100 members of "A" Company, 28th Signal Battalion (PAARNG), formally
assigned to the 39th Infantry Brigade, arrived home in the afternoon. The 115
soldiers stepped off the flight of the American Airlines 757 and were met by a
color guard and salutes from local veterans before assembling in formation
inside the 911th Air Force Reserve Base's Hangar 418 amid deafening cheers
from the crowd. (28 March)
2005
The 70th and last aircraft from Kuwait arrived at Robert Gray Airfield. It
carried 182 soldiers of the trail party, from nearly every unit of the 1st
Cavalry Division, who had remained in Kuwait to ensure that all attached
National Guard and Reserve units and their equipment had redeployed to the
States. (02 April)
2005
President Bush visited the troops of the 1st Cavalry and 4th Infantry Divisions
and spoke about the progress on the war on terror, thanking and praising them
for their for their service in Iraq and their accomplishments over the past
two years. (12 April)
2005
Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division celebrated and wrapped up
their homecoming process by officially uncasing their unit colors. (14
April)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the Engineering
Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division was inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (24 May)
2005
The 1st Cavalry Division marked its official return from Operation IRAQI
FREEDOM-II in Iraq by uncasing the Division colors in a ceremony held on
Cooper Field Parade Grounds. (25 May)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 5th (Red Team)
Brigade Combat Team Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division was inactivated at Ft. Hood,
TX. (26 May)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, 515th Support
Battalion (FWD) (Prov), 1st Cavalry Division was inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX.
(26 May)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the Combat Aviation
Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division was inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (26 May)
2005
The first unit of the Modular Forces, the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, was
activated at Ft. Hood, TX. and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (26
May)
2005
The 1st Cavalry Division held the final welcoming home ceremony for the
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle platoon of the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion
who had been deployed in Iraq for the last 12 months on a special detached
mission. (08 June)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the Division
Artillery Command, 1st Cavalry Division, known as the "Red Team", was
inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (30 June)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 27th Support
Battalion (MAIN), DisCom Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was inactivated at
Ft. Hood, TX. (06 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 2nd Battalion,
12th Cavalry, 2nd (BlackJack) Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was
inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (08 July)
2005
The second unit of the Modular Forces, the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment
was activated at Ft. Hood, TX. and assigned to the 2nd (BlackJack) Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. (08 July)
2005
"D" Trp, 9th Cavalry Regiment redesignated as "B" Trp, 4th Squadron, 9th
Cavalry Regiment and assigned to the 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team. (08 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 91st Engineer
Battalion, 2nd (BlackJack) Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was
inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (08 July)
2005
The third unit of the Modular Forces, the Special Troops Battalion (STB), 1st
Cavalry Division was activated at Ft. Hood, TX. and assigned to the 2nd
(BlackJack) Brigade Combat Team. (08 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 20th Engineer
Battalion, 1st (IronHorse) Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was
inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (12 July)
2005
The fourth unit of the Modular Forces, the Special Troops Battalion (STB), 1st
Cavalry Division was activated at Ft. Hood, TX. and assigned to the 1st
(IronHorse) Brigade Combat Team. (12 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 1st Battalion,
12th Cavalry, 1st (IronHorse) Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was
inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (12 July)
2005
The fifth unit of the Modular Forces, the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment,
was activated at Ft. Hood, TX. and assigned to the 1st (IronHorse) Brigade
Combat Team. (12 July)
2005
"C" Trp, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team inactivated at Ft.
Hood, TX. (12 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 1st Battalion,
9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (GreyWolf) Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
was inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (14 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 1st Squadron, 7th
Cavalry Regiment, was inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (14 July)
2005
The sixth unit of the Modular Forces, the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment,
was activated at Ft. Hood, TX. and assigned to the 3rd (GreyWolf) Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. (14 July)
2005
"F" Trp, 9th Cavalry Regiment redesignated as "B" Trp, 6th Squadron, 9th
Cavalry Regiment and assigned to the 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team. (14 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 2nd Battalion,
7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd (GreyWolf) Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
was inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (14 July)
2005
The seventh unit of the Modular Forces, the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 3rd
(GreyWolf) Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was activated at Ft.
Hood, TX. (14 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 8th Engineer
Battalion, 3rd (GreyWolf) Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was
inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (14 July)
2005
The eighth unit of the Modular Forces, the Special Troops Battalion (STB),
1st Cavalry Division was activated at Ft. Hood, TX. and assigned to the 3rd
(GreyWolf) Brigade Combat Team. (14 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the DisCom Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division was inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (15 July)
2005
The ninth unit of the Modular Forces, the 15th Support Brigade (SB), was
activated at Ft. Hood, TX. and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (15
July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 13th Signal
Battalion, Separate BNs/COs Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was inactivated
at Ft. Hood, TX. (15 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 312th Mltry
Intelligence Battalion, Separate BNs/COs Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was
inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (15 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 545th Mltry
Police Company, Separate BNs/COs Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was
inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (15 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 68th Chemical
Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division was
inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (15 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the DisCom
(WagonMasters) Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was inactivated at Ft. Hood,
TX. (15 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 4th Battalion,
5th Air Defense, Separate BNs/COs Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division was Xfer'd
to the 31st ADA Bde, Hdqtr'd at Ft Bliss, TX. (15 July)
2005
In preparation for the reorganization to Modular Forces, the 1st Battalion,
21st Field Artillery, 5th (Red Team) Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
was Xfer'd to the 4th ID at Ft Hood, TX. (29 July)
2005
The elements of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade were deployed in support of
humanitarian relief efforts in Pakistan. following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake
that hit on 08 October, killing nearly 20,000 people and injuring an estimated
41,000. (13 October)
2005
The tenth unit of the Modular Forces, the 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), was
activated at Ft. Bliss, TX. and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (18
October)
2005
The eleventh unit of the Modular Forces, the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team was reactivated at Ft. Bliss, TX and
assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (18 October)
2005
The twelfth unit of the Modular Forces, the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team was reactivated at Ft. Bliss, TX and
assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (18 October)
2005
The thirteenth unit of the Modular Forces, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team was reactivated at Ft. Bliss, TX and
assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (18 October)
2005
The fourteenth unit of the Modular Forces, the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field
Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team was activated at Ft. Bliss, TX
and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (18 October)
2005
The fifteenth unit of the Modular Forces, the 27th Support Battalion (BSB),
4th Brigade Combat Team was reactivated at Ft. Bliss, TX and assigned to the
1st Cavalry Division. (18 October)
2005
The sixteenth unit of the Modular Forces, the Special Troops Battalion (STB),
4th Brigade Combat Team was activated at Ft. Bliss, TX and assigned to the 1st
Cavalry Division. (18 October)
2005
The first units of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade and
the 15th Support Brigade, consisting of approximately 2,000 troops, received
deployment orders for Iraq next year. As a preliminary timeline, the
deployment will begin in late summer, 2006 and the rest of the Division
following by the end of the year. (15 December)
2006
The seventeenth unit of the Modular Forces, the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation
Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Aviation Brigade Combat Team and its subordinate
operational and support units were activated at Ft. Hood, TX. (10
February)
2006
"D" Battery, the Dragons, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, was activated
and assigned to the 1st Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood TX.
(10 March)
2006
The First Team dedicated a memorial to Operation IRAQI Freedom on the second
anniversary when members of the First Team engaged the enemy in the streets of
Sadr City, Iraq, 11 days before the Cavalry officially took over control of
Baghdad. (04 April)
2006
The 2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Aviation Brigade,
1st Cavalry Division returned from a two month deployment to Pakistan. The
deployment was the unit's second to the country, which was damaged by a
7.6-magnitude earthquake on 08 October, 2005. (12 April)
2006
The eighteenth unit of the Modular Forces, the 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation
Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Aviation Brigade Combat Team and its subordinate
operational and support units were activated at Ft. Hood, TX. (27 April)
2006
The 1st Cavalry Division along with their Special Troops Battalion (STB), the
2nd and 3rd Brigade Combat Teams (BCT) received orders to return to Iraq. (20
June)
2006
In anticipation of redeployment to Iraq, the 15th Support Brigade (SB) and
their Special Troops Battalion (STB) cased their colors at Ft. Hood, TX. (07
July)
2006
The advanced party of the 1st Cavalry Division begin their redeployment
operations for Operation IRAQI Freedom IV by saying their good-byes to loved
ones at Ft. Hood, TX before leaving Central Texas on a chartered flight to
Kuwait. (29 July)
2006
The 2nd Combat Brigade Team, "BlackJack", moved and uncased their colors on
BlackJack Field in the remote base of Camp Buehring, Kuwait, marking the
beginning of the Division's Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV in Iraq. (27
October)
2006
The colors of the 1st Cavalry Division were uncased during a 45 minute
ceremony that took place at Camp Liberty, Iraq, marking the Transfer Of
Authority of the Baghdad area from the 4th Infantry Division to the First-Team
operating as the Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (15 November)
2007
The first echelon of the Special Troops Battalion, "Broncos", 15th Sustainment
Brigade began withdraw of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and redeployment of
their units to Ft. Hood, TX. (14 September)
2007
The first echelon of the Special Troops Battalion, "Wagonmasters", 15th
Sustainment Brigade began withdraw of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and
redeployment of their units to Ft. Hood, TX. (03 October)
2007
The Department of Defense announced that the 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division would deploy in the summer of 2008 to support Operation Iraqi
Freedom. Prior to its deployment, the brigade will be re-designated as 4th
Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. (19 October)
2007
The first echelon of the 3rd Combat Brigade Team, "Gray Wolf", began withdraw
of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and redeployment of their units to Ft. Hood,
TX. (12 November)
2007
The first echelon of the 4th Combat Brigade Team, "Long Knifes", began
withdraw of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and redeployment of their units to
Ft. Hood, TX. (21 November)
2007
The first echelon of the Special Troops Battalion, "Mavericks", 1st Cavalry
Division began withdraw of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and redeployment of
their units to Ft. Hood, TX. (28 November)
2007
The first echelon of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, "Warriors", began withdraw
of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and redeployment of their units to Ft. Hood,
TX. (29 November)
2007
The first echelon of the 2nd Combat Brigade Team, "BlackJack", began withdraw
of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and redeployment of their units to Ft. Hood,
TX. (16 December)
2007
The first echelon of the Special Troops Battalion, "Silver Eagles", 15th
Sustainment Brigade began withdraw of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and
redeployment of their units to Ft. Hood, TX. (15 December)
2007
The 1st Cavalry Division, under the command of Major General Joseph F. Fil
Jr., transferred the authority for the Multi-National Division - Baghdad to
the 4th Infantry Division at Camp liberty, Baghdad, Iraq. (19 December)
2007
The first echelon of the 1st Combat Brigade Team, "Iron Horse", began withdraw
of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and redeployment of their units to Ft. Hood,
TX. (25 December)
2008
The last flight, IronHorse 21 - representing the completion of the withdraw
of the Division from Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV and redeployment of the
last units to Ft. Hood, TX. arrived at 02:45 PM 26 January 2008. (26
January)
2008
In a colorful ceremony on the Cooper Field Parade Grounds, each of the
brigades and subordinate battalions of the 1st Cavalry Division uncased their
colors in a time-honored tradition symbolizing the return of the entire
Division from Operation IRAQI FREEDOM IV to their home in central Texas. (01
February)
2008
The first of the Division's equipment from Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-IV,
eight of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the 2nd Battalion, 227th
Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, were unloaded from cargo ships
near Beaumont, Texas and reassembled for a return flight to Fort Hood, TX.
(08 February)
2008
The 15th (Wagonmaster) Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division was
transferred and Reassigned to the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) at
Ft. Hood, TX (15 February)
2008
The 4th Brigade (LongKnive) Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division stationed at Ft.
Bliss, TX was reflagged and designated as the 4th Brigade (HighLander) Combat
Team, 1st Armored Division at a ceremony at Noel Field. (04 March)
2008
The 4th Brigade (Cobras) Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division stationed at Ft.
Hood, TX was reflagged and designated as the 4th Brigade (LongKnive) Combat
Team, 1st Cavalry Division at a ceremony at Cooper Field. (07 March)
2008
"D" Troop, 1st Bn, 82 FA (Daggers), Provisional cased their colors and was
inactivated and disbanded at Ft. Hood, TX (15 April)
2008
The 15th Personnel Services Battalion cased their colors and was inactivated
at Ft. Hood, TX (15 April)
2008
The 1st Cavalry Division rededicated the Iraqi Freedom Memorial, adding the
names of 493 members to the original 168 names of soldiers engraved in the
black stone who gave their lives during the deployments. (16 May)
2008
The Department of Defense announced the deployment of over 6,000 Army and
National Guard Troops in Texas for duty in the Middle East. The 3rd Brigade,
1st Cavalry Division was named among 25,000 designated to replace units in
Iraq that are scheduled to return by the end of the year.(19 May)
2008
The 4th (Longknives) Combat Brigade began an initial step of their anticipated
deployment for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - VI by casing their colors in a
ceremony at Cooper Field Parade Grounds. (04 June) 2008
The advance
staging party of the 4th Combat "Long Knife" Brigade, composed of
approximately 300 Soldiers, arrived at a windy and gusty Camp Buehring,
Kuwait - the first staging area of their overseas deployment for Operation
IRAQI FREEDOM - VI. (08 June)
2008
The advance staging party of the 4th Combat "Long Knife" Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division arrived at Tallil Airbase, Iraq to begin their 15-month deployment in
support of Operation Iraq - VI (Rotation 08-10). (23 June)
2008
The 4th Combat "Long Knife" Brigade Combat Team conducted a Transfer Of
Authority ceremony at Addler's Memorial Hall, Contingency Operating Base
located at Addler, Iraq relieving the command of the 1st Brigade Combat
Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division. (14 July)
2008
The Department of Defense announced that the Headquarters group of the 1st
Cavalry Division, consisting of over 1,100 soldiers of specialized skill
levels, will deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom -VI in early 2009.
(30 September)
2008
In anticipation of redeployment to Iraq, the 1st Cavalry Division cased their
colors in a ceremony on the Cooper Field Parade Grounds, at Ft. Hood, TX. (12
December)
2008
The first deployment flights of the 2nd stage of the "Main Body" of the 1st
Cavalry Division's soldiers, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, left for Operation
IRAQI FREEDOM - VI. (12 December)
2009
In continuing stages of deployment, flights of the "Main Body" of the 1st
Cavalry Division's soldiers, the 2nd "Black Jack", Brigade Combat Team, left
for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - VI. (03 January)
2009
The initial elements of the 3rd stage of "Main Body" of the 1st Cavalry
Division's deployment, the 2nd "Black Jack", Brigade Combat Team, arrived in
Camp Buehring, Kuwait, signaling the completion of its deployment to the
Central Command Theater of operations. (07 January)
2009
As a hard wind blew through Baghdad, the 1st Cavalry Division took over
responsibility for the Multi-National Division-Baghdad operational environment
from the 4th Infantry Division during a Transfer Of Authority (TOA) ceremony
held at Camp Liberty, Iraq. (10 February)
2009
The 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division uncased their
colors, signifying their presence "in theater", and hosted an official mission
assumption ceremony at Joint Security Station War Eagle, Iraq. (21 March)
2009
The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade held their color casing ceremony as a closing
event of their final preparations for their upcoming deployment in support of
OPERATION Iraq Freedom - IV. (25 March)
2009
The 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, signifying the final step of their preparations
to leave for Iraq, held a deployment ceremony at Fort Hood, TX. (20 April)
2009
The "Torch Party" of almost 30 from the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery,
4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, celebrated their returned from
Iraq with a crowd of cheering family members, fellow Soldiers and other guests
at Cameron Field. (04 May)
2009
The lead party of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade arrived at the airfield of Camp
Taji, making the journey from Camp Buehring, Kuwait where they spent the last
several weeks undergoing final aircraft training. (18 May)
2009
The distinctive yellow and red colors were uncased in a Transfer Of Authority
Ceremony at Camp Taji, Iraq marking the Transfer Of Authority Air Cavalry
Brigade 4th ID to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. (02
June)
2009
The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, cased its colors in a
ceremony at COB Addler, Iraq that transferred responsibility for coalition
operations in southern Iraq to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored
Division. (05 June)
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