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Prior to the revisions in the US Army structure in the 1880s, US Cavalry regiments were divided into companies, and the battalion was an administrative designation used only in garrison. The reorganizations converted companies to troops and battalions to squadrons, and made squadrons tactical formations as well as administrative ones.
113th Cavalry Regiment (United States) 115th Armor; 117th Cavalry Regiment (United States) Originally 2nd Squadron of the 102nd Cavalry Regiment when mobilized overseas for WW2. November 30, 1943 the Squadron was reorganized and designated the 117th Cavalry Squadron Reconnaissance (Mecz).
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.
For the first time, the division was the base element of the United States Army and remained as such until the Global War on Terrorism, when the Army switched its emphasis to brigades and brigade combat teams. Since the authorizations of permanent divisions, the United States Army has raised 128 separate divisions with unique lineages.
[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 ...
The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy, (1977) Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars; the United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1973) Richard W. Stewart, ed. (2004). American Military History Vol. 1: The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775–1917.
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Pages in category "Military units and formations established in the 1990s" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .