Portal:US Army Lineage and Honors/US 6th Cavalry Regiment

=Lineage=

Regiment

 * US 3rd Cavalry Regiment redesignated 3 August 1861 as the 6th Cavalry


 * Assigned 15 August 1927 to the US 3rd Cavalry Division


 * Relieved 1 December 1939 from assignment to the 3d Cavalry Division


 * Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1942 as the 6th Cavalry, Mechanized


 * Regiment broken up 1 January 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:


 * Headquarters and Headquarters Troop as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Cavalry Group, Mechanized


 * 1st and 2d Squadrons as the 6th and 28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons, Mechanized, respectively


 * After 1 January 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:


 * Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Constabulary Regiment
 * Redesignated 2 February 1948 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Troop, 6th Constabulary Regiment


 * 6th and 28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons, Mechanized, converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as the 6th and 28th Constabulary Squadrons, respectively


 * Above units converted and redesignated 20 December 1948 as the 6th Armored Cavalry (Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Troop, 6th Constabulary Regiment, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Armored Cavalry; 6th and 28th Constabulary Squadrons as the 1st and 2d Battalions, 6th Armored Cavalry, respectively)


 * (Battalions and companies redesignated 24 June 1960 as squadrons and troops, respectively)


 * Regiment inactivated 24 October 1963 at Fort Knox, Kentucky


 * Activated 23 March 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland


 * Inactivated (less 1st Squadron) 31 March 1971 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
 * (1st Squadron inactivated 21 June 1973 at Fort Bliss, Texas)


 * Reorganized and redesignated 22 June 1973 as the 6th Cavalry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System


 * Withdrawn 16 July 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

1st Squadron, US 6th Cavalry Regiment

 * Company A, US 3rd Cavalry Redesignated 3 August 1861 as Company A, 6th Cavalry


 * (6th Cavalry assigned 15 August 1927 to the 3d Cavalry Division


 * Consolidated 14 October 1929 with Troop D, 6th Cavalry (organized in 1861) and consolidated unit designated as Troop A, 6th Cavalry


 * (6th Cavalry relieved 1 December 1939 from assignment to the 3d Cavalry Division)


 * Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1942 as Troop A, 6th Cavalry, Mechanized


 * Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1944 as Troop A, 6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized


 * Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop A, 6th Constabulary Squadron


 * Converted and redesignated 20 December 1948 as Company A, 6th Armored Cavalry (Former Troop D, 6th Cavalry, concurrently withdrawn from Company A, 6th Armored Cavalry - hereafter separate lineage)


 * Reorganized and redesignated 24 June 1960 as Troop A, 6th Armored Cavalry


 * Inactivated 24 October 1963 at Fort Knox, Kentucky


 * Activated 23 March 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland


 * Inactivated 21 June 1973 at Fort Bliss, Texas


 * Redesignated 22 June 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)


 * Relieved 21 February 1975 from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division


 * Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Hood, Texas


 * Activated 16 July 1996 in Korea

2nd Squadron, US 6th Cavalry

 * Company B, 3rd Cavalry Redesignated 3 August 1861 as Company B, 6th Cavalry


 * Organized 16 August 1861 at Camp Scott, Pennsylvania


 * (Cavalry companies officially redesignated as troops in 1883)


 * (6th Cavalry assigned 15 August 1927 to the 3d Cavalry Division; relieved 1 December 1939 from assignment to the 3d Cavalry Division)


 * Reorganized and redesignated 21 July 1942 as Troop E, 6th Cavalry, Mechanized


 * Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1944 as Troop F, 6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized


 * Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop E, 6th Constabulary Squadron


 * Converted and redesignated 20 December 1948 as Company B, 6th Armored Cavalry


 * Reorganized and redesignated 24 June 1960 as Troop B, 6th Armored Cavalry


 * Inactivated 24 October 1963 at Fort Knox, Kentucky


 * Activated 23 March 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland


 * Inactivated 21 June 1973 at Fort Bliss, Texas


 * Redesignated 1 July 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 6th Cavalry, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)


 * Inactivated 30 May 1986 at Fort Knox, Kentucky


 * Activated 16 July 1986 at Fort Hood, Texas

=6th Cavalry Honors=

Regiment
Civil War: Peninsula; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Shenandoah; Appomattox; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863; Virginia 1864; Virginia 1865; Maryland 1863

Indian Wars: Comanches; Apaches; Pine Ridge; Oklahoma 1874; Texas 1874; Arizona 1876; Arizona 1881; Arizona 1882; New Mexico 1882; Colorado 1884

War with Spain: Santiago

China Relief Expedition: Streamer without inscription

Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription

Mexican Expedition: Mexico 1916-1917

World War I: Streamer without inscription

World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Army of Occupation: Germany, Japan

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Troop G

 * Indian Wars: Texas 1867


 * War with Spain: Puerto Rico

Troop K

 * Indian Wars: Arizona 1877

Company M

 * China Relief Expedition: Peking

Decorations

 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HARLANGE POCKET


 * Valorous Unit Award for KUWAIT


 * Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997