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Two historic units reflag during ceremony

Jun- 7-2006 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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By Don Kramer, Northwest Guardian

Two respected military units conducted a joint reflagging ceremony at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Gray Army Airfield.

The 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division deactivated to be reflagged as 2nd Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Cav., in turn, joined the 2nd Infantry Division, activating as the Indianhead Division’s 4th Brigade.

In its history that began in 1917, 2nd Inf. Div. has never included a 4th Bde. The former 2nd Cav. Regt. will begin a fresh set of traditions as a brand new Stryker brigade combat team in the Indianhead Division.

The newly constituted 2nd Cav. Regt. will complete a move to Germany this summer. Already rich in history, the 2nd Cav. Regt. is the oldest regiment of any kind serving on continuous active duty in the U.S. Army.

It was organized in 1836 as the 2nd Regiment of Dragoons to fight in the Seminole Campaigns in Florida. It landed on Utah Beach in 1944 and led Patton’s Third Army advance across Europe. The then 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment later patrolled more than 730 kilometers along the Iron Curtain for much of the Cold War. More recently, 2nd Cavalry began the U.S. ground offensive in Desert Storm in 1991, leading the VII Corps advance into southern Iraq, and deployed to Bosnia in 1997. It earned two Presidential Citations for actions in Iraq in 2003-2004, after which it was designated a Stryker brigade and relocated to Fort Lewis from Fort Polk, La.

The article also provides a complete list of units in each brigade (4/2 SBCT & 2nd CR).


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