14th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=14th Cavalry Regiment


caption=14th Cavalry Regiment coat of arms
country=USA
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type=Armored Cavalry Regiment
branch=Regular Army
dates=constituted February 2, 1901
specialization=Cavalry
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motto="Suivez Moi" {Follow Me}
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battles=Philippine Insurrection
World War II
Iraq Campaign
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identification_symbol_label=Distinctive Unit Insignia
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identification_symbol_2_label=Cavalry
previous=13th Cavalry Regiment
next=15th Cavalry Regiment

The 14th Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the United States Army, that provides RSTA squadrons to Stryker brigade combat teams.

History

The regimental crest of the 14th Cavalry Regiment briefly tells part of the history of the unit. The coiled snake pays tribute to the patrol accomplishments along the Mexican Border during 1912-1918. The black Moro Kris commemorates more than forty engagements and expeditions in which the 14th participated during the Philippine Insurrection. The 14th was stationed in the Philippines from 1903-1912. The blue diagonal stripe and yellow background represent the traditional cavalry color and the uniform of the horse cavalry soldiers.

The 14th Cavalry was constituted February 2, 1901 by War Department General Order Number 14. The unit was organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, March 5, 1901.

The unit served in the Second World War as the 14th Armored Regiment of the 9th Armored Division until it was reorganized as the 14th Cavalry Group Mechanized in 1943. This unit served from St. Lo, Paris, Chateau Thierry and Verdun as well as the Ardennes Offensive (The Battle of the Bulge). The regiment then pursued the German Army across the Danube and Isar rivers until it halted on the banks of the Inn river at the Austrian border just prior to VE Day.

After WWII, the group was reorganized as the 14th Constabulary Regiment and served as a police unit until 1948 when it as again reorganized as the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment and served until 1972 as such on “Freedoms Frontier” at Fulda, Bad Kissingen and Bad Hersfeld, Germany, performing reconnaissance and border duties for NATO until replaced by the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Iraq Deployments

The 1st Squadron deployed to Northern Iraq in 2003. The mission was assumed by the 2nd Squadron in October 2004 and, in turn, by the 4th Squadron under the 172nd SBCT in September 2005. The 1st Squadron returned to Iraq in August 2006 and the 4th Squadron's tour was extended an additional 120 days. The 2nd Squadron was reflagged as a 2nd Cavalry squadron in June 2006. Upon finally returning from Iraq in December 2006, the 4th Squadron was reflagged as 5th Squadron 1st Cavalry. The 1st Squadron returned from their second tour to Fort Lewis in September 2007. The newest addition, the 5th Squadron was activated at Schofield Barracks, HI on 13 October 2005 and was redesignated as the 2nd Squadron in December 2006. The 2nd Squadron is currently deployed in Iraq.

Current Status of the Squadrons

*1st Squadron is under 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
*2nd Squadron is under 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
*4th Squadron, inactive, was under 172nd SBCT before being reflagged to 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry under 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
*5th Squadron, inactive, was reflagged to 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry