Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 July 2015
2d Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment
- Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as Troop B, 14th Cavalry
- Organized 7 March 1901 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
- (14th Cavalry assigned 15 August 1927 to the 2d Cavalry Division)
- Inactivated 15 July 1942 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Cavalry Division
- Disbanded 26 October 1944
- Reconstituted 20 December 1948 as Company B, 14th Armored Cavalry, and activated in Germany
- Redesignated 15 May 1960 as Troop B, 14th Armored Cavalry
- Inactivated 17 May 1972 in Germany
- Redesignated 16 September 2000 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 14th Cavalry
- Assigned 16 May 2002 to the 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington (organic elements currently constituted and activated)
- Relieved 27 July 2005 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment
- Inactivated 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 December 2006 to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Campaign Participation Credit
- Philippine Insurrection
- Mindanao
- Jolo
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Leyte
- Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN BRIDGE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE JAN-FEB 2005
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE MAY-SEP 2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History