Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011
153d CAVALRY REGIMENT
Parent unit organized 1884-1892 in the Florida State Troops from new and existing companies as the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Battalions of Infantry with Headquarters at Jacksonville, Ocala, Pensacola, Gainesville, and Arcadia, respectively
Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and mustered into Federal service 20-25 May 1898 at Tampa as the 1st Florida Volunteer Infantry; eight companies mustered out 3 December 1898 at Tampa and four companies mustered out 27 January 1899 at Huntsville, Alabama
Expanded and reorganized 17-18 August 1899 in the Florida State Troops as the 1st and 2d Regiments of Infantry
(Florida State Troops redesignated in 1909 as the Florida National Guard)
2d Regiment of Infantry mustered into Federal service in June 1916; mustered out of Federal service in March 1917
1st and 2d Regiments of Infantry drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917 at Jacksonville and Wauchula, respectively
Consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 124th Infantry and assigned to the 31st Division
Demobilized 14 January 1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Reconstituted and reorganized 1920-1921 in the Florida National Guard as the 1st Infantry; Headquarters Federally recognized 4 June 1921 at Jacksonville
Redesignated 19 December 1921 as the 154th Infantry and assigned to the 39th Division
Redesignated 1 July 1923 as the 124th Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 39th Division and assigned to the 31st Division
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at home stations
Relieved 15 December 1941 from assignment to the 31st Division
Inactivated 2 March 1944 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Assigned 5 April 1944 to the 31st Infantry Division and activated in Australia with personnel from the 154th Infantry (constituted and activated in 1942 in the Army of the United States)
Inactivated 16 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
Reorganized and Federally recognized 15 February 1946 in the Florida National Guard as the 124th Infantry with Headquarters at Jacksonville
Relieved 13 June 1946 from assignment to the 31st Infantry Division
Assigned 5 July 1946 to the 48th Infantry Division
Regiment broken up 1 November 1955 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and 1st Battalion as the 124th Armored Infantry Battalion and assigned to the 48th Armored Division
3d Battalion as the 154th Armored Infantry Battalion and assigned to the 48th Armored Division
(Remainder of regiment – hereafter separate lineages)
124th and 154th Armored Infantry Battalions consolidated 15 April 1959 to form the 124th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st and 2d Armored Rifle Battalions, elements of the 48th Armored Division
Reorganized 15 February 1963 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 53d Separate Infantry Brigade
Reorganized 1 March 1964 to consist of the 1st Battalion and the 2d Battalion, an element of the 53d Infantry Brigade
Reorganized 20 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 53d Infantry Brigade
Withdrawn 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters at Miami
1st–3d Battalions ordered into active Federal service 2 January-16 January 2003 at home stations; released from active Federal service 11 April-21 May 2004 and reverted to state control
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 124th Infantry Regiment
3d Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, converted, reorganized, and redesignated
1 September 2007 as the 153d Cavalry Regiment, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Squadron, an element of the 53d Infantry Brigade Combat Team (remainder of regiment-- hereafter separate lineage)
Ordered into active Federal service 2 January 2010 at home stations; released from active Federal service 5 February 2011 and reverted to state control
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
New Guinea (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History