Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 December 2014
1st Cavalry Division Band
- Constituted 3 March 1855 in the Regular Army as the Band, 2d Cavalry
- Organized in December 1856 at Camp Verde, Texas
- Redesignated 3 August 1861 as the Band, 5th Cavalry
- Disbanded in December 1866 at Camp Sedgwick, Washington, D.C.
- Reconstituted in 1869 in the Regular Army as the Band, 5th Cavalry, and organized at Camp Sedgwick, Washington, D.C.
- (5th Cavalry assigned in December 1917 to the 15th Cavalry Division; relieved in May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division; assigned 18 December 1922 to the 1st Cavalry Division; Regiment dismounted 28 February 1943 and reorganized 4 December 1943 partly under cavalry and partly under infantry tables of organization and equipment)
- Reorganized and redesignated 3 June 1945 as the 1st Cavalry Division Band
- Consolidated 1 September 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division Trains, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters and Band, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1968 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command
- Band element withdrawn 5 May 1971 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command, and consolidated with the 15th Adjutant General Company; consolidated unit designated as the 15th Adjutant General Company
- Band element withdrawn 1 September 1985 from the 15th Adjutant General Company and redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division Band
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Civil War
- Bull Run
- Peninsula
- Antietam
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Wilderness
- Spotsylvania
- Cold Harbor
- Petersburg
- Shenandoah
- Appomattox
- Virginia 1861
- Virginia 1862
- Virginia 1863
- Virginia 1864
- Maryland 1863
- Indian Wars
- Apaches
- Little Big Horn
- Bannocks
- Cheyennes
- Utes
- Texas 1856
- Texas 1860
- Oklahoma 1858
- Oklahoma 1859
- Arizona 1872
- Arizona 1874
- Mexican Expedition
- Mexico 1916-1917
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Bismarck Archipelago
- (with arrowhead)
- Leyte (with arrowhead)
- Luzon
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Vietnam:
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Southwest Asia:
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism:
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LOS NEGROS ISLAND
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1991-1992
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered WAEGWAN-TAEGU
- Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART. PH.D.
Center of Military History
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