Troop F
9th Cavalry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 July 2003
Troop F
9th Cavalry Lineage
Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as Company F, 9th Cavalry
Organized during September and October 1866 in Louisiana
(Cavalry companies officially designated as troops in 1883)
(9th Cavalry assigned 1 March 1933 to the 3d Cavalry Division; relieved 10 October 1940 from assignment to the 3d Cavalry Division and assigned to the 2d Cavalry Division)
Inactivated 7 March 1944 in North Africa
Disbanded 20 October 1950
Reconstituted 1 December 1957 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Cavalry
Redesignated 30 June 1971 as Troop F, 9th Cavalry, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, and activated in Vietnam
Inactivated 26 February 1973 in Vietnam and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Assigned 20 April 1999 to the 1st Cavalry Division
Activated 17 April 2003 at Fort Hood, Texas
Troop F
9th Cavalry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Indian Wars: Comanches; Pine Ridge; New Mexico 1876; New Mexico 1878; New Mexico 1880; New Mexico 1881
Philippine Insurrection: Silver Band without campaign inscription
World War II (European-African-Middle Eastern Theater): Silver Band without campaign inscription
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BINH LONG PROVINCE
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971-1972