Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 January 2015
4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment
(Buffalo Soldiers)
- Constituted 28 July 1866 in the Regular Army as Company D, 10th Cavalry
- Organized 1 June 1867 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
- (Cavalry companies officially designated as troops in 1883)
- Demobilized 1 September 1921 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- Reconstituted 25 June 1958 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Cavalry
- Redesignated 1 September 1963 as Troop D, 10th Cavalry, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Assigned 15 April 1968 to the 194th Armored Brigade
- Inactivated 30 June 1974 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Activated 21 October 1975 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Inactivated 15 September 1990 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 194th Armored Brigade
- Assigned 14 July 1998 to the 3d Infantry Division
- Activated 16 June 2000 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Inactivated 15 March 2004 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 28 June 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment
- Assigned 16 October 2007 to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Campaign Participation Credit
- Indian Wars
- Comanches
- Apaches
- New Mexico 1880
- Texas 1880
- War with Spain
- Santiago
- Philippine Insurrection
- Streamer without inscription
- Mexican Expedition
- Mexico 1916-1917
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater
- Streamer without inscription
- War On Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- New Dawn
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2010-2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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