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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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