2d Squadron
16th Cavalry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 June 1993
2d Squadron
16th Cavalry Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troop B, 16th Cavalry
Organized 14 July 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Inactivated 12 November 1921 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Redesignated 15 June 1942 as Troop B, 16th Cavalry, Mechanized, and activated at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
Reorganized and redesignated 22 December 1943 as Troop B, 16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
Inactivated 10 February 1946 at Camp Hood, Texas
(16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, consolidated 2 July 1955 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group [active], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group)
Former Troop B, 16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, withdrawn 24 June 1958 from Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Reconnaissance Squadron, 16th Cavalry, and activated in Italy (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Inactivated 25 June 1959 in Italy
Redesignated 21 January 1964 as the 2d Battalion, 16th Armor, and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division
Activated 3 February 1964 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Inactivated 21 May 1965 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division
Redesignated 2 September 1969 as the 2d Squadron, 16th Cavalry
Headquarters transferred 8 December 1992 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
2d Squadron
16th Cavalry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: * Rhineland; * Central Europe
Decorations
None