1st Squadron
33d Cavalry Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 March 2010
1st Squadron
33d Cavalry Regiment Lineage
Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Company A, 3d Armored Regiment, an element of the 3d Armored Division
Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Company A, 33d Armored Regiment
Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany
Redesignated 7 July 1947 as Company D, 33d Tank Battalion
Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 30 July 1948 as Company D, 33d Medium Tank Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1955 as Company D, 33d Tank Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 33d Armor, and remained assigned to the 3d Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 33d Armor
Inactivated 16 February 1987 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division
Activated 16 April 1987 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Assigned 15 August 1988 to the 9th Infantry Division
Inactivated 28 September 1990 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
Assigned 16 February 1991 to the 199th Infantry Brigade and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
Relieved 16 July 1992 from assignment to the 199th Infantry Brigade
Inactivated 14 January 1994 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Assigned 16 April 1995 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 15 May 2002 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
Redesignated 28 June 2005 as the 1st Squadron, 33d Cavalry (organic elements concurrently redesignated as troops)
Assigned 16 September 2005 to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Squadron, 33d Cavalry Regiment
1st Squadron
33d Cavalry Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: *Normandy (with arrowhead); *Northern France; *Rhineland; *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe
War on Terrorism: (campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HASTENRATH-SCHERPENSEEL
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2005-2006
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2007-2008
*Army Superior Unit Award for 1999-2000
*French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II for MONS
*Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 1944
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium 1945
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action on the Meuse River