{{Use American English|date=November 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 14th Cavalry Regiment | image = 14CavRegtCOA.jpg | caption = Coat of arms | dates = 1901 – 1972<br/>2000 – Present | country = [[United States of America]] | allegiance = | branch = [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]] | type = Stryker-mounted cavalry | size = | command_structure = | garrison = | nickname = | motto = ''Suivez Moi'' (Follow Me) | colors = | march = | mascot = | battles = [[Philippine–American War]]<br>[[World War II]]<br>[[Iraq War|Iraq Campaign]]<br>[[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Afghanistan Campaign]] | anniversaries = | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = [[File:14CavRegtDUI.jpg|100px]] | identification_symbol_label = [[Distinctive unit insignia|Regimental distinctive insignia]] | identification_symbol_2 = | identification_symbol_2_label = | specialization = Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition | current_commander = | ceremonial_chief = }} {{Military unit sidebar | title = U.S. Cavalry Regiments | previous =[[13th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|13th Cavalry Regiment]] | next =[[15th Cavalry Regiment (United States)|15th Cavalry Regiment]] }} The '''14th Cavalry Regiment''' is a [[cavalry]] regiment of the [[United States Army]]. It has two squadrons that provide [[RSTA|reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition]] for [[Stryker]] [[brigade combat team]]s. Constituted in 1901, it has served in conflicts from the [[Philippine–American War]] to the [[Iraq War|Operation Iraqi Freedom]] and [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] in Afghanistan.
==History== The 14th Cavalry was constituted 2 February 1901, by War Department [[General order|General Order]] Number 14. The unit was organized at [[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]], 5 March 1901.<ref>Daily, Edward L., ''We remember: U.S. Cavalry Association'', (1996) Turner Publishing Company, p. 54.</ref>
===Philippines campaign=== The 14th was stationed in the [[Philippines]] from 1903 to 1906 during the insurgency campaigns. Upon successful completion of that campaign in 1906, the regiment then returned home to the United States and took up garrisons in the Pacific Northwest, where it assumed peacetime duties. The regiment was re-deployed to the Philippines in 1909, although this time it was only engaged in garrison duties and training.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Eagan|first1=Richard C.|last2=Bratz|first2=Gordon T.|date=2018|title=The 14th Cavalry Regiment|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26920989|journal=On Point|volume=24|issue=1|pages=26–30|jstor=26920989|issn=2577-1337}}</ref>
===Mexican campaign=== In 1912, the regiment was called for service in the Mexican campaign. On the night of 5–6 May 1916, a detachment of nine troopers guarding [[Glenn Springs, Texas]] came under attack by a band of about 70 [[Villistas]] in the [[Glenn Springs raid]], and three privates, William Cohen, Stephen J. Coloe, and Lawrence K. Rogers, were killed on American soil.<ref>{{cite news|title=Villistas Kill 6, Wound 2, Kidnap 1, In Raid On Texas Border Towns; Four Cavalry Troops In Pursuit – Nine Troopers Besieged – Fight Band for Hours from a Shack Near Glen Springs – Their Shelter Set Afire – Three Shot Dead as They Are Forced by the Flames to Run for Lives – Burn Factory, Loot Homes – Outlaws Descend on Boquillas for Pillage and Flee Across the Rio Grande|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/05/08/104674213.html?pageNumber=1|accessdate=28 April 2016|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 May 1916|page=1}}</ref> The unit then joined General [[John J. Pershing]]'s expeditionary forces in the [[Pancho Villa Expedition|Mexican Punitive Expedition]] against [[Pancho Villa]] and his forces during the summer of 1916, chasing bandits throughout the Mexican plains. The regiment then returned to [[Texas]], where it began the task of patrolling the border until 1918, when it was called into service in [[Europe]]. The [[Treaty of Versailles]] was signed before the regiment could cross the Atlantic and the regiment resumed its border patrol mission.
===Interwar period===
The 14th Cavalry was stationed at [[Fort Sam Houston]], Texas, as of June 1919. It was transferred on 30 April 1920 to [[Fort Ringgold]], Texas. The regiment, less the 3rd Squadron, was transferred to [[Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School|Fort Des Moines]], [[Iowa]], and arrived there on 19 August 1920, while concurrently, the 3rd Squadron was transferred to [[Camp Dodge, Iowa]], and was inactivated there on 10 September 1921. The 1st Squadron was transferred on 2 September 1921 to [[Fort Sheridan, Illinois|Fort Sheridan]], [[Illinois]]. The regiment was assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division on 15 August 1927. In April 1933, the regiment assumed command and control of the Iowa [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] District, remaining on this duty until mid-1934. The 1st Squadron participated in the [[Century of Progress|“Century of Progress” exhibition]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]], May–November 1933. The entire regiment was assembled for the first time since 1920 at [[Rock Island, Illinois]], in January 1935 for regimental maneuvers and a mounted tactical march. The regiment, less the 1st Squadron, performed flood relief duties along the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] and [[Ohio River]]s during [[Ohio River flood of 1937|January–February 1937]]. The regiment was transferred on 28 May 1940, less the 1st Squadron, to [[Fort Riley]], [[Kansas]], with the 1st Squadron following on 20 October 1940. The regiment maintained habitual summer training relationships with the [[United States Army Reserve|Organized Reserve]] 161st Cavalry Brigade and [[322nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|322nd Cavalry Regiment]] at Fort Des Moines, 1922–40. The 1st Squadron maintained habitual summer training relationships with the regiments of the [[65th Cavalry Division (United States)|65th Cavalry Division]] (317th–320th Cavalry Regiments) at Fort Sheridan. Assigned Reserve officers conducted summer training at Fort Des Moines and Fort Sheridan.<ref>{{cite book|last=Clay|first=Steven E.|date=2010|title=U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 2. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919-41|location=Fort Leavenworth, KS|publisher=Combat Studies Institute Press|pages=625}}{{source-attribution}}</ref>
===World War II===
On 15 July 1942, the regiment was inactivated, with its personnel and equipment being transferred to the newly activated 14th Armored Regiment, [[9th Armored Division (United States)|9th Armored Division]]. On 12 July 1943, the regiment was reactivated as the 14th Cavalry Group at [[Fort Lewis, Washington]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stanton |first=Shelby L.|date=1984|title=Order of Battle, United States Army, World War II|location=Novato|publisher=Presidio Press|page=309}}</ref> On 28 August 1944, the 14th Cavalry Group sailed for Europe, where it landed on [[Omaha Beach]] on 30 September and pressed east. On 18 October, the unit's two squadrons were temporarily detached; the 18th Squadron to the [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Infantry Division]], and the 32nd Squadron to the [[83rd Infantry Division (United States)|83rd Infantry Division]].
====Battle of the Bulge==== The unit regained its autonomy on 12 December 1944 during the latter stages of [[World War II]] and began guarding the [[Losheim Gap]] in [[Belgium]]. On 16 December, the 14th Cavalry Group received the full brunt of the [[Germany|German]] winter counteroffensive in the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. After two days of savage fighting, the unit reassembled at [[Vielsalm]], Belgium and was attached to the [[7th Armored Division (United States)|7th Armored Division]].
On 23 December, the unit secured the southern flank of the perimeter, which allowed friendly troops to withdraw to safety. On 25 December, the unit was reequipped, attached to the [[XVIII Airborne Corps]] and moved back into the Bulge to push back the German Army. After the bloody and brutal fight in the [[Ardennes Forest]], the regiment was assigned to the [[United States Army Central|3rd U.S. Army]], and ended the war near the [[Austria]]n border.
[[File:Men from Kampfgruppe Hansen after a successful ambush on an American convoy of the 14th Cavalry group at Poteau, Belgium 1944. (48870616596).jpg|thumb|SS-Men from Kampfgruppe Hansen ([[1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler|LSSAH]]) after a successful ambush on a convoy of the 14th Cavalry Group on the road between Poteau and [[St. Vith|Recht]] in [[Belgium]] (18 December 1944).]]
===Cold War=== [[File:DSC02751 Gedenkstein.jpg|thumb|Memorial in Hesse]] After World War II, the group was reorganized as the 14th Constabulary Regiment and served as a police unit until 1948, when it was again reorganized as the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment and served until 1972 as such on "Freedoms Frontier" at [[Fulda]], [[Bad Kissingen]] and [[Bad Hersfeld]], Germany, performing reconnaissance and border duties for [[NATO]] until its colors were cased and it was replaced by the [[11th Armored Cavalry Regiment]].
===2000s=== ====Iraq==== [[File:14th Cav COP Rawah.JPG|thumb|left|4th Squadron at Combat Outpost Rawah, [[Iraq]], in January 2006.]] The regiment was reactivated on 15 September 2000 as the U.S. Army's first [[Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (United States)|reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition squadron]] in the [[Stryker]] [[brigade combat team]]. From August 2001 to May 2003 1st Squadron as a part of the Army's first Stryker Brigade Combat Team tested various medium weight combat vehicles eventually certifying the 8 wheeled, 20 ton Stryker vehicle during the first ever US Army unit to complete back-to-back Combat Training Center rotations. After training at the National Training Center in March 2003, 1st Squadron loaded its complete complement of tactical vehicles on Navy LSVs in San Diego and discharged them two days later in Beaumont, Tx. A tactical roadmarch then brought the Squadron to its next rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA. Upon completion the Squadron (and its Brigade) was certified for combat deployment.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
The 1st Squadron deployed to Northern [[Iraq]] in October 2003 initially assuming responsibility for the eastern half the City of Samarra. By January 2004 1st Squadron moved to Ninevah Province and relieved 3rd Brigade, 101st AASLT DIV. It conducted counterinsurgency operations in the western portion of Ninevah province until June when it was moved to Takrit, Iraq as the lead security force for logistical operations running from the Kuwait border through Baghdad and return.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
In August 2004 1st Squadron returned to its parent brigade in Ninevah province this time its area of operations was the western side of the city of Mosul. The mission was assumed by the 2nd Squadron in October 2004 and, in turn, by the 4th Squadron under the [[172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team]] in September 2005 until December 2006. The 1st Squadron returned to Iraq in August 2006 for a 15-month deployment.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
Initially slated to replace 4th Squadron in Rawah, Iraq the Squadron's mission was changed while the relief in place was taking place. 1st Squadron spent the better part of their 15-month deployment controlling the southwest portion of Baghdad. The 2nd Squadron was reflagged as the 2nd Cavalry squadron in June 2006. Upon finally returning from Iraq in December 2006, the 4th Squadron was reflagged as 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry. The 1st Squadron returned from their second tour in Iraq to [[Fort Lewis (Washington)|Fort Lewis]] in September 2007. The newest addition, the 5th Squadron, was activated at [[Schofield Barracks]], [[Hawaii]], on 13 October 2005 and was redesignated as 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry, in December 2006.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
The 2nd Squadron then served in Iraq from December 2007 to March 2009. 1st Squadron deployed to Iraq for its third deployment in June 2009 establishing ground breaking Kurd-Arab-US tripartite operations in a Combined Security Area in Northern Diyala Province, Iraq; The Squadron's unrivaled team-building skills helped to foster trust amongst two ethnic groups and helped prevent a civil war while furthering to shape a free and democratic nation of Iraq. 2nd Squadron again relieved 1st Squadron in this mission from June 2010 to June 2011 in the Diyala Province.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
====Afghanistan==== From December 2011 to December 2012, TF 1–14 CAV deployed to [[Zabul Province]], [[Afghanistan]], working with the [[Afghan National Army]], [[Afghan National Police]], and local government to conduct wide area security and build the legitimacy of the Afghan government. Bronco Troop was detached working alongside TF 5–20 Infantry in the [[Zhari District]] and later the [[Spin Boldak District]] along the Afghan-[[Pakistan]] border. Apocalypse Troop was also detached to partner with the [[Australian Army]] in [[Uruzgan Province]] to secure the region. HHT, Crazyhorse Troop, and C/52nd Infantry "Hellcats" secured the entirety of Zabul Province with two [[Romanian Army]] battalions and their Afghan partners. Throughout the deployment, the Squadron trained and mentored local forces, placing them in the lead and paving the way for future units.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
====Current status==== * 1st Squadron, inactive, was the [[Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition|Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) Squadron]] of the 1st Brigade Combat Team (formerly 3rd Brigade), [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Infantry Division]] and was stationed at [[Joint Base Lewis-McChord]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. 1-14 CAV was formally inactivated at a ceremony in December of 2024 after the implementation of the Army Structure change (ARSTRUC). * 2nd Squadron, inactivated December 2025 was a Cavalry Squadron of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, [[25th Infantry Division (United States)|25th Infantry Division]] which is an IBCT and is stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. * 4th Squadron, inactive, was under [[172nd Infantry Brigade (United States)|172nd Brigade Combat Team]], a Stryker unit, before being reflagged to 5th Squadron, [[1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)|1st Cavalry]] under 1st Brigade Combat Team, [[25th Infantry Division (United States)|25th Infantry Division]]. * 5th Squadron, inactive, was reflagged to 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment.
====Recent deployments==== 1st Squadron *[[Iraq War|Operation Iraqi Freedom]] (2003–2004) *Operation Iraqi Freedom (2006–2007) *Operation Iraqi Freedom (2009–2010) *[[Operation Enduring Freedom]] (2011–2012) *Department of Defense Support to Customs & Border Protection (2019)
2nd Squadron *Operation Iraqi Freedom (2004–2005) *Operation Iraqi Freedom (2007–2009) *Operation Iraqi Freedom (2010) *Operation New Dawn (2010–2011)
4th Squadron *Operation Iraqi Freedom (2005–2006)
==Campaign streamers== The following streamers, representing the indicated campaigns, are flown from the colors of the 14th Cavalry:
'''Philippine Insurrection''' *Mindanao *Jolo
'''World War II''' *Rhineland *Ardennes-Alsace *Central Europe *Leyte *Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
'''Iraq War''' *Iraqi Governance *Iraqi Surge *Iraqi Sovereignty<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/armor-cav/014cv.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906034127/http://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/armor-cav/014cv.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 September 2015 | title=14th Cavalry Regiment | Lineage and Honors }}</ref>
==Heraldry== According to The Institute of Heraldry, the 14th Cavalry Regiment has been granted the following coat of arms:
<blockquote> "Description/Blazon:
Shield: Or, a bend Azure between a Moro kris paleways point up Sable, and a rattlesnake coiled to strike Proper.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, a dexter arm embowed habited Azure, the hand gloved in a buckskin gauntlet Proper, grasping a staff erect Sable barbed Or, thereon a standard flotant of the last charged with a horseshoe heels upward encircling the Arabic numeral '14' in Black.
Motto: "''Suivez Moi''" (Follow Me).<ref name="tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100305035148/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Search.aspx The Institute of Heraldry Webpage]</ref> </blockquote>
Likewise, soldiers assigned to any squadron of the 14th Cavalry are authorized to wear its Distinctive Unit Insignia:
<blockquote> "Description/Blazon:
A gold color metal and enamel device {{convert|1+1/8|in|cm}} in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Or, a bend Azure between a Moro kris paleways point up Sable, and a rattlesnake coiled to strike Gules. Attached below the shield a blue scroll inscribed 'SUIVEZ MOI' in Gold letters."<ref name="tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil"/> </blockquote>
The regimental coat of arms briefly tells part of the history of the unit. The black [[Kris|Moro Kris]] commemorates more than forty engagements and expeditions in which the 14th participated during the [[Philippine–American War]]. The coiled rattlesnake pays tribute to the patrol accomplishments along the Mexican Border during 1912–1918. The blue bend and gold background represent the traditional cavalry color and the uniform of the horse cavalry soldiers.
==In popular culture== While the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment was inactive it was selected by author [[Harold Coyle]] to form part of the [[X Corps (United States)|U.S. Tenth Army Corps]] in his 1993 [[techno-thriller]] "The Ten Thousand". It was joined by two other inactivated units: the [[55th Infantry Division (United States)|55th Infantry Division]] (as the 55th Mechanized Infantry Division) and the [[4th Armored Division (United States)|4th Armored Division]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Coyle|first=Harold|author-link=Harold Coyle|title=The Ten Thousand|url=https://archive.org/details/tenthousand00coyl|url-access=registration|year=1993|publisher=Pocket Books|isbn=0-671-85292-2}}</ref>
In the video game, Escape from Tarkov, Stryker variants can be found throughout the maps with the marking "3L-1-14CAV'.
==See also== * [[Observation Post Alpha]]
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