15th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

15th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=15th Cavalry Regiment


caption=15th Cavalry Regiment coat of arms
country=USA
type=Regiment
branch=Regular Army
dates=From:1901-02-01
To:1921-10-18
From: 1942-03-02
Current
specialization=Cavalry
command_structure=3 Squadrons
size=
current_commander=
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
identification_symbol=
identification_symbol_label=
nickname=
motto=
colors=Golden Yellow
march=
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battles=
notable_commanders=
anniversaries=
Cavalry
previous=14th Cavalry Regiment
next=17th Cavalry Regiment

*15th Cavalry Regiment is one of the Expansion Units originally established for the Spanish American War, but which has been a general workhorse unit ever since.

History

Origins

Lineage

15th Cavalry Regiment

*Constituted 1901-02-01 in the Regular Army as the 15th Cavalry Regiment
*Organized 1901-02-12 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
*Assigned in December 1917 to the 15th Cavalry Division
*Relieved 1918-05-11 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division
*Inactivated 1921-10-18 at Fort D.A. Russell, Wyoming
*Redesignated 1942-03-22 as the 15th Cavalry Regiment, Mechanized, activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and assigned to the Second Army.
*Regiment moved to Camp Maxey, Texas on 1943-01-23, assigned to X Corps, and participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers of 1943-06-18-1943-08-28.
*Regiment relocated to the Desert Training Center on 1943-08-20.
*Regiment Staged at Camp Shanks, New York on 1944-02-14.
*Regiment Deployed from the New York Port of Embarkation on 1944-03-01.
*Regiment arrived in England on 1944-03-07.
*Regiment broken up at Trowbridge, England, on 1944-03-12 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows::Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 15th Cavalry Group, Mechanized;:1st Squadron became 15th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, attached to 15th Cavalry Group (Mech).:2nd Squadron became 17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, attached to 15th Cavalry Group (Mech).

*After 12 March 1944, the above units underwent the following changes:

HHT, 15th Cavalry Group, Mechanized

*Unit arrived in France on 1944-07-05.
*Unit entered Combat on 1944-08-02 near Avranches for the assault on Brest; remained at St. Nazaire and Lorient until relieved by the 66th Infantry Division, and performed screening missions for the Ninth Army until 1945-02-13.
*Unit attached to [XVI Corps] (United States)and crossed over into Holland on 1945-02-16, and entered Germany on 1945-03-03.
*Unit located at Montabaur, Germany on 1945-08-14, which is when the Japanese agreed to Surrender.
*Converted and redesignated 1946-05-01 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 15th Constabulary Regiment
*Reorganized and redesignated 1948-02-02 as Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Troop, 15th Constabulary Regiment
*Inactivated 1948-12-20 in Germany
*Converted and redesignated 1950-10-23 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 15th Armored Cavalry Group
*Activated 1950-11-15 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
*Redesignated 1953-09-25 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 15th Armor Group.
*Inactivated 1955-12-01 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

15th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized (less Troop E)

*Unit arrived in France on 1944-07-05.
*Unit crossed over into Holland on 1945-02-16.
*Unit entered Germany on 1945-03-09.
*Unit was located at Verl, Germany on 1945-08-14, which is the day that Japan agreed to surrender.
*Converted and redesignated 1946-05-01 as the 15th Constabulary Squadron and assigned to the 15th Constabulary Regiment
*Inactivated 1948-12-20 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 15th Constabulary Regiment
*Activated 1949-05-20 in Germany
*Inactivated 1952-12-15 in Germany
*Converted and redesignated 1954-08-13 as the 15th Reconnaissance Battalion

Troop E, 15th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized

*Troop E, 15th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, converted and redesignated 1946-05-01 as the Light Tank Troop, 15th Constabulary Regiment.
*Inactivated 1947-02-28 in Germany
*Disbanded 1953-02-25
*Reconstituted 1954-08-14 in the Regular Army as Troop L, 15th Cavalry Regiment.

17th Cavalry Reconnance Squadron, Mechanized (Less Company F)

*Unit arrived in France on 1944-07-15.
*Unit crossed over into Holland on 1945-10-16.
*Unit entered Germany on 1944-11-23.
*Unit was located at Wiedenburck, Germany on 1945-08-14, which is the day that Japan agreed to surrender.
*17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, inactivated 1947-01-20 in Germany
*Redesignated (less Company F) 1948-09-01 as the 501st Reconnaissance Battalion
*Activated 1948-09-25 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
*Inactivated 1949-01-25 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Company F, 17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized

*Redesignated 1948-09-01 as the 550th Light Tank Company
*Redesignated 1951-03-19 as the 550th Tank Company
*Activated 1951-04-06 at Fort Benning, Georgia
*Inactivated 1958-06-25 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
*Redesignated 1958-10-01 as Troop F, 15th Cavalry Regiment

Consolidation

*HHC, 15th Armor Group; 15th and 501st Reconnaissance Battalions; and Troops F and L, 15th Cavalry Regiment, consolidated, reorganized and redesignated 1957-04-01 to 1959-05-01 as the 15th Cavalry Regiment, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

*Redesignated 1963-07-01 as the 15th Armor Regiment
*Redesignated 1967-07-01 as the 15th Cavalry Regiment
*Troop G, 15th Cavalry Regiment arrived in Vietnam on 1971-12-15. For this security assignment, Troop G was equipped with M-551 Sheridan Assault Vehicles in place of their normal Tracked Vehicles.
*Troop G returned from Vietnam on 1972-02-26.
*Withdrawn 1987-03-25 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System, and transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.

Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

*Philippine Insurrection:
#Mindanao;
#Luzon 1902
*World War I:
#Streamer without inscription
*World War II:
#Normandy;
#Northern France;
#Rhineland;
#Central Europe
*Vietnam:
#Consolidation II (Troop G only).

Decorations

*None

References


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