108th Cavalry Regiment

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108th Cavalry Regiment
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coat of arms
Active10 November 1923 to present
CountryUnited States
Branch United States Army
Type Cavalry
Role Reconnaissance and surveillance
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)Roughriders {1st Squadron}
Geronimo {2nd Squadron}
Renegades {3rd Squadron}
Patron Saint George
Motto(s)"Come What Will"
ColorsYellow
DecorationsNone
Battle honours Civil War {CSA}
Indian Wars
1916 Mexican Expedition
World War I
World War II
Iraqi Campaign (OIF III, OIF IX, Operation New Dawn) OIR 2021
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia 108th Cavalry Regiment DUI.svg

The 108th Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the Georgia and Louisiana Army National Guards of the United States Army.

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Lineage

An M60A3 main battle tank (foreground) and an M113A1 armored personnel carrier (left background) from the 108th Armored Regiment, Georgia National Guard, move out to attack opposing forces. The training Exercise COMPANY TEAM DEFENSE 1983 is being conducted in preparation for annual training to be held at Fort Irwin, California. M60A3 (foreground) and M113A1 (left background), 108th Armored Regiment, Georgia National Guard.jpg
An M60A3 main battle tank (foreground) and an M113A1 armored personnel carrier (left background) from the 108th Armored Regiment, Georgia National Guard, move out to attack opposing forces. The training Exercise COMPANY TEAM DEFENSE 1983 is being conducted in preparation for annual training to be held at Fort Irwin, California.

The 108th Cavalry Regiment was constituted in the National Guard on 1 June 1921, allotted to the states of Georgia and Louisiana, and assigned to the 22nd Cavalry Division. It was organized from new and existing units. The 1st Squadron was organized on 6 March 1922 at Atlanta, Georgia, the 2nd Squadron was organized on 21 June 1922 at Jennings, Louisiana. The regimental headquarters was organized on 10 November 1923 and federally recognized at New Orleans, Louisiana. The regiment was relieved from the 22nd Cavalry Division on 19 February 1927 and assigned to the 23rd Cavalry Division. The regiment was reorganized on 15 March 1929 as a three-squadron regiment, with a new 3rd Squadron organized at New Orleans. The Headquarters was withdrawn from the state of Louisiana on 29 June 1936, allotted to the state of Georgia, and organized at Hinesville, Georgia. The regiment, less the Georgia elements, was called up to perform relief and guard duties associated with the flooding of the Mississippi River from 26 April to 19 June 1927. It conducted summer training most years at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, from 1921 to 1939, and at Camp McClellan, Alabama, in 1924, 1926–28, and 1933. The designated mobilization training station was Fort Oglethorpe. The 108th Cavalry Regiment was relieved from the 23rd Cavalry Division on 1 October 1940 and disbanded. Regimental elements used to form the 101st and 105th Separate Battalions, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).

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106th Field Signal Battalion, Major C.W. Saso, commanding, Camp Wheeler, Ga., 9 February 1918

2nd Squadron Reconnaissance Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA), 108th Cavalry Regiment (LA ARNG) was mobilized on 5 January 2010 for deployment as part of the 256th IBCT.

Coat of arms

The 108th Cavalry Regiment has its own coat of arms approved by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry on 3 July 1934, composed of the following:

Campaign streamers

Present day

The 3rd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment was inactivated in a ceremony on 5 March 2016 at the Atlanta Readiness Center, with personnel being used to form the 3d Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th BCT. [1]

Commanders

2–108th Cavalry Squadron Commanders

See also

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References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates public domain material from 108th Cavalry Regiment. United States Army Institute of Heraldry.

  1. "3-108th cavalry conducts deactivation ceremony - Flat". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2019.