33rd Armor Regiment

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33rd Armor Regiment
33rd Cavalry Regiment
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Coat of arms
Active1941–45
1947–Present
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Type Light Cavalry
Motto(s)"Men of war"
Engagements World War II
Iraq War
Commanders
CommanderLTC Ruben Otero
Command Sergeant MajorCSM Steven Denzer
Insignia
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The 33rd Armor Regiment was an armored regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1941. In 2005, the 33rd Armor was redesignated 33rd Cavalry Regiment. The 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, a part of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, carries on the lineage of 33rd Armor Regiment.

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Lineage

Crewmen of an M60A3 main battle tank discuss the results of a field training exercise during Central Guardian, a phase of Exercise REFORGER '85 near Bussfeld, Homberg (Ohm), West Germany. Other M60A3 tanks of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 33rd Armor, are in the background. M60A3 main battle tank discuss the results of a field training REFORGER 85 DF-ST-85-13236.JPEG
Crewmen of an M60A3 main battle tank discuss the results of a field training exercise during Central Guardian, a phase of Exercise REFORGER '85 near Büßfeld, Homberg (Ohm), West Germany. Other M60A3 tanks of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 33rd Armor, are in the background.

Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 3rd Armored Regiment and assigned to the 3rd Armored Division.

Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.

Redesignated 8 May 1941 as the 33rd Armored Regiment.

Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany.

Regiment broken up 7 July 1947 and its elements redesignated as follows:

After 7 July 1947 the above units underwent changes as follows:

33rd and 62nd Tank Battalions; Headquarters and Service Company and Companies B and C, 7th Tank Battalion; and Maintenance Company, 33rd Armored Regiment, consolidated 1 October 1957 and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 33rd Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System.

Mission in 21st century

The mission of 1-33 Cavalry is to deploy within 36 hours worldwide as part of a joint multinational, or unilateral task force and destroy enemy forces or seize and retain terrain, to control land, people and resources.

As of 10 May 2006, 1-33 Cavalry was stationed at Forward Operating Base Rustimayah in Iraq. It continued to serve in the country through 2008. [2]

Campaign participation credit

World War II
Cold War
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom

Decorations

Distinctive unit insignia

A Silver color metal and enamel device 1+18 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazon: Vert, in orle thirty-three plates. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "MEN OF WAR" in Green letters.

The shield is green and white for the Armored Force. The thirty-three plates designate the number of the organization.

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 33rd Armored Regiment on 26 March 1942. It was redesignated for the 33rd Tank Battalion on 28 July 1949. It was redesignated for the 33rd Medium Tank Battalion on 20 September 1954. The insignia was redesignated for the 33rd Tank Battalion on 3 April 1956. It was redesignated for the 33rd Armor Regiment on 1 July 1958. It was redesignated for the 33rd Cavalry Regiment effective 28 June 2005.

Coat of arms

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References

  1. "1st Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment".
  2. "1st Squadron 33rd Cavalry Regiment".

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