4th Cavalry Brigade (United States)

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4th Cavalry Brigade
First Army shoulder sleeve insignia
Active1915–1944
2006–present
CountryUnited States
BranchU.S. Army
RoleTraining
SizeBrigade
Garrison/HQFort Knox
Motto(s)Train for Combat!
DecorationsSuperior Unit Award
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Harry Chamberlin
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 4th Cavalry Brigade is an AC/RC unit based at

1st Army
.

Organization

World War II organization

Current Organization

The unit is composed of:

  • Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Cavalry Brigade
  • 3rd Battalion, 337th Regiment (Training Support Battalion)
  • 2nd Battalion, 340th Regiment (Training Support Battalion)
  • 3rd Battalion, 383rd Regiment (Training Support Battalion
  • 1st Battalion, 409th Regiment (Brigade Engineer Battalion)
  • 3rd Battalion, 409th Regiment (Brigade Support Battalion)
  • 4th Battalion, 409th Regiment (Brigade Support Battalion)
  • 1st Battalion, 410th Regiment (Brigade Engineer Battalion)
  • 2nd Battalion, 410th Regiment (Field Artillery)(Cannon)
  • 4th Battalion, 410th Regiment (Brigade Support Battalion)
  • 1st Battalion, 411th Regiment (Logistics Support Battalion)

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Lineage

Constituted 25 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 4th Tank Destroyer Group

Activated 1 September 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas

Inactivated 26 October 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Disbanded 5 August 1952

Reconstituted 24 October 1997 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 4th Cavalry Brigade, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Activated 1 December 2006 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Unit decorations

Ribbon Award Year Orders
Army Superior Unit Award
2008-2011
Permanent Orders 332-07 announcing award of the Army Superior Unit award

Campaign participation credit

Conflict Streamer Year(s)
World War II

Normandy 1944
Northern France
1944
Rhineland
1945
Ardennes-Alsace Campaign
1944–1945
Central Europe
1945

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from Lineage & Honors for 4th Cavalry Brigade. United States Army Center of Military History.

  1. ^ "Camp Lockett". California State Military Museum. California State Military Department. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  2. ^ "4th Cavalry Brigade". Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

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