United States Army 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment

U. S. ARMY 14TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT - The 14th Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the United States Army.  It has two squadrons that provide reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition for Stryker brigade combat teams.   Constituted in 1901, it has served in conflicts from the Philippine-American War to the Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

The 14th Cavalry was constituted February 2, 1901, by War Department General Order Number 14.  The unit was organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, March 5, 1901.  The 14th was stationed in the Philippines from 1903–1906 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 unit regained its autonomy on December 12, 1944 during the latter stages of World War II and began guarding the Losheim Gap in Belgium.  On December 16th, the 14th Cavalry Group received the full brunt of the 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.  The 14th Tank Battalion was unexpectedly thrust into a key role crossing the Rhine River when on March 7, 1945 they unexpectedly captured the Ludendorfr railroad bridge at Remagen and thus established the first Allied bridgehead over the Rhine.  A Company/14th led the advance across the bridge and established fighting positions on the eastern side, repelling multiple German counter attacks by armor and infantry. 

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.

The regiment was reactivated on September 15, 2000 as the U.S. Army's first reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition squadron in the Stryker brigade combat team.  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.