However, the significant difference between these brigades and existing ones is the armored cavalry squadron. Normally, brigades only have a cavalry troop. An anti-tank company and a engineer company ...

Mahler (Ret.) first went to Germany in 1960. At the end of his service, he spent over a decade in Germany, raised his family there, and commanded the 3rd Armored Division’s cavalry squadron at ...

It is used in mechanized infantry and armored cavalry combat. It possesses sufficient cross-country mobility to keep up with the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, medium and long-range firepower capable ...

The 1st Armored Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division ... traditionally called a cavalry squadron. In total, the brigade includes about 3,500 to 4,500 soldiers. Alongside units sent to Poland ...

In the latest in a series of training exercises, U.S. soldiers are confronting the realities of defending one of NATO’s most ...

While serving as a Platoon Leader in Troop A, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, then-First Lieutenant Fritz earned the Medal of Honor for actions near Quan Loi in Vietnam.

In May 1904, Troopers of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, departed their encampment in Monterey, California, for five months of field duty. It was common in the days before the existence of a ...

CLARK: The Army Alpha troop was set up in a blocking position -- a defensive position -- to protect the advance of the cavalry squadron. Then they received word there was an enemy battalion three or ...