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13th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
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The 13th Cavalry Regiment ("13th Horse") is a unit of the United States Army
. The 1st and 2nd Squadrons are currently stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas as part of the 1st Armored Division.
. The first task of the regiment was in the Philippines
from 1903 to 1905 and from 1909 to 1910 where they engaged rebels as part of the Philippine-American War
..
The 13th Cavalry was transferred to Fort Riley
, Kansas
, in 1911. On March 9, 1916 the 13th Cavalry was in Columbus, New Mexico
which was raided
by Pancho Villa
, eight soldiers and ten civilians were killed.
Under General
John J. Pershing
, the regiment fought in the Mexican Expedition
from 1916 to 1917, which was a response to the attack on Columbus. On April 12, 1916, about 100 men of the 13th Cavalry engaged Mexican federal troops in the Battle of Parral
. During the fighting, two Americans were killed and six others were wounded. However, they defeated the Mexicans, killing at least a dozen of them or possibly many more. The 13th Cavalry remained ready near the Mexican border until 1921.
In 1936, the 13th Cavalry became a part of the 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized), formed officially in 1940.
The 13th Cavalry was re-formed 15 July 1940 as the 13th Armored Regiment under the 1st Armored Division
. On 8 November 1942, the 13th Armored regiment, combined under Combat Command B, landed in Oran, Algeria to augment fighting in North Africa
.
From 1946 to September 1947, the 13th Armored regiment was a part of the US Constabulary in Germany
. It became inactive in Coburg, West Germany
, on 20 September 1947.
From 1996-2008, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) of the 1st Armored Division
was stationed at Fort Riley, KS
.
In February of 2003 the 3rd BCT began deploying units to Kuwait
for the anticipated Invasion of Iraq
. As the US led invasion began, the 2-70 Armor and 1-41 Infantry Battalions (3rd BCT), directly supported the 3rd Infantry Division as part of the initial US advance into Baghdad
during Operation Iraqi Freedom. As part of the 3rd BCT, the 1st Battalion
, 13th Armor Regiment (TF Dakota), began deployment to Iraq
1 April 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The BCT and subsequently the battalion, were attached to the 3rd Infantry Division, and controlled the Kadhimiya area of Baghdad
, and was redeployed to Fort Riley, KS 2 April 2004.
Less than a year later, in February of 2005, the 3rd BCT deployed to Iraq for a second time, again attached to the 3rd Infantry Division. LTC Eric Wesley and CSM Carlos Alers led 1-13 during this deployment. The TF was primarily stationed north of Baghdad in the Taji, Mushahda, Tarmiyah
, Husseiniya, and Rashidiya districts. The unit was redeployed to Ft. Riley, KS in January of 2006.
In March of 2008 the 3rd BCT "was inactivated....as part of the redeployment of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division from Germany to Fort Riley. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division was reflagged as the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in the process. 3rd Brigade was subsequently reorganized and redesiganted as 3rd Brigade Combat Team, an Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and reactivated at Fort Bliss, Texas, home of the 1st, 4th, and 5th Brigade Combat Teams, 1st Armored Division."
The 2nd Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment stood up in 2008 as part of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armor Division at Ft Bliss, TX, commanded by LTC W. Walski and Command Sergeant Major Jack P. Iglesias. The Squadron deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from May 2009 to May 2010.
The 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment "WARHORSE" stood up in 2009 as part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, TX. The Squadron is commanded by LTC John K Woodward and Squadron Command Sergeant Major is Command Sergeant Major Angelo Lisondra.
After returning home to Fort Bliss from Iraq in May 2010, the 2nd Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment bid farewell to LTC W. Walski and welcomed a new Command Team led by LTC Jeffery Merenkov and Command Sergeant Major Arthur O. Abiera in a Change of Command Ceremony on 8 June 2010. Shortly afterward, the Squadron bid goodbye to Command Sergeant Major Abiera and welcomed Command Sergeant Major Dennis Bellinger. The Squadron immediantly began preparing for redeployment to Iraq scheduled for August 2011 in support of Operation New Dawn. In April 2011, the Squadron successfully completed a rotation at the Army's renowned National Training Center in Fort Irwin California in preperation for deployment to Iraq. The Squadron began deploying personnel to Iraq in July 2011 and is currently stationed in Northern Iraq.
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
. The 1st and 2nd Squadrons are currently stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas as part of the 1st Armored Division.
Service History
The regiment was constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as Troop K, 13th Cavalry. The regiment was organized on 26 July 1901 in Fort Meade, South DakotaSouth Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
. The first task of the regiment was in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
from 1903 to 1905 and from 1909 to 1910 where they engaged rebels as part of the Philippine-American War
Philippine-American War
The Philippine–American War, also known as the Philippine War of Independence or the Philippine Insurrection , was an armed conflict between a group of Filipino revolutionaries and the United States which arose from the struggle of the First Philippine Republic to gain independence following...
..
The 13th Cavalry was transferred to Fort Riley
Fort Riley
Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in Northeast Kansas, on the Kansas River, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 100,656 acres in Geary and Riley counties and includes two census-designated places: Fort Riley North and Fort...
, Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
, in 1911. On March 9, 1916 the 13th Cavalry was in Columbus, New Mexico
Columbus, New Mexico
Columbus is a village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,765 at the 2000 census. The town is named after 15th century explorer Christopher Columbus.-History:...
which was raided
Battle of Columbus (1916)
The Battle of Columbus, the Burning of Columbus or the Columbus Raid began as a raid conducted by Pancho Villa's Division of the North on the small United States border town of Columbus, New Mexico in March 1916. The raid escalated into a full scale battle between Villistas and the United States Army...
by Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa
José Doroteo Arango Arámbula – better known by his pseudonym Francisco Villa or its hypocorism Pancho Villa – was one of the most prominent Mexican Revolutionary generals....
, eight soldiers and ten civilians were killed.
Under General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
John J. Pershing
John J. Pershing
John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB , was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I...
, the regiment fought in the Mexican Expedition
Pancho Villa Expedition
The Pancho Villa Expedition—officially known in the United States as the Mexican Expedition and sometimes colloquially referred to as the Punitive Expedition—was a military operation conducted by the United States Army against the paramilitary forces of Mexican insurgent Francisco "Pancho" Villa...
from 1916 to 1917, which was a response to the attack on Columbus. On April 12, 1916, about 100 men of the 13th Cavalry engaged Mexican federal troops in the Battle of Parral
Battle of Parral
The Battle of Parral, on April 12, 1916, was the first battle between soldiers of Venustiano Carranza, known as Carrancistas, and the United States military during the Mexican Expedition...
. During the fighting, two Americans were killed and six others were wounded. However, they defeated the Mexicans, killing at least a dozen of them or possibly many more. The 13th Cavalry remained ready near the Mexican border until 1921.
In 1936, the 13th Cavalry became a part of the 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized), formed officially in 1940.
The 13th Cavalry was re-formed 15 July 1940 as the 13th Armored Regiment under the 1st Armored Division
1st Armored Division (United States)
The 1st Armored Division—nicknamed "Old Ironsides"—is a standing armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort Bliss, Texas. It was the first armored division of the U.S...
. On 8 November 1942, the 13th Armored regiment, combined under Combat Command B, landed in Oran, Algeria to augment fighting in North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
.
From 1946 to September 1947, the 13th Armored regiment was a part of the US Constabulary in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It became inactive in Coburg, West Germany
Coburg
Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...
, on 20 September 1947.
From 1996-2008, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT) of the 1st Armored Division
1st Armored Division (United States)
The 1st Armored Division—nicknamed "Old Ironsides"—is a standing armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort Bliss, Texas. It was the first armored division of the U.S...
was stationed at Fort Riley, KS
Fort Riley
Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in Northeast Kansas, on the Kansas River, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 100,656 acres in Geary and Riley counties and includes two census-designated places: Fort Riley North and Fort...
.
In February of 2003 the 3rd BCT began deploying units to Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
for the anticipated Invasion of Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
. As the US led invasion began, the 2-70 Armor and 1-41 Infantry Battalions (3rd BCT), directly supported the 3rd Infantry Division as part of the initial US advance into Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
during Operation Iraqi Freedom. As part of the 3rd BCT, the 1st Battalion
Battalion
A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...
, 13th Armor Regiment (TF Dakota), began deployment to Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
1 April 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The BCT and subsequently the battalion, were attached to the 3rd Infantry Division, and controlled the Kadhimiya area of Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, and was redeployed to Fort Riley, KS 2 April 2004.
Less than a year later, in February of 2005, the 3rd BCT deployed to Iraq for a second time, again attached to the 3rd Infantry Division. LTC Eric Wesley and CSM Carlos Alers led 1-13 during this deployment. The TF was primarily stationed north of Baghdad in the Taji, Mushahda, Tarmiyah
Al Tarmia
Al Tarmia or Tarmiyah is a town in the Al Faris district of the Salah ad Din Governorate in Iraq. The area is a sparsely populated farming community...
, Husseiniya, and Rashidiya districts. The unit was redeployed to Ft. Riley, KS in January of 2006.
In March of 2008 the 3rd BCT "was inactivated....as part of the redeployment of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division from Germany to Fort Riley. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division was reflagged as the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in the process. 3rd Brigade was subsequently reorganized and redesiganted as 3rd Brigade Combat Team, an Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and reactivated at Fort Bliss, Texas, home of the 1st, 4th, and 5th Brigade Combat Teams, 1st Armored Division."
The 2nd Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment stood up in 2008 as part of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armor Division at Ft Bliss, TX, commanded by LTC W. Walski and Command Sergeant Major Jack P. Iglesias. The Squadron deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from May 2009 to May 2010.
The 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment "WARHORSE" stood up in 2009 as part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss, TX. The Squadron is commanded by LTC John K Woodward and Squadron Command Sergeant Major is Command Sergeant Major Angelo Lisondra.
After returning home to Fort Bliss from Iraq in May 2010, the 2nd Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment bid farewell to LTC W. Walski and welcomed a new Command Team led by LTC Jeffery Merenkov and Command Sergeant Major Arthur O. Abiera in a Change of Command Ceremony on 8 June 2010. Shortly afterward, the Squadron bid goodbye to Command Sergeant Major Abiera and welcomed Command Sergeant Major Dennis Bellinger. The Squadron immediantly began preparing for redeployment to Iraq scheduled for August 2011 in support of Operation New Dawn. In April 2011, the Squadron successfully completed a rotation at the Army's renowned National Training Center in Fort Irwin California in preperation for deployment to Iraq. The Squadron began deploying personnel to Iraq in July 2011 and is currently stationed in Northern Iraq.
Current status
- 1st Squadron is the Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA,) of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division1st Armored Division (United States)The 1st Armored Division—nicknamed "Old Ironsides"—is a standing armored division of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort Bliss, Texas. It was the first armored division of the U.S...
stationed at Fort BlissFort BlissFort Bliss is a United States Army post in the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas. With an area of about , it is the Army's second-largest installation behind the adjacent White Sands Missile Range. It is FORSCOM's largest installation, and has the Army's largest Maneuver Area behind the...
, Texas, and currently deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. - 2nd Squadron is the Armored Reconnaissance Squadron of the of the 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division (United States)The 4th Brigade Combat Team, "Highlanders", is a Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division. The brigade is mechanized and its major combat equipment include the M1A2SEP Abrams Tank, M2A3 & M3A3 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, M109A6 Paladin Howitzer, M1151 HMMWV and MRAP .-Current...
stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. It is currently deployed to Iraq in support of Operation NEW DAWN until December 2011.
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