4th Cavalry Brigade (United States)

4th Cavalry Brigade (United States)

4th Cavalry Brigade

2nd Cavalry Division shoulder sleeve insignia Active Country Branch Role Size Garrison/HQ Motto 19151944 2006 present United States U.S. Army Training Brigade Fort Knox Train for Combat!

Commanders
Notable commanders Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Harry Chamberlin

Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 4th Cavalry Brigade is an AC/RC unit based at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve & National Guard units that are based East of the Mississippi River. The brigade was originally formed as an element of the 2nd Cavalry Division but was inactivated after the division was broken up. The unit was formerly designated as 4th Brigade, 85th Division. The brigade is a subordinate unit of 1st Army

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Organization
The unit is composed of: HHC, 4th Cavalry Brigade 1st Squadron, 409th Regiment (Cavalry) 1st Battalion, 410th Regiment (Field Artillery) 1st Battalion, 311th Regiment (Infantry) 2nd Battalion, 311th Regiment (Infantry)

World War II organization

HHC, 4th Cavalry Brigade 10th Cavalry Regiment 28th Cavalry Regiment[1]

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

Campaign participation credit

World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe

References
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the United States Army Center of Military History document "Lineage & Honors for 4th Cavalry Brigade" [2].
[2] http:/ / www. history. army. mil/ html/ forcestruc/ lineages/ branches/ div/ 004cavbde. htm

The Brigade, A History by John J. McGrath from the Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

External links
Brigade Homepage (http://www.knox.army.mil/partners/4-85th/index.asp) 4th Cavalry Brigade at Global Security (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/4cav-bde.htm) Division East (1st Army) (http://www.first.army.mil/1aEast) 4/85th Division at Global Security (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/85d-4bde.htm)

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