1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

The 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment is a battalion sized stryker squadron of the 14th Cavalry Regiment within the United States currently serving under the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and based at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Organisation
The current organisation of the squadron is as follows;


 * 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (Headquarters and Support)
 * A Troop (Stryker RST)
 * B Troop (Stryker RST)
 * C Troop (Stryker RST)
 * D Troop (Stryker RST)

Lineage

 * Constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as Troop A, 14th Cavalry
 * Organized 7 March 1901 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
 * (14th Cavalry assigned 15 August 1927 to the 2d Cavalry Division)
 * Inactivated 15 July 1942 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Cavalry Division
 * Disbanded 26 October 1944
 * Reconstituted 20 December 1948 as Company A, 14th Armored Cavalry, and activated in Germany
 * Redesignated 15 May 1960 as Troop A, 14th Armored Cavalry
 * Inactivated 17 May 1972 in Germany
 * Redesignated 16 September 2000 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry, assigned to the 2d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington (organic elements currently constituted and activated)
 * Relieved 27 July 2005 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division
 * Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment

Honors
Campaign Participation Credit


 * Philippine Insurrection: Mindanao and jolo
 * World War II: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Leyte, and Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
 * War on Terrorism: Iraq: Iraqi Sovereignty (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations


 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN BRIDGE
 * Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AD DIWANIYAH, IRAQ
 * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
 * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
 * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
 * Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2000
 * Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2002-2003
 * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes