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The 7th Cavalry Regiment was constituted about July 28, 1866 in the Regular Military as the 7th Cavalry. It was structured on Sept 21, 1866 at Ft Riley, Kansas as part of a great expansion with the Regular Armed service following the demobilization of the wartime volunteer and draft makes. From 1866 through 1871, the Routine was submitted at Feet. Riley and fought inside the Indian Wars, notably at the Battle with the Washita in 1868.
By 1871 through 1873, Seventh Cavalry firms participated in occupation duties during the Renovation period inside the South.
Dispatched north once more to the American Frontier, the Regiment garrisoned Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory. Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer’s disaster in the Battle from the Little Bighorn on 06 25 and 26, 1876, while a sensational defeat, proven the large bravery in the 7th Cavalrymen: fourteen military received the Medal of Honor in that battle. During World War II, the 7th Cavalry Regiment was deployed to the Pacific Movie theater where that participated in numerous campaigns. Following the war, the regiment relocated to Japan and assumed job duty.
In Come july 1st 1950, the 7th Cavalry deployed to South Korean and fought in some of the war’s bloodiest battles, most notably the Struggle of Pusan Perimeter. The 7th Cavalry saw over 18 months of continuous battle before staying redeployed to Japan to carry on occupation duties.
The 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry was reorganized from the routine on 1 September 1963. The battalion saw assistance in Vietnam and is many remembered due to the victory in the Ia Verlangen Valley of Pleiku Region in November 1965. Following its service in Vietnam, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry was reactivated asa Divisional Cavalry Squadron and used in support of Procedure Desert Surprise. Screening very well forward of it is Division within a computed deception procedure, 1-7 CAV clashed with Iraqi Makes long before some of the ground warfare began. Inside the massive 3 day force into Iraq, 1-7 CAV functioned since the eyes and hearing of their Division as well as the 7th Corps.
In Apr 2004, 1-7 CAV deployed to War in support of Procedure Iraqi Freedom. The Squadron executed combat operations in the al Rashid District of Baghdad, normalizing insurgent dangers, while acquiring the Route Irish. 1-7 CAV deployed once again to Baghdad from March 2006 to January 2008, conducting complete spectrum functions targeting terrorist cell network and advertising Sunni national reconciliation as part of the “Surge. From Feb . 2009 to January 2010, 1-7 CAV deployed for a third time to Baghdad, rigorously targeting Shia IED and skyrocket cells when promoting economical reconstruction and native governance work. The 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry has just finished its fourth deployment to Iraq supporting Operation New Dawn 11-12, conducting protection operations throughout IJOA, allowing the retrograde of US forces and gear in compliance with the Iraqi Security Contract and helping ongoing sustainment operations.
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