107th Cavalry Regiment
| 107th Cavalry Regiment | |
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| Active |
10 Oct 1877 to 1 Sep 1993 as 107th Cavalry Regiment 1 Sep 1993 to 31 Aug 2007 as 1–107th & 2–107th Cavalry 1 Sep 2007 to Presentas 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry Regiment |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type |
Regimental Reconnaissance, Attack & Assault (Parent regiment under USARS) |
| Role | Cavalry |
| Size | Battalion |
| Part of | Ohio National Guard |
| Garrison/HQ | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Nickname(s) | REDHORSE |
| Motto(s) | Facere non-Dicere (Latin: "To Act, Not To Speak") |
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| 107th ACR, Commander | Regiment Inactivated 1993 |
| 2–107th Squadron Commander | LTC James Eriksen |
| Command Sergeant Major 2–107th Cavalry | Vacant |
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10 Oct 1877 to 1 Sep 1993 as 107th Cavalry Regiment 1 Sep 1993 to 31 Aug 2007 as 1–107th & 2–107th Cavalry
Regimental Reconnaissance, Attack & Assault
The 107th Cavalry Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard, is a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, with headquarters at Cincinnati, Ohio. It currently consists of the 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry Regiment, part of the 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division and the Ohio National Guard located throughout southwest Ohio.
Elements of the regiment were involved in the Kent State shootings during the Vietnam War.
The 1st Cleveland Troop organized on 28 April 1886 at Cleveland. It was redesignated in 1895 as Troop A (1st Cleveland Troop) before being expanded, reorganized, and redesignated on 3 May 1898 as Troops A, B, C, 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry; the remainder of regiment being organized from new and existing units. The 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry mustered into federal service 9–11 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell, Ohio; mustered out of federal service 22–24 October 1898 at Cleveland. The former Troop A (1st Cleveland Troop) reorganized on 14 April 1899 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland; Troop B reorganized on 12 December 1902 in the Ohio National Guard at Columbus.
The unit reorganized on 25 July 1910 as the 1st Cavalry Squadron with headquarters at Cleveland (Troops C and D organized in 1911 at Cincinnati and Toledo, respectively). It was mustered into federal service on 6 July 1916 at Columbus and mustered out on 28 February 1917 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN.
It expanded on 16 April 1917 as the 1st Cavalry. It was again expanded, converted, and redesignated on 23 May 1917 as the 2nd and 3rd Field Artillery then mustered into federal service on 15 July 1917 at Cleveland and Youngstown, respectively and drafted into federal service on 5 August 1917. The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 15 September 1917 as the 135th and the 136th Field Artillery, respectively, and assigned to the 37th Division before being demobilized on 10 April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
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