108th Cavalry Regiment | |
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Active | 1 June 1921 to Present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army |
Role | Reconnaissance and Surveillance |
Size | Regiment |
Nickname(s) | Roughriders {1st Squadron} Geronimo {2nd Squadron} Renegades {3rd Squadron} |
Patron | Saint George |
Motto(s) | "Come What Will" |
Colors | Yellow |
Decorations | None |
Battle honours |
Civil War {CSA} Indian Wars 1916 Mexican Expedition World War I World War II Iraqi Campaign (OIF III, OIF IX, Operation New Dawn) |
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The 108th Cavalry Regiment is a Regiment of the Georgia Army National Guard and the Louisiana Army National Guard respectively
The 108th Cavalry was constituted 1 June 1921, assigned to the 23rd Cavalry Division, allotted to the National Guard of the States of Georgia and Louisiana, and organized from new and existing units as follows:
106th Field Signal Battalion, Major C.W. Saso, commanding, Camp Wheeler, Ga., 9 February 1918
2d Squadron (RSTA), 108th Cavalry Regiment (LA ARNG) was mobilized on 5 January 2010 for deployment as part of the 256th IBCT.
The 108th Cavalry Regiment has its own Coat of Arms approved by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry on 3 July 1934, composed of the following:
The 3d Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment was inactivated in a ceremony on 5 March 2016 at the Atlanta Readiness Center, with personnel being used to form the 3d Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th BCT.
2-108th Cavalry Squadron Commanders