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108th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

108th Cavalry Regiment
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coat of arms
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)
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia 108th Cavalry Regiment DUI.svg
U.S. Cavalry Regiments
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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:

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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.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "108th Cavalry Regiment".


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