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11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
11th-Armored-Cavalry-Regiment-patch.svg
11th ACR shoulder sleeve insignia
Active 1901 – present
Allegiance  United States of America
Branch  United States Army
Type Armored cavalry
Size 3 squadrons
Part of National Training Center OPFOR
Garrison/HQ Fort Irwin, California, U.S.
Nickname(s) "Black Horse Regiment" (special designation)
Motto(s) Allons (Let's Go)
March Allons! Allons!
Engagements Philippine–American War
Cuban Pacification
Mexican Expedition
World War II
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War
Afghanistan
Iraq
Commanders
Current
commander
COL Joseph D. Clark
Notable
commanders
John N. Abrams
Andrew J. Bacevich
John B. Poindexter
Frederick M. Franks, Jr.
Leonard D. Holder, Sr.
George S. Patton IV
Crosbie E. Saint
Donn A. Starry
Thomas E. White, Jr.
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 11CRDUI.png
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The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Blackhorse Regiment") is a unit of the United States Army garrisoned at Fort Irwin, California. Although termed an armored cavalry regiment, it is being re-organized as a multi-component heavy brigade combat team. The regiment has served in the Philippine–American War, World War II, the Vietnam War, Cold War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq War). The 11th ACR was serving as the Opposing Force (OPFOR) for the Army and Marine task forces, and foreign military forces that train at the National Training Center.

The OPFOR trained U.S. Army forces in mechanized desert warfare following a Soviet-era style threat until June 2002, when the OPFOR and the 11th ACR changed to portraying an urban/asymmetrical warfare style of combat U.S. soldiers are facing in operations abroad. From June to December 2003, members of the 11th ACR deployed to Afghanistan, where they helped to develop and train the armor and mechanized infantry battalions of the Afghan National Army. These specialized units would defend the Afghan capital during the country's constitutional convention. In January 2004, the 11th ACR deployed to Iraq. The 11th ACR was not reorganized under the U.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System, but has been reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental System.

The regiment was constituted on 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 11th Cavalry Regiment, and was organized on 11 March 1901 at Fort Myer, Virginia. For an operational history of the regiment, see the separate squadron histories below.


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