180th Cavalry Regiment
| 180th Infantry Regiment 180th Cavalry Regiment |
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| Active | 1890 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Army Oklahoma Army National Guard
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| Type | Cavalry |
| Role | Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition |
| Size | Squadron |
| Garrison/HQ | McAlester, OK |
| Nickname(s) | "Oklahoma Warriors" (special designation) |
| Motto(s) | TANAP-NANAIYA KIA ALHTAIYAHA (Ready in War Or Peace) |
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The 1st Squadron, 180th Cavalry Regiment is a formation of the United States Army, headquartered in Durant, Oklahoma. It is a part of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army National Guard and is the oldest battalion in the brigade.
The 180th Infantry Regiment (redesignated to Cavalry in 2008) saw action during World War I as the 142nd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Infantry Division (Texas and Oklahoma) and World War II and the Korean War as part of the 45th Infantry Division and again in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the 45th Infantry Brigade.
The 1st Infantry Regiment, Oklahoma Volunteer Militia was first formed in 1890 and organized as the Oklahoma National Guard on 21 December 1895. Three years later with impending hostilities between the United States and Spain, the Oklahoma and Indian Territories Guard and those of the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico would be consolidated to form the 1st Regiment Territorial Volunteer Infantry, United States Volunteers. This regiment was mustered into federal service 4–23 July 1898 but too late to join the fighting in Cuba, the regiment mustered out on 11–15 February at Albany, GA. On 20 March 1916 Pancho Villa, a Mexican bandit and revolutionary raided the town of Columbus, New Mexico. President Woodrow Wilson ordered Regular Army and Guard units to border patrol duty and expeditions into Mexico to hunt down the bandit. Villa would not be caught, but the former 1st Infantry Regiment, Oklahoma National Guard which had been reorganized in 1899 as the 1st Regiment of Infantry, was ordered to federal service 27 June-1 July 1916 at Fort Sill, OK, for this duty and mustered out 1 March 1917 at Fort Sill.
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