316th Cavalry Brigade

316th Cavalry Brigade
316th Cavalry Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	September, 1942 – present
Country	United States
Branch	Regular Army
Role	Training
Size	1,100
Part of	Training and Doctrine Command
Garrison/HQ	Fort Benning, Georgia
Motto(s)	"Perditor-Oris" (Latin: Destroyer)
Colors	Scarlet and White
Engagements	World War II Cold War
Decorations	Army Superior Unit Award 2010-2011
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Thomas M. Feltey
Command Sergeant Major	CSM John Murray
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 316th Cavalry Brigade of the United States Army is the brigade responsible for the training of U.S. Army Cavalry and Armor officers and non-commissioned officers. The 16th Cavalry Regiment was redesignated as this unit in July 2010. The 316th Cavalry Brigade is currently assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia, in accordance with the Base Realignment and Closure of 2005.

The 316th Cavalry Brigade was established as a subordinate unit of the Eighth Tank Destroyer Group in September 1942. It was activated in October of the same year in Camp Hood (now Fort Hood, Texas). It was then inactivated in October 1945 and subsequently re-activated and re-designated as the 316th Cavalry Group in August 1947. After a number of administrative changes, it was inactivated in April 1959 in Roswell, New Mexico.

The United States Army lists its campaign credits as "World War II, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe".

On 7 July 2010, the 316th Cavalry Brigade was re-activated to replace the HQ 16th Cavalry Regiment as the headquarters charged with education of United States Army soldiers in the Armor branch. Its subordinate squadrons, however, retained the nomenclature for the 16th Cavalry Regiment for historical purposes.

The Headquarters and Headquarters Company is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Brigade, including personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, and information technology.

The First Squadron, Sixteenth Cavalry Regiment (1-16 CAV) provides support in the form of both soldiers and equipment for the 316th Cavalry Brigade and its subordinate squadrons, as well as for the courses offered through the brigade. Additionally, the squadron is tasked with providing funeral details for soldiers across the south-eastern region of the United States.

The over-six hundred soldier squadron is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ted L. Stokes, and CSM Jeffery S. Dice serves as the Squadron Command Sergeant Major. It is composed of four troops: Alpha "Anvil" Troop, Bravo "Bone Crusher" Troop, Charlie "Cobra" Troop, and Delta "Demon" Company.