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    4th Cavalry Brigade (United States) 1

    4th Cavalry Brigade (United States)

    4th Cavalry Brigade

    2nd Cavalry Division shoulder sleeve insignia

    Active 19151944

    2006present

    Country United States

    Branch U.S. Army

    Role Training

    Size Brigade

    Garrison/HQ Fort Knox

    Motto Train for Combat!

    Commanders

    Notable

    commanders

    Benjamin O. Davis Sr.

    Harry Chamberlin

    Insignia

    Distinctive Unit Insignia

    The 4th Cavalry Brigade is an AC/RC unit based at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The unit is responsible for training

    selected United States Army Reserve & National Guard units that are based East of the Mississippi River. The

    brigade was originally formed as an element of the 2nd Cavalry Division but was inactivated after the division was

    broken up. The unit was formerly designated as 4th Brigade, 85th Division. The brigade is a subordinate unit of 1st

    Army

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    4th Cavalry Brigade (United States) 2

    Organization

    The unit is composed of:

    HHC, 4th Cavalry Brigade

    1st Squadron, 409th Regiment (Cavalry)

    1st Battalion, 410th Regiment (Field Artillery)

    1st Battalion, 311th Regiment (Infantry)

    2nd Battalion, 311th Regiment (Infantry)

    World War II organization

    HHC, 4th Cavalry Brigade

    10th Cavalry Regiment

    28th Cavalry Regiment[1]

    Lineage

    Constituted 25 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 4th Tank Destroyer Group

    Activated 1 September 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas

    Inactivated 26 October 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

    Disbanded 5 August 1952

    Reconstituted 24 October 1997 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 4th Cavalry Brigade, and activated at Fort

    Knox, Kentucky

    Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Activated 1 December 2006 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Campaign participation credit

    World War II

    Normandy

    Northern France

    Rhineland

    Ardennes-Alsace

    Central Europe

    References

    This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Center of Military History

    document "Lineage & Honors for 4th Cavalry Brigade"[2]

    .

    [2] http:/ /www.history. army. mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/004cavbde. htm

    The Brigade, A History by John J. McGrath from the Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

    External links

    Brigade Homepage (http://www.knox.army.mil/partners/4-85th/index.asp)

    4th Cavalry Brigade at Global Security (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/4cav-bde.htm)

    Division East (1st Army) (http://www.first. army.mil/1aEast)

    4/85th Division at Global Security (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/85d-4bde.htm)

    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/85d-4bde.htmhttp://www.first.army.mil/1aEasthttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/4cav-bde.htmhttp://www.knox.army.mil/partners/4-85th/index.asphttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kansashttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Leavenworthhttp://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/004cavbde.htmhttp://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/004cavbde.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_Historyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copyright_status_of_work_by_the_U.S._governmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=28th_Cavalry_Regiment_%28United_States%29http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=10th_Cavalry_Regiment_%28United_States%29
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