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Yep ... The Cav units in the Fulda Gap when was there wore US CAVALRY on their uniform, instead of US ARMY, like the rest of us. The US CAV has a long tradition, like many US Infantry units. The US ARMY Troops you see in DC, in Army dress blue uniforms, at parades, ceremonies, etc. are known as the US ARMY 3d Infantry Rgt, The Old Guard. They trace their linage directly back to the American Colonial Army under Washington. During the ARW/AWI, combating those Redcoats and Kraut Hessians ! In Mech Bde I served with at Benning. The other INF Bn in the Bde was the 3d Bn, 7th Regiment of Infantry. That was under Gen. Andy Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 . Again ... fighting those pesky Redcoats ! Back to the CAV, the Infantry units in the 1st CAV Div. in WWII, Korea and Vietnam, were designated CAV albeit they were organized as Infantry. Out of tradition, etc. ... In Iraq, the Great, Great, Great Grandson of Wild Bill Hickock, who also went by the same name. Was a CAV Officer with ... IIRC ... the 9th CAV. And they worn stetsons when not in combat. The US ARMY has Air and Armored CAV units as well ... that are actually organzied as CAV not Infantry. The CAV Bn in the 2ID when I was there, was the 4th of the 7th CAV ... Yes, tracing their linage back to Gen. Custer's 7th CAV of i the Indian War ... notably in the summer of 1876. The US ARMY RANGER Rgt, traces their linage back to Roger's Rangers in the French and Indian. So as you can see, linage and tradition plays a big part in the Military ...
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Legion 4 "Cry Havoc, and let slip the Dogs of War !" ... "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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