Shield shaped with numbers mounted above and below and crossed sabers extending, gold colored coin, 2-1/2 inches wide x ... Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • III Corps
  • 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
  • 3rd Squadron
Location
Coin Location: 6G5 X
Homebase: Fort Hood, Texas
Deployment: Diwaniyah I NASAF Iraq
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 13 August 2011
Donated by: SMG Aron Thunder
Copies: 1 of 1

C003045

Location: 6G5 X

Coin: Command

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Narrative

Shield shaped with numbers mounted above and below and crossed sabers extending, gold colored coin, 2-1/2 inches wide x 1-3/4 inches high.

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Journal - Page 73 - Line 12

The Regiment has a history in the United States Army that dates back to 19 May 1845, when it was Constituted in the Regular Army as the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. This unit was reorganized at the start of the American Civil War as the 3rd U.S. Cavalry Regiment on 3 August 1861. In January 1943, the Regiment was re-designated the as the 3d Cavalry Group (Mechanized). Today they are equipped with stryker vehicles. The 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment was the last heavy armored cavalry regiment in the U.S. Army until it officially switched over to a Stryker regiment on 16 November 2011. It will retain its lineage as the 3d Cavalry Regiment.