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Introduction
9th Cavalry Regiment
The 9th Cavalry Regiment, a subordinate command of the 1st Cavalry Division is a heavily armored division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas as part of the US Third Mobile Armored Corps. As an element of the two "on-call" heavy contingency force divisions of the Army, the 9th Cavalry Regiment has an on-order mission to deploy by sea, air or land to any part of the world on a short notice.
On 28 July 1866, the 9th Cavalry Regiment, currently represented in the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas was constituted in the Regular Army. On 03 August 1866, General Gen. Phillip Sheridan, commander of the Military Division of the Gulf, was authorized to raise one regiment of African-American cavalry that was to be designated the 9th Regiment. The regiment was organized 21 September 1866, at Greenville, Louisiana. with Col. Edward Hatch, a brevet Major General by the close of the Civil War, commanding. The 9th Cavalry was ordered to Texas in June of 1867. There it was charged with protecting stage and mail routes, building and maintaining forts, and establishing law and order in a vast area full of outlaws, Mexican revolutionaries, and raiding Comanches, Cheyennes, Kiowas and Apaches.
The early history of 9th Cavalry Regiment was closely tied to the movement of people and trade on the western plains and along the Mexican Border. These routes, a result of perceived "manifest destiny", extended the domination of the United States into the far reaches of a largely unsettled western plains and southwestern territories. More and more wagon trains loaded with settlers, rolling west, were being attacked by Indians. The Army, having large areas of territory to protect, established a number of military posts at strategic locations throughout the west.
The current capability of the 9th Cavalry Regiment has been
developed in conjunction with the long history of the 1st Cavalry
Division. It is the combination of the experienced training
received by each dedicated member of the Team and adherence to
the performance level and traditions of the past. Highlights of
the many subsequent historical critical missions performed by
members of the 9th Cavalry Regiment and the honors they achieved
are summarized in the chapters that follow:
1991
1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry reorganized as Troop "A", 9th
Cavalry and assigned to the 199th Infantry Brigade. (organic
elements concurrently inactivated) (16 February)
1992
Troop "A", 9th Cavalry relieved from assignment to the
199th Infantry Brigade. (16 July)
Lineage and Honors
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28 July 1866; Constituted in the Regular Army as Company "A", 9th Cavalry Regiment.
October 1866; Organized at Greenville, Louisiana.
1883; Cavalry Companies officially designated as Troops.
01 March 1933; Assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division.
10 October 1940; Relieved from the 3rd Cavalry Division and assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division.
07 March 1944; Inactivated in North Africa.
20 October 1950; Converted and redesignated as Company "A", 509th Tank Battalion; concurrently the 9th Cavalry relieved from the 2nd Cavalry Division.
01 November 1950; Activated at Camp Polk, Louisiana.
10 April 1956; Inactivated at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
15 October 1957; Redesignated as Troop "A", 9th Cavalry.
01 November 1957; Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Cavalry; concurrently consolidated with 16th Reconnaissance Company (see annex); assigned to 1st Cavalry Division and activated in Korea.
01 September 1963; Reorganized and redesignated as 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry.
01 July 1965; Transferred (less personnel and equipment) from Korea to Fort Benning, Georgia and reorganized.
16 October 1986; Inactivated at Fort Hood, Texas and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division.
16 March 1987; Assigned to the 9th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington.
15 February 1991; Relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division.
16 February 1991; 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry reorganized as Troop "A", 9th Cavalry and assigned to the 199th Infantry Brigade. (organic elements concurrently inactivated)
16 July 1992; Troop "A", 9th Cavalry relieved from assignment to the 199th Infantry Brigade.
16 December 1992; Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. (organic elements concurrently activated)
The following campaign streamers have been
earned by the 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry
Division in service for their country.
Comanches
Utes
Pine Ridge
New Mexico 1877
New Mexico 1878
New Mexico 1879
New Mexico 1880
New Mexico 1881
Montana 1877
Santiago
Streamer without inscription
European-Africian-Middle Eastern Theater without inscription
New Guinea
Bismark Archipelago
Leyte W/Arrowhead
Luzon
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN CounterOffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Defense
CounterOffensive
CounterOffensive, Phase II
CounterOffensive, Phase III
Tet CounterOffensive
CounterOffensive, Phase IV
CounterOffensive, Phase V
CounterOffensive, Phase VI
Tet/69 CounterOffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary CounterOffensive
CounterOffensive VII
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The design of the regimental shield centers on a pile azure, in chief a sun of eight points of rays between three five-pointed mullets, two and one of the field; in base overall the block house of San Juan Hill, Santiago, Cuba, proper.
The field is yellow for the Cavalry and the blue
triangle with the sun and three five-pointed stars from the old
flag of the Philippines Insurrection with a change of color. The
three stars also represents the three tours of duty in the
islands. The block house is the old pride of the regiment, a
representation of the actual one which was taken at San Juan,
Santiago, Cuba in 1898. The wedge is blue in color and recalls
the fact that the 9th split the Spanish line in Santiago with the
capture of the block house when they charged, dismounted, as
Infantry. The crest is the well-known Scotch device signifying
the alertness of the mounted men and the arrows are for the
Indian Campaigns of the regiment.
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The design of the regimental badge centers on an Indian in breech clout and war bonnet, mounted on a galloping pony, brandishing a rifle in his right hand and holding a single reign in his left. All gold and superimposed on a dark blue five-bastioned fort.
The mounted Indian represents the Indian Campaigns of
the regiment. The five-bastioned fort was the badge of the Fifth
Army Corps in Cuba, of which the 9th Cavalry Regiment was a part.
The gold (yellow) is for the Cavalry and the blue is active
service during the war with Spain. The sample of badge was
approved in 1925.
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