Divisi Kavaleri ke-1 (Amerika Serikat) itu apa sih?

Divisi Kavaleri ke-1 (1st Cavalry Division, "First Team") adalah sebuah divisi gabungan bersenjata dan merupakan salah satu divisi penyerang paling dijunjung dari Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat, serta empat cabang lainnya dari militer AS. Divisi tersebut berbasis di Fort Hood, Texas. Divisi tersebut dibentuk pada 1921 dan bertugas saat Perang Dunia II, Perang Korea, Perang Vietnam, Perang Teluk Persia, dengan Pasukan Stabilisasi di Bosnia-Herzegovina, dalam Perang Irak, dalam Perang Afghanistan dan dalam Operasi Freedom’s Sentinel.

"The Brigade: A History, Its Organization and Employment in the US Army" by John J. McGrath, Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 2004

U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919–1941, Volume 2. The Arms: Cavalry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery, 1919–41  by Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Steven E. Clay, Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2011

U.S. Army Combat Units 1 September 1939  order of battle information posted at the Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Vietnam 1st Air Cavalry Division 2nd Brigade 1st Battalion 5th US Cavalry, 2nd Battalion 5th US Cavalry, 2nd Battalion 12th US Cavalry Photos, Memorial Pages and links