page_title: 1st Cavalry Division (United States)
section_title: Current structure
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Cavalry Division (United States) / Current structure
caption_attribution_description: English: Following the casing of the brigade, battalion and division colors, soldiers assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division Horse Detachment perform a cavalry charge accompanied by a helicopter flyover performed by the 1st Cavalry Division Air Cavalry Brigade on Fort Hood's Cooper Field, Texas, Dec. 12, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Phillip Turner
context_page_description: The 1st Cavalry Division is a combined arms division and is one of the most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army. It is based at Fort Hood, Texas. It was formed in 1921 and served during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, with the Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the Iraq War, in the War in Afghanistan and in Operation Freedom's Sentinel. As of October 2017, the 1st Cavalry Division is subordinate to III Corps and is commanded by Major General Jeffery D. Broadwater.
  The unit is unique in that it has served as a horseback cavalry division, an infantry division, an air assault division and an armored division during its existence.
context_section_description: On 15 July 2005, the 1st Cavalry Division transitioned to the Unit of Action modified table of organization and equipment (MTOE). No longer are there battalion-sized elements made up purely of armor and/or infantry battalions. Brigades are now composed of combined arms battalions (CAB), meaning every maneuver battalion combines infantry and armor, excluding the reconnaissance squadrons. The Division's artillery battalions are assigned to all three of the Brigade Combat Teams.
   1st Cavalry Division consists of a division headquarters and headquarters battalion, three armored brigade combat teams, a division artillery, a combat aviation brigade, and a division sustainment brigade.
   Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHB) "Maverick"
  Headquarters Support Company
  Signal Intelligence & Sustainment Company
  Horse Cavalry Detachment
  1st Cavalry Division Band
  1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), "Ironhorse"
   1st ABCT's Headquarters and Headquarters Troop (HHT)
   1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Reconnaissance Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA)  "Garryowen!"
   2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment "Lancers"
   2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment "Stallions"
   2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment "Thunder Horse"
   1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment (FAR) "Dragons"
   91st Brigade Engineer Battalion (BEB) "Sabers"
   115th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) "Muleskinners"
  2nd ABCT "Black Jack"
   2nd ABCT's HHT
   4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA) "Darkhorse"
   1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment "Black Knights"
   1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment "Jumping Mustangs"
   1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment "Head Hunters"
   3rd Battalion, 16th FAR "Rolling Thunder"
   8th BEB "Trojan Horse"
   15th BSB "Gambler"
  3rd ABCT "Greywolf"
   3rd ABCT's HHT
   6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA) "Saber"
   2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment "Ghost"
   3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment "Warhorse"
   1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment "Chargers"
   2nd Battalion, 82nd FAR "Steel Dragons"
   3rd BEB "Beavers"
   215th BSB "Blacksmiths"
  1st Cavalry Division Artillery (DIVARTY)
   DIVARTY's HHB
  Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) "Warrior"
   CAB's Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC)
   7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment "Ruthless Riders" (reflagged from 4/227th Aviation 22 October 2015)
   1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment "First Attack"
   2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment "Lobos"
   3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment "Spearhead"
   615th Aviation Support Battalion (ASB) "Cold Steel"
  1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade
   Sustainment Brigade's HHC
   Special Troops Battalion
  15th Financial Management Support Unit
  120th Quartermaster (Field Feeding Company)
  207th Brigade Signal Company
  502nd Human Resources Company
   553rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB)
  The 4th Brigade Combat Team "Long Knife" inactivated in October 2013 the following units: the Special Troops Battalion, 4th BCT; the 5th Battalion, 82nd Artillery; and 27th Brigade Support Battalion, with some of the companies of the latter two used to augment artillery and support battalions in the remaining three BCTs. The 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry joined the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry joined the 3rd Brigade Combat Team and the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry joined the 1st Brigade Combat Team.  The 3rd Cavalry Regiment was subordinate to the Division until March 2017.
caption: the 1st Cavalry Division's Combat Aviation Brigade performs a mock charge with the horse detachment.
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