107th Cavalry Regiment ( United States ) The 107th Cavalry Regiment , Ohio Army National Guard , is a parent regiment under the U . S . Army Regimental System , with headquarters at Cincinnati , Ohio . It currently consists of the 2nd Squadron , 107th Cavalry Regiment , part of the 2nd Brigade , 28th Infantry Division and the Ohio National Guard located throughout southwest Ohio . Elements of the regiment were involved in the Kent State massacre during the Vietnam War . History . The 1st Cleveland Troop organized on 28 April 1886 at Cleveland . It was redesignated in 1895 as Troop A ( 1st Cleveland Troop ) before being expanded , reorganized , and redesignated on 3 May 1898 as Troops A , B , C , 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry ; the remainder of regiment being organized from new and existing units . The 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry mustered into Federal service 9 – 11 May 1898 at Camp Bushnell , Ohio ; mustered out of federal service 22 – 24 October 1898 at Cleveland . The former Troop A ( 1st Cleveland Troop ) reorganized on 14 April 1899 in the Ohio National Guard at Cleveland ; Troop B reorganized on 12 December 1902 in the Ohio National Guard at Columbus . The unit reorganized on 25 July 1910 as the 1st Cavalry Squadron with Headquarters at Cleveland ( Troops C and D organized in 1911 at Cincinnati and Toledo , respectively ) . It was mustered into federal service on 6 July 1916 at Columbus and mustered out on 28 February 1917 at Fort Benjamin Harrison , IN . It expanded on 16 April 1917 as the 1st Cavalry . It was again expanded , converted , and redesignated on 23 May 1917 as the 2nd and 3rd Field Artillery then mustered into federal service on 15 July 1917 at Cleveland and Youngstown , respectively and drafted into Federal service on 5 August 1917 . The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 15 September 1917 as the 135th and the 136th Field Artillery , respectively , and assigned to the 37th Division before being demobilized on 10 April 1919 at Camp Sherman , Ohio . The unit was then again converted , reorganized , and federally recognized between 20 October 1919 – 18 November 1920 in the Ohio National Guard as the 1st Ohio Cavalry with Headquarters at Cincinnati . It was later redesignated on 1 July 1921 as the 107th Cavalry , an element of the 22nd Cavalry Division , relocating its headquarters on 10 May 1927 to Cleveland . The 1st Ohio Cavalry consolidated on 1 November 1940 with the 22nd Reconnaissance Squadron ( organized and Federally recognized 15 September 1939 with Headquarters at Cincinnati ) and the consolidated unit was designated as the 107th Cavalry Regiment ( United States ) ; it was concurrently relieved from assignment to the 22nd Cavalry Division and was inducted into Federal service on 5 March 1941 at its home stations in Ohio . The regiment was broken up on 1 January 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows : Headquarters and Headquarters Troop as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop , 107th Cavalry Group , Mechanized . 2nd Squadron as the 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron , Mechanized . 1st Squadron as the 22nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron , Mechanized ( hereafter separate lineage ) . After 1 January 1944 , the above units underwent changes as follows : Headquarters and Headquarters Troop , 107th Cavalry Group , Mechanized , inactivated 6 March 1945 at Camp Polk , LA ; 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron , Mechanized , inactivated 16 November 1945 at Camp Bowie , TX . The Regiment was reorganized and Federally recognized on 10 November 1947 as the 107th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron with Headquarters at Cleveland . Headquarters and Headquarters Troop , 107th Cavalry Group , and 107th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron consolidated on 15 September 1949 with the 185th Tank Battalion ( organized and Federally recognized 12 December 1946 – 30 March 1949 with Headquarters at Cincinnati ) and the consolidated unit designated as the 107th Armored Cavalry at Cleveland ( The 1st Squadron was allotted on 1 May 1968 to the West Virginia Army National Guard ) . The regiment was reorganized and Federally recognized on 10 November 1947 as the 107th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron with Headquarters at Cleveland . Headquarters and Headquarters Troop , 107th Cavalry Group , and 107th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron consolidated on 15 September 1949 with the 185th Tank Battalion ( organized and Federally recognized 12 December 1946 – 30 March 1949 with Headquarters at Cincinnati ) and the consolidated unit designated as the 107th Armored Cavalry at Cleveland ( The 1st Squadron was allotted on 1 May 1968 to the West Virginia Army National Guard ) . The regiment ( minus 1st Squadron ) reorganized on 1 May 1977 in the Ohio Army National Guard ( Troop A , Support Squadron , was allotted on 1 October 1986 to the West Virginia Army National Guard and re - allotted on 15 October 1990 to the Ohio Army National Guard ) . It was placed on 1 June 1989 under the United States Army Regimental System consisting of the following units : Headquarters and Headquarters Troop 107th ACR – Cleveland , OH ; 1st Squadron 150th Cavalry Regiment ( United States ) – Bluefield , WV ; 2nd Squadron 107th ACR – Akron , OH ; 3rd Squadron 107th ACR – Stow , OH ; 4th Squadron 107th ACR – Greensburg , OH ; Regimental Support Squadron – Medina , OH . Post 1990 . The 107th ACR was reorganized and redesignated on 1 September 1993 as the 1st Battalion 107th Cavalry Regiment , Headquarters in Stow , Ohio ( formerly the 3 / 107th ACR ) and assigned to the 28th Infantry Division . The 2nd Squadron , 107th Cavalry , was assigned to the 37th Armor Brigade . On 1 September 1994 the 1st Battalion 107th Cavalry and the 2nd Squadron 107th Cavalry , were realigned and assigned to the 37th Armor Brigade , 38th Infantry Division . In September 2001 , the 1st Battalion 107th Cavalry Regiment , was transferred from the 37th Brigade , 38th Infantry Division ( " Cyclone " ) ( Indiana Army National Guard ) to the 2nd Brigade , 28th Infantry Division ( " Keystone " ) ( Pennsylvania Army National Guard ) with its headquarters remaining in Stow , Ohio . In October 2003 , B and C Companies , and elements of Headquarters and Headquarters Company ( HHC ) and Company A , of the 1st Battalion , 107th Cavalry were activated at their home stations and traveled to Fort Bragg , North Carolina , and Fort Stewart , Georgia , for five months of mobilization training . There they were then attached to the 1st Battalion , 150th Armor ( West Virginia Army National Guard ) , the 1st Battalion , 252nd Armor ( North Carolina Army National Guard ) , and Troop E , 196th Cavalry ( North Carolina Army National Guard ) respectively , for deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom II with North Carolina ' s 30th Brigade Combat Team under the 1st Infantry Division . These elements of the 1st Battalion operated in Iraq from February to December 2004 , serving in Kirkush , Tuz Khurmatu , Jalawla , and Baghdad . They participated in the Transition of Iraq and Iraqi Governance campaigns and returned home in late December 2004 . The battalion commander LTC Richard T . Curry and CSM Albert Whatmough along with the remaining companies continued their regular training cycle until October 2004 , when the remaining company ' s of the 1 – 107th Cavalry were activated for service in Operation Iraqi Freedom III . One element of HHC 1 – 107th Cavalry was then deployed to Fort Dix , New Jersey for mobilization training and left for Kuwait in January 2005 . The companies operated in Baghdad , Iraq and performed detainee operations at Camps Cropper and Victory . The Headquarters was deployed to Fort McCoy , Wisconsin and arrived in Kuwait in December 2004 and deployed to Mosul , Iraq in late December . This element included LTC Richard T . Curry the 1st Battalion 107th Cavalry Regiment Commander and CSM Albert Whatmough who both deployed with the battalion in 2004 – 2005 with the mission of establishing the Forward Operating Base ( FOB ) Endurance which later became known as FOB Q - West Base Complex 30 Kilometers south of Mosul , Iraq . The mission of LTC Curry and his staff were to provide command & control of the base , establish the Base Defense Operations Center , provide life support functions , establish base defense security , combat patrols and build the FOB from the ground up into the largest logistical hub operating in northern Iraq by the end of 2005 , a mission that was accomplished prior to their departure . The FOB Endurance / Q - West Base Complex HQ elements of the 1 – 107th Cavalry were attached to the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and received the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation ( MUC ) for their accomplishments . The HHC / A Convoy Security Company conducted operations throughout Iraq logging in thousands of miles with no fatalities and provided excellent security for convoy elements . Elements of the 1st Battalion , 107th Cavalry served within the 1st Cavalry Division , 4th Infantry Division , and 3rd Infantry Division areas of operations as units of the 18th and 42nd MP Brigades . The final elements returned home from Iraq in January 2006 reuniting the battalion . Both HHC / A detachments received the U . S . Army Meritorious Unit Commendation for their service . The 2 – 107th Cavalry conducted peacekeeping operations in Kosovo under the Command of LTC John C . Harris in 2004 – 2005 . The squadron was assigned as part of Task Force Falcon commanded by Brigadier General Tod J . Carmony ( Deputy Commander 38th IN Division ) and Deputy Commander ( Maneuver ) COL Jack E . Lee ( 37th Armor Brigade Commander ) , assigned an area of operations at Camp Bondsteel . The 2 – 107th Cavalry mobilized all of its units and 350 soldiers to support the deployment . A total of 1 , 000 Ohio Army National Guard soldiers mobilized in June 2004 for four months of training prior to a six - month deployment to Kosovo as peacekeepers . The soldiers first trained at Camp Atterbury , IN . , followed by more training in Germany . The soldiers arrived in Kosovo in September 2004 beginning their mission . In late February 2005 the Ohio Army National Guard welcomed home the 2nd Squadron 107th Cavalry Regiment after successfully completing the NATO peace keeping mission in Kosovo . As the U . S . Army conducted its largest reorganization since the Second World War , the 1st Battalion 107th Cavalry Regiment , along with D Company from the 1st Battalion , 148th Infantry , as well as a company from the 112th Engineer Battalion , were chosen to form a new combined arms battalion within the 37th Brigade Combat Team , 38th Infantry Division . A change in designation was required and the unit uncased the new colors of the 1st Battalion , 145th Armored Regiment , effective 1 September 2007 . With the 1st Battalion 107th Cavalry Regiment redesignated as such , the only currently remaining element of the 107th Cavalry Regiment is the 2nd Squadron with headquarters at Cincinnati , Ohio . Heraldry . Coat of arms . The shield is yellow for cavalry . The bend charged with the alerions , taken from the arms of Lorraine , is representative of World War I service and is red to indicate that the 107th Cavalry served as Field Artillery during World War I . The Roman Sword in sheath is for Spanish – American War service and the cactus for Mexican Border duty . The motto translates to “ To Act , Not To Speak . ” The coat of arms was originally approved for the 107th Cavalry Regiment , Ohio National Guard on 8 March 1927 . It was amended to correct the wording of the blazon of the shield on 17 June 1927 . It was redesignated for the 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment , Ohio National Guard on 15 January 1952 . The insignia was amended to add the crest of the State of West Virginia on 22 March 1971 . It was amended to delete the crest of the State of West Virginia on 3 April 1975 . The coat of arms was redesignated effective 1 September 1993 , for the 107th Cavalry Regiment . Leaders . Regimental commanders . COL P . Lincoln Mitchell , 1921 – 1924 COL Willard O . Lathrop , 1924 – 1926 COL Dudley J . Hard , 1926 COL Joseph J . Johnston , 1927 COL Newell C . Bolton , 1927 – 1936 COL Woods King , 1936 – 1943 ( World War II , CONUS Service ) COL Ralph King , 1943 – 1945 ( World War II , European Theater ) COL Walter J . Easton , 1947 – 1955 COL Charles D . Marsh , 1955 – 1960 COL Edmund G . Nowich , 1960 – 1962 COL Ben F . Ritenour , 1962 – 1963 COL George F . Huxel , 1963 – 1965 COL Robert H . Canterburry , 1965 – 1967 COL Dana L . Stewart , 1967 – 1971 COL James A . Hill , 1971 – 1974 COL Raymond R . Galloway , 1974 – 1977 COL Arthur E . Wallach , 1977 – 1980 COL Richard J . Lander , 1980 – 1983 COL John E . Martin , 1983 – 1986 COL J . Steve Martin , 1986 – 1991 COL Mark V . Ryan , 1991 – 1993 Commanders 1 – 107th Cavalry . LTC Kenneth R . Warner , 1993 – 1996 LTC Phillip Richardson , 1996 – 1999 LTC Donald Barbee , 1999 – 2000 LTC James E . Perry , 2000 – 2003 LTC Richard T . Curry , 2003 – 2006 ( Operation Iraqi Freedom ) LTC Jeffery J . Ziol , 2006 – 2007 Commanders 2 – 107th Cavalry . LTC Larry M . Hott , 1994 – 1996 LTC Michael P . Emerine , 1996 – 1999 LTC Robert A . Recchluti , 1999 – 2001 LTC John C . Harris , 2001 – 2005 ( Kosovo ) LTC Todd A . Mayer , 2005 – 2008 LTC John A . Zulfer , 2008 – 2010 LTC James D . Eriksen Jr . , 2010 – Command Sergeants Major , 107th ACR . CSM William S . Walker , 1968 – 1973 CSM Phillip A . Caranel , 1973 – 1984 CSM Nate Monastra , 1984 – 1993 Command Sergeants Major , 1 – 107th Cavalry . CSM Michael Campbell , 1993 – 1997 CSM Timothy Johnson , 1997 – 2000 CSM Albert M . Whatmough , 2000 – 2007 CSM Timothy Hornung , 2007 Command Sergeants Major , 2 – 107th . CSM Craig R . Huffman , 1994 – 1996 CSM Donald E . Cain II , 1997 – 2000 CSM Terry T . Dillon , 2000 – 2002 CSM William F . Belding , 2003 –