150th Cavalry Regiment ( United States ) The 150th Cavalry Regiment ( " The Second West Virginia " ) is a unit of the West Virginia Army National Guard , with troops in multiple locations throughout West Virginia . Its heritage with the West Virginia National Guard dates back to the Revolutionary War . History . The lineage of the 150th Cavalry Regiment dates back to 1 March 1778 , with the formation of the Militia of Greenbrier County . On 22 December 1792 , the Militia of Greenbrier County was reorganized as volunteer companies of the 13th Brigade , Virginia Militia . During the War of 1812 , five companies from the 13th Brigade were combined with seven companies from what is now northern West Virginia to form the 2nd Regiment , Virginia Volunteer Militia . During the American Civil War , units with Union sympathies were combined to form the 5th and 9th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiments . After becoming a separate state in 1863 , West Virginia reorganized its militia , including the 5th and 9th Regiments , which were consolidated and reorganized on 9 November 1864 , as the 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry Regiment , part of the 2nd Division , West Virginia Militia . On 7 June 1889 , the 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry Regiment was reorganized as the 2nd Regiment , West Virginia National Guard . After being mustered into service for eight months along the Mexican border , it was briefly mustered out of service for less than a month only to be mustered back into Federal service on 10 April 1917 . After being federalized it was redesignated as the 150th Infantry Regiment and assigned to the 38th Division on 19 September 1917 . The regiment would remain assigned to the 38th Division until the beginning of WWII . On 1 March 1942 , the regiment was relieved from its assignment the 38th and transferred to the Panama Canal Zone where it served through the rest of the war . After the war , the regiment went through a period of slow but drastic change . On 1 July 1955 , the regiment was reorganized from an Infantry table of organization and equipment unit to an Armored Cavalry TO & E unit and redesignated as the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment . On 1 March 1968 , 2nd Squadron was relieved from the regiment and broken up to form other units within the West Virginia National Guard . Meanwhile , two months later , 3rd Squadron was redesignated as 3rd Squadron , 107th Armored Cavalry . 1st Squadron continued on as the only squadron remaining in the regiment until 1 September 1993 , when the regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 150th Armor Regiment , consisting of the 1st Battalion , and assigned to the 28th Infantry Division . When the 30th Enhanced Heavy Separate Brigade began mobilization to partake in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004 , 1st Battalion , 150th Armor was chosen to reinforce the brigade . The battalion served with the brigade for approximately one year in Iraq and redeployed with the brigade back to the United States . Upon returning to the United States , 1st Battalion 150th Armor was redesignated as the 150th Cavalry , consisting of the 1st Squadron , reorganized as a Reconnaissance , Surveillance , and Target Acquisition squadron , and reassigned to the 30th Brigade as that brigade ' s RSTA squadron under the new Heavy Brigade Unit of Acton TO & E . 1st Squadron . Today , 1st Squadron , 150th Cavalry Regiment is the only active squadron in the regiment . The unit is composed of cavalry scouts equipped with HMMWV s and Bradley Fighting Vehicle s . A Gold color metal and enamel device in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Azure , a powder horn Argent , mouth to dexter , ferruled Or , stringed of the second ; in chief five mullets of the third voided . Attached below the shield a bipartite scroll inscribed “ WE CAN TAKE IT ” in Blue . The shield is blue , representative of the original organization . The powder horn is adapted from the State coat of arms . The five mullets symbolize the wars in which the original regiment participated . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 150th Infantry Regiment on 28 May 1934 . It was redesignated for the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment on 21 September 1955 . The insignia was redesignated for the 150th Armor Regiment with the description and symbolism revised effective 1 September 1993 . Azure , a powder horn Argent , mouth to dexter , ferruled Or , stringed of the second ; in chief five mullets of the third voided . That for the regiments and separate battalions of the West Virginia Army National Guard : On a wreath of the colors , Argent and Azure , a slip of mountain rhododendron in full bloom and leaved Proper . Motto WE CAN TAKE IT . The shield is blue , representative of the original organization . The powder horn is adapted from the State coat of arms . The five mullets symbolize the wars in which the original regiment participated . The crest is that of the West Virginia Army National Guard . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 150th Infantry Regiment on 28 May 1934 . It was redesignated for the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment on 21 September 1955 . The insignia was redesignated for the 150th Armor Regiment with the symbolism revised effective 1 September 1993 . References . Bibliography