2 - 107th Cavalry Regiment 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 , a cavalry squadron of the 2nd Brigade 28th Infantry Division and the Ohio National Guard located throughout southwest Ohio . History . The 107th Cavalry was formed in 1877 in Cleveland as a local militia following the great railroad strike . On 10 October 1877 the Troop was named the First City Troop of Cleveland . On 10 September 1887 the unit was mustered into the Ohio National Guard . On 12 September 1895 by command of the Governor the organization dropped the name of The First City Troop of Cleveland and became known as Troop A , Ohio National Guard . It was during this period of time that Webb C . Hayes , the son of Rutherford B . Hayes , the 19th President of the United States , served as Quartermaster Sergeant in the Troop . Webb C . Hayes later received a Regular Army Commission retiring as a full colonel . Colonel Hayes served during the Spanish American War , the Philippine Insurrection , the Boxer Rebellion and World War I . For gallant service during the Philippine Insurrection , he received the Congressional Medal of Honor . Shortly after the sinking of the Maine , Troop A was designated as the nucleus of a regiment of eight troops , and called the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry . The City of Cleveland with the aid of Troop A Raised an additional two troops of Cavalry ( Troops B & C ) . Other troops were Troop D from Columbus , Troop E from Toledo , Troop F from Dayton , Troop G from Marysville and Troop H from Cincinnati . The First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was organized into two squadrons and mustered into Federal Service , 9 May 1898 . Captain Matthias W . Day , USA , was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers and assigned command of the regiment . The regiment assembled for action in Puerto Rico but a shortage of sea transports delayed their sailing and the war ended . On 10 June 1899 Troop A was called out to perform strike duty . After this duty , Troop A returned to its previous activities of parades and military maneuvers . In 1908 , " The Tobacco War " between Ohio and Kentucky began . On 7 May , Troop A was ordered to Ripley Ohio to protect the Ohio farmers . Troop B , an unattached cavalry troop from Columbus , reinforced Troop A . The troop was relieved of duty on 21 May and returned to Cleveland . In 1910 , a streetcar strike occurred in Columbus , which caused Troop A to be called to duty , on 8 July . On 25 July 1910 by Special order 148 , the Adjutant General of Ohio authorized the formation of the First Ohio Cavalry Squadron including Troop A in Cleveland , Troop B in Columbus , Troop C in Cincinnati and Troop D in Toledo . Command of the First Cavalry Squadron from its organization to its Mexican Border duty in 1916 passed from Major W . C . Scofield to Major Otto Miller and finally to Major D . J . Hurd . After 1910 Troop A returned to its former activities of parades and military encampments . The Mexican border raids of 1916 found the unit , which had been redesignated First Squadron , Ohio Cavalry , again chosen for a role of responsibility and importance . In March , Troop A commenced a recruiting drive , which brought it up to wartime strength . The Squadron was assembled at Camp Willis , Columbus , Ohio , in July 1916 . The Ohio Squadron left Columbus on the first of September arriving at Camp Pershing , near Fort Bliss , Texas . On 26 October the Squadron was ordered to Fabens , Texas for border patrol . Troop A served along the border from October 1916 to January 1917 . Troop A then returned to Fort Bliss , Texas , where they were mustered out of federal service , on 26 February 1917 at Fort Benjamin Harrison , Indiana . First World War . Within two months , the United States entered the First World War . On 11 April 1917 the First Ohio Cavalry Squadron was recruiting to regimental size . Cleveland was to provide Troops A , K and L , along with a Machine Gun Troop , Headquarters Troop and Supply Troop . Columbus was to supply Troops B , G and H ; Cincinnati , Troops C , E and F ; Toledo , Troops D and M ; and Youngstown , Troop I . On 18 May 1917 , the regiment was organized and federally recognized . When it was found that the horse cavalry would not be used in Europe the regiment was redisignated as the Second and Third Field Artillery Regiments , Ohio National Guard . Troop A became Battery A , 2nd Ohio Field Artillery . Troop A along with the rest of the Field Artillery Regiment joined the other two regiments as part of the 62nd Field Artillery Brigade of the 37th Infantry Division . The next eight and a half months transformed the former cavalrymen into artillerymen . During this period the Ohio field artillery regiments again were redesignated and Troop A became Battery B , 135the Field Artillery Regiment . In July 1918 , they arrived in France at the French artillery camp , Camp DeSouge , located at Leognan , near Bordeaux . There they began six weeks of intensive training with French 75mm howitzers . Following training , they moved to the Marbacke Sector , near Atton , France , in support of the 92nd Division , where they received their baptism of fire . November 1918 found the unit in support of the 33rd Division on line in the Troyon Sector in the middle of the St . Mihiel Salient . Here they remained until the Armistice . The regiment left France on 11 February 1919 aboard the battleships Vermont and New Hampshire , arriving at Camp Stuart , near Newport News , Virginia , 24 March . On 11 April 1919 they were mustered out at Camp Sheridan , Chillicothe , Ohio . Prior to the end of World War I the State of Ohio authorized the reformation of the First Ohio Cavalry , under the guidance of the old Troop A members and veterans of World War I . Captain Ralph Perkins reorganized Troop A , which was mustered into state service on 25 October 1920 . On 1 July 1921 the First Ohio Cavalry was redesignated as the 107th Cavalry . The regiment was brigaded into the 54th Cavalry Brigade along with the 110th Cavalry ( Massachusetts & Rhode Island ) and the 45th Cavalry , Machine Gun Squadron ( Kentucky ) . A major reorganization of the regiment took place in 1929 in order to locate squadrons geographically . This reorganization was not completed until 1931 . The 54th Cavalry Brigade was also reorganized in 1929 along geographical lines by the brigading of the 107th Cavalry with the 123rd Cavalry , Kentucky . During the early part of the 1930s the regiment spent its summer encampments at Camp Perry with marksmanship , horsemanship and drill . During the1936 annual training period at Fort Knox the regiment participated in Second Army maneuvers to determine the relative effectiveness of horse cavalry and the new mechanized cavalry . In the summer of 1940 the regiment participated in Second Army maneuvers in Wisconsin for a three - week training period On 5 March 1941 the 107th Cavalry was inducted into federal service for a scheduled one - year training period , Camp Forrest , Tennessee . After completion of a short mobilization training program , the regiment participated in the Tennessee maneuvers in late spring , Louisiana maneuvers during the summer , and the Carolina Maneuvers in the fall . During the Louisiana maneuvers the 107th Regiment was filmed by MGM for combat scenes in the motion picture The Bugle Sound . In November 1940 the 107th Cavalry was reorganized and redesignated as the 107th Cavalry Regiment ( Horse / Mechanized ) . The First Squadron continued as horse cavalry and the Second Squadron became mechanized . Second World War . Following the outbreak of the Second World War , the regiment was ordered to Fort Ord , California where they arrived on 23 December 1941 . Beginning on 6 February 1942 until 6 March 1942 , the regiment patrolled the California coast from the Golden Gate to Carmel , California . During the spring of 1942 the regiment became completely mechanized and in August began desert training . This training lasted until December 1942 . The entire year of 1943 was spent with the Western Defense Command , patrolling the California coast from the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge to Eureka , a distance of about 300 miles . Regimental headquarters was located at Santa Rosa , California . In January , 1944 the regiment was reorganized into a Cavalry Group Mechanized : Regimental Headquarters became the 107th Cavalry Group Headquarters . First Squadron became the 22nd Reconnaissance Squadron , and the Second Squadron became the 107th Reconnaissance Squadron . Colonel Ralph T . King was Group Commander ; Major Charles King commanded the 22nd ; Major William McPheeters Commanded the 107th Squadron . The 107th Cavalry Group Headquarters relocated to Fort Polk , Louisiana and served there until 6 March 1945 . The 22nd Reconnaissance Squadron became the 3323 Signal Information and Monitoring Company and served in Europe with the Third Army . The 107th Reconnaissance Squadron moved to Fort Hood , Texas to conduct overseas training , where it was assigned to the 115th Cavalry Group Mechanised . the 107th Reconnaissance Squadron sailed from the Port of New York on 3 January 1945 and landed at Le Havre , France on 16 January 1945 . They moved to Camp Lucky Strike , near Cany Barville , France for three weeks of training and unpacking equipment that had been shipped from Fort Hood . In March and April the squadron was assigned to the 15th Army and attached to the 66th Division in Brittany , with the mission of containing enemy forces in the St . Nazaire Pocket . Late in April the squadron was assigned to the 7th Army and attached to the 103rd Infantry Division with reconnaissance and security missions performed from Langenan , Germany to Scharnitz , Austria . The squadron engaged in area security in the Lenkries of Fussen , Germany , from 8 May to 29 June 1945 . On 11 August 1945 the Squadron sailed form Marseilles , France with orders for redeployment to Manila and the Pacific Theatre . With the surrender of the Japanese and the end of World War II , the squadron was directed to Hampton Roads , Virginia where they landed on 21 August . the Squadron was shipped to Camp Bowie , Texas where it was deactivated on 16 November 1945 . Post 1945 . 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 were 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 . It was placed on 1 June 1989 under the United States Army Regimental System consisting of the following units : 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 ( United States ) 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 once again assigned to the 28th Infantry Division . 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 their 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 and inactivated as such , the only currently remaining element of the 107th Cavalry Regiment is the 2nd Squadron with headquarters at Cincinnati , Ohio . Commanders . 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 Command sergeants major . CSM Craig R . Huffman , 1994 – 1996 CSM Donald E . Cain II , 1997 – 2000 CSM Terry T . Dillon , 2000 – 2002 CSM William F . Belding , 2003 -