3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)

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The 3rd Cavalry Regiment, formerly 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Brave Rifles") is a regiment of the United States Army currently stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. The regiment has a history in the United States Army that dates back to 19 May 1846, when it was constituted in the Regular Army as the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. This unit was reorganized at the start of the American Civil War as the 3d U.S. Cavalry Regiment on 3 August 1861. In January 1943, the regiment was re-designated as the 3d Cavalry Group (Mechanized). Today, they are equipped with Stryker vehicles. The 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment was the last heavy armored Cavalry Regiment in the U.S. Army until it officially became a Stryker regiment on 16 November 2011. It retains its lineage as the 3d Cavalry Regiment. Under various names it has seen action during eleven major conflicts: the Indian Wars, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American...

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