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A 21 gun salute was provided by a battery from the 3rd armored division and the 3rd infantry division band provided music at the ceremony. Us army pins and emblems category flag world inc products. Winner of the 20 silver medal in history from the military writers society of america. Regimental history k troop 11th armored cavalry regiment. All of our 11th armored cavalry regiment 11th acr items are 100% customer satisfaction guaranteed.
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Army veterans got the chance to see 11th armored cavalry regiment museum in the national training center, fort irwin calif. American f4c phantom jet streaming contrails from wingtips while regaining altitude after bombing small village known to be a vietcong stronghold during vietnam war. Army, army national guard, army reserve units, and sold in the army post exchanges. The colors red and white are the traditional cavalry colors and the rearing black horse alludes to the black horse nickname of the 11th armored cavalry. When i was in iraq in 20062007 matching pairs left and right facing 11th acr patches were available at several of the theater made patch places, in acu and dcu colors. Philippine insurrection, mexican expedition, world war ii, and vietnam. The first one was issued upon graduation from flight school. Vietnam war book of honor 1st cavalry division association. A regiment of armoured cavalry, such as the 11th armored cavalry regiment the black horse regiment in vietnam, consisted of three full squadrons of armoured cavalry.
The 11th armored cavalry regiments unique mission is vital to the readiness of our army. The team was formed in 1987 as part of operations group, ntc after the army identified a requirement for a task force that was manned and equipped to provide coverage and coaching to light infantryairborne battalions. In january 1943, the regiment was redesignated as the 3rd cavalry group. Armed forces insignia military insignia army patches. This lasted for a few years with some success, but eventually a company called national emblem purchased the. The unit baseline used for the research was a list of assigned and attached units of the 1st cavalry division that was compiled by mr. Welcome to the official 11th armored cavalry regiments facebook page.
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