The 348th Cavalry Regiment was a United States Army cavalry regiment, represented in the Georgia Army National Guard by Troop E, 348th Cavalry, headquartered at Griffin, Georgia, part of the 48th Infantry Brigade. It was constituted in 1973 after Troop E was reflagged from a unit of the 196th Cavalry. In 1995, Troop E was reflagged as Troop E, 108th Cavalry.
| 348th Cavalry Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1973–1995 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Reconnaissance (Parent Regiment under United States Army Regimental System) |
| Part of | 48th Infantry Brigade (Troop E) |
| Garrison/HQ | Griffin, Georgia (Troop E) |
History
editThe 348th Cavalry was constituted on 23 November 1973 as a Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS) parent regiment in the Georgia Army National Guard. It was organized on 1 December 1973 to consist of Troop E, an element of the 48th Infantry Brigade.[1] Troop E had become Troop C, 1st Squadron, 196th Cavalry on 1 January 1968 and was previously Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 748th Cavalry. It carried on the lineage of Griffin's Spalding Grays and Griffin Rifles units. Troop E served as the 48th Brigade's reconnaissance unit.[2]
On 1 June 1989, the 348th was withdrawn from CARS and reorganized with headquarters at Griffin under the United States Army Regimental System (USARS). On 30 November 1990, along with the rest of the 48th Brigade, Troop E was ordered into active Federal service at Griffin.[3] With the brigade, the troop trained at the Fort Irwin National Training Center for combat in the Gulf War, but the 48th was not certified combat ready until the day the ground war ended, 28 February 1991, and thus was not deployed.[4] It was released from active duty on 10 April and reverted to state control. On 1 January 1994, it was reorganized, redesignated, and consolidated as Troop E, part of the 48th Infantry Brigade.[1] On 2 September 1995, Troop E was reflagged as Troop E of the newly constituted 108th Cavalry.[5][6] The regiment was not authorized a coat of arms or a distinctive unit insignia.[2]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ a b Pope & Kondratiuk 1995, p. 65.
- ^ a b Sawicki 1985, p. 380.
- ^ Melnyk 2001, p. 46.
- ^ Melnyk 2001, p. 21.
- ^ "108th Cavalry Regiment Lineage and Honors". United States Army Center of Military History. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Henry, Roy (12 December 2006). "Georgia's Troop E Ends Cav Tradition". The Guard Experience. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
Bibliography
edit- Melnyk, Les' (2001). Mobilizing for the Storm: The Army National Guard in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (PDF). Washington, DC: National Guard Bureau Historical Service Division. OCLC 47522441.
- Pope, Jeffrey Lynn; Kondratiuk, Leonid E. (1995). Armor-Cavalry Regiments: Army National Guard Lineage. Washington, DC.: National Guard Bureau Historical Services Division. ISBN 9780788182068.
- Sawicki, James A. (1985). Cavalry regiments of the US Army. Dumfries, Virginia: Wyvern Publications. ISBN 9780960240463.