1st Squadron
16th Cavalry
Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 June 1993
1st Squadron
16th Cavalry Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troop A, 16th Cavalry
Organized 14 July 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Inactivated 12 November 1921 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Redesignated 15 June 1942 as Troop A, 16th Cavalry, Mechanized, and activated at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
Reorganized and redesignated 22 December 1943 as Troop A, 16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
Inactivated 10 February 1946 at Camp Hood, Texas
(16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, consolidated 2 July 1955 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group [active], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group)
Former Troop A, 16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, withdrawn 1 March 1957 from Headquarters Company, 16th Armor Group, redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 16th Cavalry, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Inactivated 25 August 1961 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Redesignated 6 March 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 16th Armor, assigned to the 82d Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 15 August 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division
Redesignated 2 September 1969 as the 1st Squadron, 16th Cavalry
Headquarters transferred 8 December 1992 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky
1st Squadron
16th Cavalry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: * Rhineland; * Central Europe
Decorations
None