Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 June 2016
6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment
- Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troop F, 17th Cavalry, and organized at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Inactivated 26 September 1921 at the Presidio of Monterey, California
- Disbanded 9 March 1951
- Reconstituted 4 May 1959 in the Regular Army as Troop F, 17th Cavalry
- Assigned 10 September 1965 to the 196th Infantry Brigade
- Activated 15 September 1965 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Relieved 15 February 1969 from assignment to the 196th Infantry Brigade
- Inactivated 31 March 1972 in Vietnam
- Assigned 16 October 2003 to the 10th Mountain Division
- Relieved 25 March 2004 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division
- Redesignated 30 April 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Squadron redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment
- Assigned 16 November 2005 to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii
- Relieved 16 October 2013 from assignment to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, and assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 2d Infantry Division
- Inactivated 15 September 2015 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and relieved from assignment to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 2d Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 October 2015 to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2011-2013
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969, 1970
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
- Troop B additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ FEB-SEP 2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History