A
Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry 25th ID - Vietnam
Insignia, Motto, Song,
& Lineage
Crest: On a wreath of the
colors a
cratered mount vert bearing a sabre bendwise or and in the crater a
kris reversed gules.
Shield: Or, on a pale
embattled azure
pierced by a sabre gules a cannon reversed of the field and thereon
a sabre and a bayonet saltiredwise and an arrow palewise all points
down of the third.
Symbolism: The shield is yellow for cavalry.
The
attack on the intrenchments at Selma is symbolized by the embattled
blue pale and red bayonet. The capture of Hood's artillery is
shown by the reversed cannon, the rout of the enemy's cavalry at
Murfreesborough by the reversed sabre, and the successful Indian
campaigns by the reversed arrow. The Bud Dajo campaign is
indicated by the conventionalized volcano of the crest, and the
defeat of the Moros by the reversed kris in the crater. On both
shield and crest is the regiment's triumphant sabre at the charge.
Motto:PARATUS
ET
FIDELIS
(Prepared and Loyal)
Nickname:MacKenzie's
Raiders
Regimental Song: Riders for the
Flag: In 1926 the "march
king",
John Phillip Sousa, seeing the 4th Cavalry on maneuvers and impressed
with the reputation of the 4th
Cavalry, wrote an official march for the regiment entitled "Riders
For the Flag" which was dedicated
to
Colonel
Osmun
Latrobe, Regimental Cdr, and to the
members of the Fourth U.S. Cavalry.
Lineage:
- Constituted 3 March 1855 in the
Regular Army as Company C, 1st Cavalry Organized 17 June 1855 at
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
- Redesignated 3 August 1861 as Company C, 4th Cavalry
(Cavalry companies officially designated as troops in 1883)
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1928 as the Machine Gun
Troop, 4th Cavalry
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1940 as the Service Troop,
4th Cavalry
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1942 as the Service Troop, 4th
Cavalry, Mechanized
- Consolidated 21 December 1943 with Headquarters Troop, 4th Cavalry,
and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters
Troop, 4th Cavalry Group, Mechanized
- Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters Troop, 4th
Constabulary Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1948 as Headquarters and
Service Troop, 4th Constabulary Regiment
- Inactivated 1 May 1949 in Austria
- Redesignated 20 August 1953 as Headquarters Company, 4th Armored
Cavalry
- Former Troop C, 4th Cavalry, withdrawn 15 February 1957 and
consolidated with Troop C, 4th Cavalry (see ANNEX 1), and the 25th
Reconnaissance Company (active) (see ANNEX 2); consolidated unit
reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d
Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Cavalry, an element of the 25th Infantry
Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Reorganized and redesignated 29 July 1963 as the 3d Squadron, 4th
Cavalry
- Inactivated 16 March 1987 in Hawaii and relieved from assignment to
the 25th Infantry Division
- Assigned 16 June 1989 to the 3d Infantry Division and activated in
Germany
- Relieved 16 February 1996 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Annex 1:
- Constituted 1 February 1940 in the Regular Army as Troop C, 4th
Cavalry
- Activated 1 January 1941 at Fort Meade, South Dakota
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1942 as Troop C, 4th Cavalry,
Mechanized
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 December 1943 as Troop C, 24th
Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
-Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop C, 24th
Constabulary Squadron
- Inactivated 15 December 1952 in Germany
- Redesignated 21 April 1953 as Company C, 524th Reconnaissance
Battalion
- Redesignated 1 February 1957 as Troop C, 4th Cavalry Annex 1:
- Constituted 28 October 1942 in the Regular Army as the 25th
Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 25th Infantry Division
- Activated 3 November 1942 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1944 as the 25th Cavalry
Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
- Redesignated 10 October 1945 as the 25th Mechanized Cavalry
Reconnaissance Troop
- Redesignated 20 March 1949 as the 25th Reconnaissance Company