The 4th Cavalry Brigade is an AC/RC unit based at

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. The unit is responsible for training selected

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. The brigade was originally formed as an element of the 2nd Cavalry Division but was inactivated after the division was broken up. The unit was formerly designated as 4th Brigade, 85th Division. The brigade is a subordinate unit of the

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Organization

World War II organization

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Cavalry Brigade ** 9 CAV DUI

9th Cavalry Regiment (Cld) ** 10 CAV DUI

10th Cavalry Regiment (Cld) ** 28 Cav Rgt DUI

28th Cavalry Regiment (Cld)

Current Organization

The unit is composed of: * 4cav-bde

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Cavalry Brigade * 337th Infantry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia

3rd Battalion, 337th Regiment (Training Support Battalion) * 340 Inf Rgt DUI

2nd Battalion, 340th Regiment (Training Support Battalion) * 383rd_Regiment_Distinctive_Unit_Insignia

3rd Battalion, 383rd Regiment (Training Support Battalion * 409 Infantry Regiment COA

1st Battalion, 409th Regiment (Brigade Engineer Battalion) * 409 Infantry Regiment COA

3rd Battalion, 409th Regiment (Brigade Support Battalion) * 409 Infantry Regiment COA

4th Battalion, 409th Regiment (Brigade Support Battalion) * 410 Inf Rgt DUI

1st Battalion, 410th Regiment (Brigade Engineer Battalion) * 410 Inf Rgt DUI

2nd Battalion, 410th Regiment (Field Artillery)(Cannon) * 410 Inf Rgt DUI

4th Battalion, 410th Regiment (Brigade Support Battalion) * 411th Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia

1st Battalion, 411th Regiment (Logistics Support Battalion)

Lineage

Constituted 25 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 4th Tank Destroyer Group Activated 1 September 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas Inactivated 26 October 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Disbanded 5 August 1952 Reconstituted 24 October 1997 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 4th Cavalry Brigade, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Knox, Kentucky Activated 1 December 2006 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Unit decorations

Campaign participation credit

References

{{reflist *''The Brigade, A History'' by John J. McGrath from the Combat Studies Institute Press,

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External links

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004 Military units and formations established in 1915