United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st

found: Cavalry regiments of the U.S. Army, 1985(Constituted Mar. 2, 1833 in the Regular Army as the United States Regiment of Dragoons; redesignated May 15, 1836 as the 1st Regiment of Dragoons; redesignated Aug. 3, 1861 as the 1st Cavalry Regiment; reorganized and redesignated Jan. 16, 1933 as 1st Calvary Regiment, Mechanized; redesignated July 15, 1944 as 1st Armored Regiment, Light; regiment (less 2nd Battalion) reorganized and redesignated July 20, 1944 as 1st Tank Battalion; converted and redesignated May 1, 1946 as 1st Constabulary Squadron; converted and redesignated Dec. 20, 1948 as 1st Medium Tank Battalion; redesignated May 20, 1953 as 1st Tank Battalion; consolidated with former 2nd Battalion (which had been reconstituted and redesignated as 100th Tank Battalion on Feb. 27, 1951) and redesignated 1st Cavalry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS))

found: Telephone call to CMH Force Structure Branch, Sep. 9, 2009(Effective Oct. 1, 2005 the term "Regiment" was added back to the official designation of regiments)