The 6th CR Was Originally in the civil war. The 6th CR was Created in the august of 1861 where it immediately when into battle and campaigns. From 1865 to 1871 They were stationed in Texas for count on soldiers for wounded in Killed and M.I.A. It also took part in the Indian Wars. The "Fighting Sixth" sailed to Cuba during the Spanish-American War and took part in the battle for San Juan Hill alongside of Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders."

WWII

The 6th Cavalry, which became part of George S. Patton's Third Army during World War II, had one of the most outstanding combat records to come out that conflict, starting in October 1943 where it embarked on the Queen Elizabeth bound for northern Ireland. In January 1944, the 6th Cavalry Regiment was disbanded and reorganized into the 6th Cavalry Group and assigned to XV Corps. The unit spent the first part of 1944 in intense basic, small unit, and special combat training. Throughout WWII, the Sixth was part of most of the major campaigns, some of which included "Task Force Polk," the engagement in the Ardennes, and the Battle of the Bulge. It was also responsible for the screening and protection of the corps in the Bastogne area, defending the Our River, breaching the Siegfried Line, and the big job of crossing the Rhine River and the drive to the east.

COLD WAR

On 20 December 1948, the former 6th Cavalry Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 6th Armored Cavalry. The Regiment returned to the United States from Germany in 1957 during Operation Gyroscope, and was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Inactivated in 1963, the regiment reactivated four years later at Fort Meade, Maryland, where it served through 1971 when it was again inactivated.

In the summer of 1974, the Army decided to implement
one of the recommendations of the Howze Board, and created an air cavalry combat brigade. The 2nd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, commanded by Col. Charles D. Canedy, was redesignated as the 6th Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat). While at Hood, the brigade was a test bed for new concepts involving the employment of attack helicopters on the modern battlefield. In the fall of 1990, two of the brigade's subordinate units were deployed in Iraq during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

In late 1995, the 1st and 4th Squadrons were again deactivated, leaving only the 3rd Squadron at Fort Hood.



Active August 1861-

Nickname Fighting Sixth

Motto Ducit Amor Patriae {Led By Love of Country} Silent Thunder

Wars/Battles
US Civil War
Reconstruction
Indian Wars
Spanish-American War
Boxer Rebellion
World War II
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert Shield
Operation Iraqi Freedom



Fighting Sixth

In 2005 and 2006 as a part of the Army Transformation, squadrons of the regiment were again reorganized, as the Army eliminated from its rolls those OH-58D Kiowa Warrior units designated as attack battalions in light infantry divisions. Several of these attack battalions were reflagged as squadrons of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, replacing AH-64 squadrons that were then redesignated as Armed Reconnaissance Battalions:

* 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry - 1st Infantry Division - Fort Carson, Colorado
* 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry - 25th Infantry Division (Light) - Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
* 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry - XVIII Airborne Corps - Fort Lewis, Washington
* 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry - 10th Mountain Division (LI) - Fort Drum, New York

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