1-14th Infantry Battalion
"Golden Dragons"
Golden Dragons deploy on short notice to any environment providing sustained land dominance to meet national security objectives while taking care of soldiers and families.
The 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, was originally constituted on 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as Company A, 2d Battalion, 14th Infantry. It organized on 8 July 1861 at Fort Trumbull, CT. It was reorganized and redesignated on 30 April 1862 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry; and on 21 September 1866 as Company A, 14th Infantry.
The unit consolidated on 26 July 1869 with Company G, 45th Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps (constituted 21 September 1866), and the consolidated unit was designated as Company A, 14th Infantry. The 14th Infantry was assigned on 27 July 1918 to the 19th Division; relieved on 14 February 1919 from assignment to the 19th Division; assigned on 10 July 1943 to the 71st Light Division [later re-designated as the71st Infantry Division; relieved on 1 May 1946 from assignment to the 71st Infantry Division. It inactivated on 1 September 1946 in Germany.
It reactivated on 1 October 1948 at Camp Carson, CO. The 14th Infantry was assigned on 1 August 1951 to the 25th Infantry Division. It was reorganized and redesignated on 1 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 14th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 25th Infantry Division (its organic elements were concurrently constituted and activated).
The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 26 August 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry. It was relieved on 1 August 1967 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.
It was relieved on 15 December 1970 from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division.
