Support Squadron
"Muleskinner Squadron"
Support Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment was formed on the 11th of November 1977, on the order of the 57th Colonel of the Regiment, Colonel C. Lutz, and given the mission of executing logistical operations for the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment. Support Squadron promptly adopted the nickname "Muleskinner" from the original teamsters who conducted logistical operations by wagon trains for the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen during its early years.
On the 1st of October 1985, FORSCOM Headquarters formally activated the Support Squadron with a Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Maintenance Troop, and Supply and Transportation Troop. The Medical Troop was formally activated and assigned to the Squadron on the 5th of August 1986, 89th Chemical Company (Smoke/Recon/Decon) was activated and assigned in August of 1987, and K Company, 158th Aviation was reflagged as a member of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment and attached to Muleskinner Squadron on the 22nd of September 1997, thus bringing the squadron to its current organizational structure.
The Squadron has a history of successfully supporting the Regiment since its inception in 1977. It deployed with the Regiment to Saudi Arabia during the months of September and October 1990, to provide logistical support during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The arrival of the "Muleskinners" in Bosnia as part of SFOR 7 continues its proud tradition of going wherever the Regiment goes, and providing the continuous, uninterrupted logistical support necessary to accomplish any mission.
