5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment
"Long Knife"
On 28 March 2008, E Troop, 4th Cavalry returned from Germany. The 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) at this time cased its colors in Germany and was subsequently reorganized and redesignated the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), under the Army's new modular force structure. A part of this transformation entailed the activation of full Cavalry Squadrons as part of each of the Division's reorganized modular Brigades. Previous Brigade Cavalry Troops and the Divisional Cavalry Squadron were inactivated. E Troop, 4th Cavalry's lineage and honors used as the basis for the 2nd Brigade Combat Team's cavalry squadron, 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment. Concurrently, 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment was inactivated and reflagged.
In March 2008 the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) returned to Germany from Iraq. The 2nd Brigade at that time cased its colors in Germany and was inactivated, being reorganized and reactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas as the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), under the Army's new modular force structure. A part of this transformation entailed the activation of full Cavalry Squadrons as part of each of the Division's reorganized modular Brigades. Previous Brigade Cavalry Troops and the Divisional Cavalry Squadron were inactivated.
E Troop, 4th Cavalry's lineage and honors were used as the basis for the 2nd Brigade Combat Team's cavalry squadron, 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division was concurrently inactivated and reflagged as the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. The 1st Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment, part of the 1st Armored Divisions's 3rd Brigade, was reflagged as 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry.
