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1st Squadron - 158th Cavalry Regiment
"The Governor's Guard"

The 1st Squadron 158th Cavalry Regiment was approved to transition from the 29th Infantry Division Aviation Brigade to the 58th Brigade Combat Team on 3 September, 2006. The unit's move from the Aviation Brigade to the newly stood up 58th BCT was approved as part of the Army's transformation to self sustained and more mobile modular brigades.

The 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, was originally established in 1877 at Annapolis, MD, as the Governor's Guard. It later changed designation to Company G, 1st Maryland Infantry Regiment around 1886; to Company M, 1st Maryland Infantry Regiment for the Spanish-American War; and to Company M, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division around 1917, while in France during World War I.

The unit was redesignated as Company M, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division around 1941; and as the 29th Quartermaster Company around 1947. It was redesignated as Company A, 229th Supply & Transp[ortation Battalion around 1963; Troop B, 1st Squadron, 223rd Cavalry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division "Keystone Division" around 1968; and Troop B, 158th Cavalry Squadron, 58th Infantry Brigade around 1975.

The unit was redesignated as the 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division (Light) circa 1985.

As of late 2001, Troop A had deployed to Bosnia for SFOR 10, which began on September 2001.

Troops B, C & D were undergoing transformation along with the rest of the U.S. Army as a result of the retirement of the AH-1 Cobra Helicopters.

By the end of December 1999, the Squadron had no flyable aircraft.

On 07 September 2001, the Army announced a significant acceleration of the Aviation Modernization Plan. This acceleration advances the retirement of aging aircraft and reduces the number of helicopters in the active and Reserve components. By the end of 2004, there will no longer be AH-1 Cobras in the Army; by that date, the Army's operational helicopter fleet will contain only AH-64 Apaches. By the end of 2002, attack helicopter battalions in heavy divisions will be restructured from 24 to 18 AH-64 Apaches. Corps level attack battalions will be converted from 24 to a maximum of 21 aircraft. This unit is one of six Army National Guard battalions that wil convert from the AH-1 Cobra to the AH-64 Apache under this plan.