![]() ![]() The 712th Tank Battalion was inactivated at Camp Kilmer in New Jersey, on 27 October 1945, and redesignated the 525th Medium Tank Battalion on 1 September 1948. 3rd Battalion, 11th Armored Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 712th Tank Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 10th AD.Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 11th Armored Regiment, and 1st and 2nd Battalions were reorganized as the 11th Tank Battalion in the 10th AD.11th Armored Regiment was broken up on 20 September 1943, and its elements were distributed as follows: The regiment moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on 22 June 1943, and then Fort Gordon on 5 September 1943. The motto on the unit insignia is "Allons", which means "Let's Go" in French. The 11th Armored Regiment was constituted on 11 July 1942 in the Army of the United States, assigned to the 10th Armored Division (AD), and organized at Fort Benning on 15 July 1942 from the personnel and equipment of the 11th Cavalry Regiment. The remainder of the 11th Cavalry was disbanded on 26 October 1944. The 11th Cavalry Regiment was inactivated on 15 July 1942 at Fort Benning, with personnel and equipment concurrently transferred to the 11th Armored Regiment, with concurrent development of the 11th Cavalry Group, and the 11th Tank Group. They were next assigned to the Armored Force on 12 June 1942, and relocated to Fort Benning, Georgia on 10 July 1942, where they prepared to be inactivated and reorganized. They next moved to Camp Seeley in California on 7 November 1941, and again to Live Oaks, California, on 24 July 1941 they then returned to Camp Seeley on 17 September 1941, and to Camp Lockett on 10 December 1941. They participated in maneuvers at Fort Lewis in Washington from 4 to 29 August 1940, and returned to the Presidio of Monterey on 31 August 1940, where they were relieved from assignment to the 2nd Cavalry Division. The regiment moved to Fort Ord in stages from 16 to 27 January 1940 and again to Camp Clayton on 15 April to for temporary training. It maintained habitual summer training relationships with the Organized Reserve 162nd Cavalry Brigade, 323rd Cavalry Regiment, and 162nd Machine Gun Squadron. In April 1933, the regiment assumed command and control of the Monterey Civilian Conservation Corps District until mid-1934 and supported the construction and supervision of CCC camps in northern California from 1933–39. It was relieved from the 3rd Cavalry Division on and assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division. On 15 July 1927, the regiment was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division. In 1919, the regiment was stationed at the Presidio of Monterey, California. The regiment participated in the 1916 Pancho Villa Expedition under the command of William Jones Nicholson. ![]() The regiment was constituted on 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 11th Cavalry Regiment, and was organized on 11 March 1901 at Fort Myer, Virginia. Army Combat Arms Regimental System, but has been reorganized under the U.S. The 11th ACR was not reorganized under the U.S. In January 2004, the 11th ACR deployed to Iraq. These specialized units would defend the Afghan capital during the country's constitutional convention. From June to December 2003, members of the 11th ACR deployed to Afghanistan, where they helped to develop and train the armor and mechanized infantry battalions of the Afghan National Army. soldiers are facing in operations abroad. Army forces in mechanized desert warfare following a Soviet-era style threat until June 2002, when the OPFOR and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment changed to portraying an urban/ asymmetrical warfare style of combat U.S. ![]() The 11th ACR serves as the opposing force (OPFOR) for the Army and Marine task forces, and foreign military forces that train at Fort Irwin. The regiment has served in the Philippine–American War, the Pancho Villa Expedition, World War II, the Vietnam War, Gulf War and Iraq War. Although termed an armored cavalry regiment, it is being re-organized as a multi-component heavy brigade combat team. The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Blackhorse Regiment") is a unit of the United States Army garrisoned at the Fort Irwin National Training Center in California. ![]()
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