3d Armored Cavalry Regiment

Reuters ^ | Wed March 26, 2003 11:40 AM ET | Charles Aldinger

[Calamari]

The mobile 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, with 5,200 troops, announced at Fort Carson on Tuesday that it had received orders to go.

[Calamari]

Yes, caught that!

[ladtx]

it's funny.......the 3rd is the baby regiment. No history like the others. And yet they are the only ones left alone. Black Horse and the 2nd......others were jealous of us.

Reminds me of the Sweet 16 parties we would have at the end of REFORGER excercises in Germany with the 2d, 3d and 11th ACR's. (2+3+11=16 thus Sweet 16). You can imagine the party that was.

[Greg_99]

Ever hear of the story about Patton and his 3rd Army? Turned parallel to the Germans and rushed to rescue Bastogne (sp?). That was the 2nd. Hitler called them "Patton's Ghosts."

They hit as hard as a Division, but twice as fast. Best damn units in the army (other than the Rangers of which I'm one as well).

[Calamari]

Yes, heard that. Actually probably read it online some where.

[demlosers]

The 2nd ACR has changed over to a Stryker brigade -- right?

[CPT Clay]

I know I heard it alot at Bliss. I just thought it was funny to carry the logic out.

[AlaninSA]

It's about damn time.

I've been thinking for a while that we really needed a four-division corps organized for this. This corps -- doesn't matter who has admin control over it -- would be composed of 3ID, 4ID, 1CD and 1AD -- with 3ACR screening. Why we've not done this yet has me wondering.

[guinnessboy]

Both of the units I was in from 94-98 are there now, I served in 82nd engineers A company in Bamburg Germany which was rock of the Marne until 3rd ID came back to the states and Big red 1 went out to Germany, and I was in Headquaters of the 3rd ACR. God speed guys! Brave Rifles! Blue Babe!

[Calamari]

http://ranger95.crosswinds.net/calvary/3ACR_ord_of_battle.htm

Check out the link. It gives you an idea of what they bring to the war.

[Calamari]

I was in the 3rd a long time ago. 1968-69.

[guinnessboy]

Good Ole for Cartoon rolling in!

[bribriagain]

"They hit as hard as a Division, but twice as fast. Best damn units in the army (other than the Rangers of which I'm one as well)."

Thank you.

[Greg_99]

Dude! I was in Bamberg too! Rauch Bier! You guys were on the other side of the street

[archy]

My brother in law is a tank commander in the 3rd Armored Cav. He left today. The 4th Infantry has been held up because of the issue w/ Turkehy

Well, sort of. The fallback plan was for 4th Infantry and Taskforce Ironsides to keep their heavy equipment aboard ship, and instead offload at Umm Qasr. We more or less hold the port facilities, but the tempting consideration of a counterattack that catches a divisional-sized task force unloading from 30-some ships should be something the planners had better very carefully consider.

One question I'm unclear on. Is the 3rd ACR a part of the 4th Infantry Division, or is it a unit unto itself under III Corps?

The 3 ACR unit forces already in the theater are listed as being under the Operational Control [OPCON] of V Corps, not III Corps.

Coalition forces Order of Battle [OOB] *here.*

Command Element, V Corps ~ 1,500

69th Air Defense Artillery BDE [In Israel as part of Juniper Cobra]
5-7th Air Defense Artillery BN 500 ? - Patriot
Task Force 11th Aviation
2nd Sqdn, 6th Cavalry 450 21 - AH-64A
?4 UH-60
6th Sqdn, 6th Cavalry 21 - AH-64D
3rd BN, 58th Aviation
3rd BN, 158th Aviation
5th BN, 158th Aviation ? - UH-60 7th BN, 159th Aviation
1st BN, 227th Aviation
30th Medical BDE
205th Military Intelligence BDE
18th Military Police BDE
22nd Signal BDE
17th Signal BN
32nd Signal BN
440th Signal BN
1st Corps Support Command
XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery
18th Aviation BDE
18th Soldier Support Group
44th Medical BDE
358th Civil Affairs BDE
2nd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division 4,400
1st BN, 325th Airborne Infantry RGT
2nd BN, 325th Airborne Infantry RGT
3rd BN, 325th Airborne Infantry RGT
307th Engineer BN
1st BN, 82nd Aviation RGT
407th Forward Support BN
313th Military Intelligence BN
173rd Airborne Brigade 4,000
1st BN, 508th Infantry (Airborne)
2nd BN, 503rd Infantry (Airborne)
173rd Eng Det
173rd BDE Recon Co
501st FSC
Battery D, 3-319th Abn Field Artillery
elements of, 3rd Armored Cavalry Rgt
1st Sq
2nd Sq
3rd Sq
4th Sq
Support Sq

[archy]

Just curious if anyone knows where the Big Red One is? Seems like they'd be the first ones in on this thing.

They've got about an 1,800-soldier force, reinforced with armor- not certain if it's an organic 1 INF battalion or not- and they've just pulled off a crossing of the River Euphrates, though they may be in a bit over their head.

First Infantry's 1/26th Infantry Bn, 121st Signal BN and one of their Maintenance Support battalions are co-assigned, as part of that Task Force Ironhorse that's been waiting on the 4th Infantry assets to show up- obviously, they're not waiting for that.

And about a half-hour ago, we just landed a reinforced battalion of Rangers and paratroopers in northern Iraq, taking an airfield that's likely to become very busy landing large cargo aircraft with reinforcements and supplies. Perhaps that's where some of those 4th Infantry units and equipment already offloaded will be going, assuming we maintain control of the place.

-archy-/-

[Gamecock]

CNN announced they are on the way, will be airlifted into the field secured by the 173d!

[Calamari]

Don't understand the comment.

[Thunder 6]

Not yet. They are one of the 6 BDE's scheduled to convert before 2008.

Regards,

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

My nephew is in the 3dACR and the word we're getting is that their equipment was shipped a while back, but that, because of the Turkey issue, they were waiting for deployment orders........ until now.

[guinnessboy]

whoops sorry good ole Fort Cartoon/ Carson 3rd ACR.