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11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
11th Armored Cavalry Shoulder sleeve insignia
Founded
1901 (1901)
Country
United States
Branch
United States Army
Type
Armored cavalry
Size
3 squadrons
Part of
National Training Center OPFOR
Garrison/HQ
Fort Irwin National Training Center
Nickname(s)
"Blackhorse Regiment" (special designation)[1]
Motto(s)
Allons (Let's Go)
March
Allons! Allons! (Let's Go!Let's Go!)[2]
Engagements
Philippine–American War Pancho Villa Expedition World War II Vietnam War Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Timothy J. Ferguson
Current senior enlisted advisor
Command Sergeant-Major Christopher L. Shaiko
Notable commanders
John N. Abrams Andrew Bacevich John B. Poindexter Frederick M. Franks Jr. George Patton IV Crosbie E. Saint Donn A. Starry Thomas E. White
Insignia
Regimental distinctive insignia
Combat Service Identification Badge
Military unit
U.S. Cavalry Regiments
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The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ("Blackhorse Regiment")[1] is a unit of the United States Army garrisoned at the Fort Irwin National Training Center in California. The regiment has served in the Philippine–American War, the Pancho Villa Expedition, World War II, the Vietnam War, Gulf War and Iraq War. 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 OPFOR trained U.S. 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. soldiers are facing in operations abroad. 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. These specialized units would defend the Afghan capital during the country's constitutional convention. In January 2005, the 11th ACR deployed to Iraq. The 11th ACR was not reorganized under the U.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System, though it has been reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental System.
^ ab"Special Unit Designations". United States Army Center of Military History. 21 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
^The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” – The U.S. Army Chorus Bio – 6/21/11
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