The 108th Cavalry Regiment is a Regiment of the Georgia Army National Guard and the Louisiana Army National Guard respectively
The 108th Cavalry was constituted 1 June 1921, assigned to the 23rd Cavalry Division, allotted to the National Guard of the States of Georgia and Louisiana, and organized from new and existing units as follows:
Headquarters (subsequently Headquarters and Headquarters Troop), organized at New Orleans and federally recognized 10 November 1923.Service Troop organized at New Orleans and federally recognized 3 August 1924Headquarters, 1st Squadron (originally organized 2 December 1907 as Headquarters, 2d Squadron, Georgia CavalryMustered into federal service 16 July 1916 for Mexican border service and stationed at El Paso, TexasConsolidated with 106th Train Headquarters and Military Police, 31st Division, 23 October 1917demobilized 14 January 1919 at Camp Gordon, GeorgiaReorganized at Atlanta and federally recognized 6 March 1922Troop A, 1st Separate Squadron, Georgia Cavalry at SavannahOrganized 1 October 1785) as Georgia HussarsMustered into Confederate States Army in 1861 as Company E, 6th Virginia CavalryTransferred to Jeff Davis Legion in December 1861 as Company F and served in the Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern VirginiaSurrendered 26 April 1865 with Johnston’s command at Greensboro, North CarolinaReorganized 6 May 1872 as Georgia HussarsRedesignated 11 November 1889 as Troop A, 1st Georgia CavalryRedesignated 2 December 1907 as Troop A, 1st Squadron, Georgia CavalryRedesignated 19 September 1910 as Troop A, 2d Squadron, Georgia CavalryRedesignated 23 September 1910 as Troop A, Georgia Cavalry, unassignedAttached to 2d Squadron, Georgia Cavalry, 12 March 1912Mustered into federal service 16 July 1916 and stationed at El Paso, TexasRedesignated 25 September 1917 as Headquarters Troop, 31st Division; demobilized 14 January 1919 at Camp Gordon, GeorgiaReorganized and federally recognized 13 September 1920 as Troop A, 1st Separate Squadron, Georgia CavalryRedesignated Troop A, 2 November 1921Troop B, 1st Separate Squadron, Georgia Cavalry at Hinesville organized 12 September 1788 as Liberty Independent TroopMustered into Confederate States Army 20 January 1863 as Troop G, 5th Georgia Cavalry, Wheeler’s Corps, Army of Tennessee and disbanded 10 April 1865Reorganized 13 July 1872 as Liberty Independent TroopRedesignated 11 November 1889 as Troop B, 1st Battalion, Georgia CavalryRedesignated 2 December 1907 as Troop B, Troop B, 1st Squadron, Georgia CavalryRedesignated 19 September 1910 as Troop B, 2d Squadron, Georgia CavalryMustered into federal service 16 July 1916 for Mexican border duty and stationed at El Paso, TexasRedesignated 20 October 1917 as Wire Company, 106th Field Signal Battalion, 31st DivisionDemobilized 10 May 1919 at Camp Gordon, GeorgiaReorganized and federally recognized 17 September 1920 as Troop B, 1st Separate SquadronRedesignated Troop B, 2 November 1921
106th Field Signal Battalion, Major C.W. Saso, commanding, Camp Wheeler, Ga., 9 February 1918
Troop C, 1st Separate Squadron, Georgia Cavalry at Atlanta, Georgiaorganized 31 March 1883 as Governor’s Horse Guardredesignated 25 January 1890 as Troop B, 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalryredesignated 3 October 1899 as Troop L, 1st Georgia Cavalryredesignated Troop L, 2d Squadron, Georgia Cavalry, 3 December 1907mustered into federal service 16 July 1916 and stationed at El Pasoredesignated 20 October 1917 as 106th Train Headquarters and Military Police, 31st Divisiondemobilized 14 January 1919 at Camp Gordon, Georgiareorganized and federally recognized 31 May 1921 as Troop C, 1st Separate Squadron, Georgia Cavalry)redesignated Troop C, 2 November 1921Headquarters, 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry at Jennings Louisianaorganized and federally recognized 4 May 1922)redesignated Headquarters, 2d Squadron, 21 June 1922 Troop A, 108th Cavalry at Bogalusa, Louisianaorganized 22 January 1913 as Company G, 1st Regiment, Louisiana Infantrymustered into federal service 25 June 1916 at Camp Stafford, Louisiana, for Mexican border dutymustered out 25 September 1916 at Camp Staffordmustered into federal service 10 April 1917 at Camp Nicholls, Louisianabroken up 29 October 1917 and personnel assigned to Companies E, F, G and H, 154th Infantry and Company D, 1 14th Engineers, 39th Divisiondemobilized 23 January 1919 at Camp Beauregard, Louisianareorganized and federally recognized 27 November 1920 as Troop A, Louisiana Cavalryredesignated 24 April 1922 as Troop A, 108th Cavalry)redesignated Troop E, 108th Cavalry, 21 June 1922.Troop B, 108th Cavalry at Jennings, Louisianaorganized 25 November 1902 as 3d Troop, Louisiana Cavalry and attached to 1st Battalion, Louisiana Infantryassigned to 1st Squadron, Louisiana Cavalry 6 December 1904redesignated 25 April 1908 as Troop B, 1st Squadron, Louisiana Cavalryredesignated 31 December 1914 as 2d Separate Troop, Louisiana Cavalrymustered into federal service 28 June 1916 at Camp Stafford for Mexican border duty and stationed at Donna, Texasredesignated 1st Separate Troop, Louisiana Cavalry, 6 July 1916, mustered out 6 October 1916 at Camp StaffordMustered into federal service 1 April 1917 at Camp NichollsRedesignated Headquarters Troop, 42d Division in August 1917demobilized 10 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jerseyreorganized and federally recognized 2 August 1921 as Troop B, 1st Louisiana Cavalryredesignated 24 April 1922 as Troop B 108th Cavalry), redesignated Troop F, 10 August 1922Troop C, 108th Cavalry at Franklinton, Louisiana (organized and federally recognized 17 December 1921), redesignated Troop G, 21 June 1922. Reorganized 15 March 1929 as a three-squadron regiment with elements at locations as follows:Regimental Headquarters reorganized at Hinesville, Georgia.1st Squadron reorganized with Headquarters and Troop B at Hinesville and Troop A at Savannah, Georgia.2d Squadron reorganized with Headquarters and Troop E at Bogalusa and Troop F at Franklinton, Louisiana.3d Squadron organized and federally recognized 15 March 1929 with Headquarters and Troop I at New Orleans and Troop K at Jennings, Louisiana.Relieved from the 23rd Cavalry Division (United States) and broken up in October 1940 with elements consolidated, converted and redesignated as follows:Headquarters Troop at New Orleans redesignated 6 October 1940 as Headquarters Battery, 105th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery Antiaircraft).Machine Gun Troop at Atlanta redesignated 12 October 1940 as Battery C, 101st Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).Headquarters, First Squadron at Hinesville redesignated 12 October 1940 as Headquarters, 101st Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).Troop A at Savannah redesignated 12 October 1940 as Battery A, 101st Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).Troop B at Hinesville redesignated 12 October 1940 as Battery B, 101st Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).Headquarters, 2d Squadron at New Orleans consolidated with Headquarters, 23d Cavalry Division (organized and federally recognized 18 October 1939) and Headquarters, 55th Cavalry Brigade (organized and federally recognized 20 May 1936), reorganized and redesignated 6 October 1940 as Headquarters, 105th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).Troop E at Bogalusa redesignated 6 October 1940 as Battery C, 105th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).Troop F at Franklinton redesignated 6 October 1940 as Battery D, 105th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).Headquarters, 3d Squadron at New Orleans consolidated 6 October 1940 with Headquarters, 105th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).Troop I at New Orleans redesignated 6 October 1940 as Battery A, 105th Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).Troop K at Jennings redesignated 6 October 1940 as Antitank Company, 156th Infantry Medical Department Detachment at New Orleans reorganized 12 October 1940 to form Medical Department Detachments, 101st and 105th Separate Battalions, Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft).2d Squadron (RSTA), 108th Cavalry Regiment (LA ARNG) was mobilized on 5 January 2010 for deployment as part of the 256th IBCT.
The 108th Cavalry Regiment has its own Coat of Arms approved by the United States Army Institute of Heraldry on 3 July 1934, composed of the following:
Shield: Consists of a Shield composed of a yellow a gules (for the Cavalry), red saltire (denoting Confederate Service), a three color (red, yellow, blue) rainbow at the honour point (for service with the 42nd Infantry Division during World War II), a prickly pear cactus at the charge (for Mexican border service), and an Indian's Head in profile with one feather in a top-knot (for Indian Wars).Crest: The regiments and separate battalions of the Georgia and Louisiana National Guard are placed from dexter to sinister in the order in which the states were admitted to the Union:Georgia: A boar’s head on a wreath of the colors,with an oak branch vert fructed in its mouthLouisiana: A pelican in her piety affronte with three young in its nest on a wreath of the colors ], argent armed and vulned properDistinctive Unit Insignia: The Distinctive Unit Insignia is a combination of the Shield and the motto of the Coat of Arms.Civil War (Confederate service)Peninsula CampaignFredericksburgGettysburg CampaignBattle of Culpeper Court HouseOverland CampaignValley Campaigns of 1864Appomattox CampaignAtlanta CampaignCarolinas 1865World War IStreamer without inscriptionWorld War IIOperation TorchTunisia CampaignOperation HuskyOperation AvalancheNorth ApenninesOperation OverlordBattle of Hurtgen ForestArdennes-AlsaceCentral European Campaign/AustriaThe 1st Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment is the reconnaissance and surveillance element of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard.The 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment is the reconnaissance and surveillance element of the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana Army National Guard. (The squadron was formed using the personnel and equipment of the 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment headquartered in Shreveport with units posted in Natchitoches and Coushatta Louisiana.The 3rd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment was the reconnaissance and surveillance element of the 560th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard. Note: The R&S Cavalry Squadron of a battlefield surveillance brigade is organized differently than an RSTA Cavalry Squadron of a brigade combat team. 3–108th Cavalry (R&S) is currently headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Nicknamed Renegades, the squadron consists of:Headquarters, Headquarters Troop, 3–108 CAV, in Atlanta, Georgia.Troop A, 3–108 CAV, in Douglasville, GeorgiaTroop B, 3–108 CAV, at Clay Army National Guard Center in Marietta, GeorgiaTroop C (LRS), 3–108th Cavalry, in Atlanta, Georgia (formed from the personnel and equipment of Co H (LRS), 121st Infantry)165th Quartermaster Company (Light Airdrop Supply) is attached to provide parachute rigger support.The 3d Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment was inactivated in a ceremony on 5 March 2016 at the Atlanta Readiness Center, with personnel being used to form the 3d Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th BCT.
Commanders
Lt. General Joseph Bacon Fraser
