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Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the Blackhorse Regiment.

The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (11th ACR) —nicknamed the Blackhorse Regiment— is an armored cavalry regiment of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort Irwin, California. The regiment has served in the Philippine-American War, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War. It is currently serving as an Opposing Force for the Army and National Guard task forces that train at the National Training Center.


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The 11th ACR was reactivated 26 October 1994 at the National Training Center and has the primary mission of serving as the parent organization for the NTC's Opposing Force.
The 11th Cavalry's motto, "Allons," means "Let's Go"-and the regiment has been doing just that ever since it was activated by an Act of Congress as a horse cavalry regiment at Fort Myer on the 2d of February 1901-one hundred years ago this year.
The 11th Armored Cavalry was constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army as the 11th Cavalry.
.: History of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment | Blackhorse :. (3448 words)
The 11th Cavalry deployed to Cuba to calm internal strife in that republic from 1906 to 1909.
Units of the 11th Cavalry became the cornerstone of the 11th Cavalry Group, the 11th Tank Battalion in the 10th Armored Division, and the 712th Tank Battalion in the 90th Infantry Division.
In 1957, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment was deployed to Germany to replace the 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment patrolling the West German/Czechoslovakian border.
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