One of the featured events of the Army’s 250th birthday festivities is a parade through Constitution Avenue, and one of its featured participants is part of an Army division wrapped in history. The ...
in the ranks of cavalry. The greatest Illinois cavalryman of all was Benjamin Grierson, whose background offered no indication of his skill on horseback. Born of Irish descent in Pittsburgh in 1826, ...
WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Army announced today the fall 2017 deployment of approximately 1,900 soldiers from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, ...