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History : Constituted 1 July 1916 as 16th Cavalry, concurrently organized at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. With Personnel transferred from the 3rd, 6th and 14th Cavalry Regiments. Inactivated 12 November 1912 at | History: Constituted 1 July 1916 as 16th Cavalry, concurrently organized at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. With Personnel transferred from the 3rd, 6th and 14th Cavalry Regiments. Inactivated 12 November 1912 at | ||
Forts Sam Houston and McIntosh, Texas. Activated 15 June 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee as 16th Cavalry. Mechanized. Broken up and redesignated 22 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 16th Cavalry Group, Mechanized; 16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Mech. and 19th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mech. | Forts Sam Houston and McIntosh, Texas. Activated 15 June 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee as 16th Cavalry. Mechanized. Broken up and redesignated 22 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 16th Cavalry Group, Mechanized; 16th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Mech. and 19th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mech. | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Shield : Or and brodure vert, on a chevron azure 16 mullets pierced of the field on a canton embattled (for the 6th Cavalry) a staff erect attached<br> | Shield: Or and brodure vert, on a chevron azure 16 mullets pierced of the field on a canton embattled (for the 6th Cavalry) a staff erect attached<br> | ||
thereto a standard flotant or charged with a horseshoe heels upward encircling the Arabic numeral "14" sable (for the 14th Cavalry).<br> | thereto a standard flotant or charged with a horseshoe heels upward encircling the Arabic numeral "14" sable (for the 14th Cavalry).<br> | ||
Crest : On a wreath of the colors a rattlesnake coiled to strike proper.<br> | Crest: On a wreath of the colors a rattlesnake coiled to strike proper.<br> | ||
Motto : Strike hard | Motto: Strike hard | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||