The 4th Cavalry Brigade is an AC/RC unit based at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve & National Guard units that are based East of the Mississippi River. The brigade was originally formed as an element of the 2nd Cavalry Division but was inactivated after the division was broken up. The unit was formerly designated as 4th Brigade, 85th Division. The brigade is a subordinate unit of the 1st Army.

Organization

World War II organization

Current Organization

The unit is composed of:

Lineage

Constituted 25 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 4th Tank Destroyer Group Activated 1 September 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas Inactivated 26 October 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Disbanded 5 August 1952 Reconstituted 24 October 1997 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 4th Cavalry Brigade, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Knox, Kentucky Activated 1 December 2006 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Unit decorations

Campaign participation credit