First Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment "Darkhorse" is an element of the Florida Army National Guard, headquartered in Panama City, Florida with units throughout the Panhandle. It was formerly 3rd Batt
Pre-mobilization at Camp Blanding, FL in October, 2009.
2008 recruitment poster for the "Darkhorse" Squadron.
Staff of 3rd Battalion, 124th Infantry, Commanded by LTC Charles Mohr in Fort Sherman, Panama, at annual training in 4–18 August 1973.
Staff of 3rd Battalion, 124th Infantry at Fort Stewart in 2003 prior to the Iraq Invasion.
The Governor's Guards is a historic unit of the Florida Army National Guard, stationed in Tallahassee, Florida. Its current designation is Troop C, 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry. The unit has one of the
153rd Cavalry Regiment
…one of the oldest lineages in the Florida National Guard, perpetuating the lineages of the Franklin Guards established in 1836 in Apalachicola and the Governor's Guards established in 1857 in Tallahassee. Troop E, 153rd Cavalry was first organized in Tallahassee in 1964 as the mounted reconnaissance element of the 53rd…
The Governor's Guards on the Capitol steps in 1899.
C Troop at the end of Annual Training, March 2015 Fort Stewart
Infantrymen on a river patrol in Baghdad.
CPT John Parkhill, "Leon Volunteers" of the 2nd Regiment of Florida Mounted Volunteers, 7/29/1857 - killed in action 11/28/1857.