3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)
The 3rd Cavalry Regiment, formerly 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army currently stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas.
Lieutenant Cave J. Couts in 1843 of the "Mounted Rifles"
The regimental accolade
George B. Crittenden; the uniform style is of the Mexican–American War era
William W Loring, who lost an arm in the Mexican–American War with the Mounted Rifleman, seen here as a CSA General
Fort Cavazos is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. The post is named after Gen. Richard E. Cavazos, a native Texan and the US Army’s first Hispanic four-star general. Formerly named Fort Hood for Confederate General John Bell Hood, the post is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about 60 mi (97 km) from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. The post is the headquarters of III Armored Corps and First Army Division West and is home to the 1st Cavalry Division and 3rd Cavalry Regiment, among others.
President George W. Bush meets U.S. Army Soldiers during a visit to Fort Hood, January 2003
1st Cavalry Division Museum
Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center
First Cavalry Division, U.S. Army, Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), Texas at the 2007 Rose Parade