Reconsidering Division Cavalry Squadrons
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By Nathan Jennings
April 09, 2019
Part III: 1stSquadron, 4thCavalry Regiment,in Operation Desert Storm
(Editor’s note:This is the third in a four-part series thatdescribes the problem, historyand potential solutions for the U.S. Army’s lack of dedicated division-level ground reconnaissance-and-security(R&S) capacity.)
Reconnaissance operations, like security efforts, are central to shaping favorable conditions for division maneuver during offensive, defensive, stability and even civil-assistanceoperations. As defined by Army division doctrine, they are missions “undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy.â€While adversaries often demand the most attention–especiallyduring forcible entry in expeditionary theaters–avariety of manned and unmanned sensors also collect “data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic or geographic characteristics of a particular area.â€1Similar to security efforts designed to protect main-force units, cavalry has specialized in proactive information collection (IC) and reporting since antiquity.
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