Reconsidering Division Cavalry Squadrons

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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.”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.”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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