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The 6th Squadron, the newest element of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, was constituted on May 28th, 2004 at Fort Stewart as an Armored Ground Reconnaissance Squadron of the new 4th Brigade (Vanguard) of the 3rd Infantry Division. The 6th Squadron stood-up in less than nine months and deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom III in January 2005. Once in Iraq, the Squadron conducted a relief in place with one of its sister units, the 1st Squadron of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, and assumed the mission of conducting counter insurgency operation in the urban and rural areas south of Baghdad. When insurgent activity in the squadron’s sector was defeated, the Squadron was tasked to stand-up and begin training the newly formed 5th Iraqi Army Brigade. Once the Iraqi Brigade and its four battalions were trained and handed over to other US battalions for employment in and around the Green Zone, the squadron assumed the mission to provide security to the Airport Road area, known then as the most dangerous stretch of road in Baghdad. In just a short time, the squadron, along with supporting Iraqi Security Forces, eliminated nearly all AIF [Anti-Iraqi Force] activity along the route, and as a result of conducting persistent ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance] and precision operations in the adjacent neighborhoods, AIF activity throughout the sector was significantly reduced. In January 2006, the Squadron conducted a relief in place, and redeployed back to Fort Stewart to begin preparation for future operations.
Posted July 2008, 6th Squadron Operational Update (June)
Webmaster comment:
A most welcome letter arrived (May 2007) from a very proud Commanding Officer of the 6th Squadron. The letter follows:
Gentlemen,
I hope this note finds you well.
It is my pleasure to report that 6-8 Cavalry just returned from the National Training Center at Fort Irwin after a very successful training deployment.
It is because of our training deployment there that we could not attend the recent reunion. We trust all went well and folks caught up with old friends.
Attached please find some photos of troopers training for our upcoming deployment. There is also a picture of the Troop Commanders, First Sergeants, the Command Sergeant Major, and Myself with a rock we painted with the crest at Fort Irwin (something of a tradition out there).
The Squadron is on track to deploy once again to Iraq this Fall.
Mark
LTC Mark W. Solomon
Mustang 6 Commander
6th Squadron, 8th U.S. Cavalry
