Bushmaster Posted February 17, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 17, 2011 Quick question: When was 5/17 Cavalry formed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushmaster Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share #2 Posted February 17, 2011 I created the topic in the wrong section. Admin please move to "MILITARY HISTORY DISCUSSIONS". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoovieDude Posted February 17, 2011 Share #3 Posted February 17, 2011 Don't recall when it was offically formed. I know it was activated in 88 in Korea and then disbanded not to long after and hasn't really been seen since that I know of. It replaced 4-7 Cav for that short while. Really perturbed many of us who were there at the time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushmaster Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted February 17, 2011 Don't recall when it was offically formed. I know it was activated in 88 in Korea and then disbanded not to long after and hasn't really been seen since that I know of. It replaced 4-7 Cav for that short while. Really perturbed many of us who were there at the time!! That is the only information I found as well. Wikipedia says "For unknown reasons, 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, located at Camp Stanley, Korea was reflagged in 1988 as 5th Squadron, 17th Cavalry"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoovieDude Posted February 17, 2011 Share #5 Posted February 17, 2011 Yeah, I saw that. I used to have a unit history for the 17th Cav, part of the old unit study guide, but dont know whats happened to it. It was one of those "KFC?" moments when we went from 4-7 to 5-17, and I don't recall much of 5th Squadron having any real history behind it when I was part of it. Of course, that was 20 plus years ago too :crying: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushmaster Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted February 18, 2011 Yeah, I saw that. I used to have a unit history for the 17th Cav, part of the old unit study guide, but dont know whats happened to it. It was one of those "KFC?" moments when we went from 4-7 to 5-17, and I don't recall much of 5th Squadron having any real history behind it when I was part of it. Of course, that was 20 plus years ago too :crying: So it appears they were formed in 1988. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoovieDude Posted February 18, 2011 Share #7 Posted February 18, 2011 I honestly don't recall if it was stood up new, or if it had prior history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimchiman13 Posted March 5, 2013 Share #8 Posted March 5, 2013 5-17th Cav was activated Jan 1988 in Korea, only existed for 8 years. In 1996 it was redesignated back to 4-7 Cav....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimchiman13 Posted March 5, 2013 Share #9 Posted March 5, 2013 Quick question: When was 5/17 Cavalry formed? 1988 to 1996.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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