Knox Shorts
Description: Parent unit constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 36th Engineers. Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 19th Engineer Combat Battalion. Campaign Participation Credit World War II Vietnam Southwest Asia Liberation and Defense of Kuwait War on Terrorism Afghanistan: Iraq: National Resolution Iraqi Surge
Description: The lineage of the former Troop B, 6th Armored Cavalry was redesignated on 1 July 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Members of 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry, located at Fort Knox, Kentucky, were involved in testing of both the M-1 Abrams (H Company) and M-3 Bradley (E Troop) in the 1980s. The 2nd Squadron was inactivated on 30 May 1986 at Fort Knox.
