They were a cavalry regiment; now they’re an infantry battalion. It happened on April 12 at the Clark County Armory in Las Vegas, where the Nevada Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 221st Cavalry Regiment made the transition and donned the blue cord of the infantry.
“Moving from armor to mobile infantry doesn’t make this unit lighter; it makes it more relevant, more responsive and more lethal,” explained Army Brig. Gen. Randy Lau of the Nevada Army National Guard. The move is a part of a larger reorganization within the Army based on directives from the President and the Secretary of Defense.
As a part of the transition, the unit will replace its armored vehicles with Infantry light attack vehicles. The idea is for the unit to be more agile, reactive, and fast-deploying…