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The time has come - the grand finale! After an incredibly hard working 22 weeks of training, the Army's newest Cavalry Scouts graduated from 19D One Station Unit Training and reunited with their Families and friends before moving on to their follow on assignment. The 194th Armored Brigade transforms civilians into trained and fit Soldiers who enable our Army to fight and win our nation's wars. One Military Occupational Specialty they train is 19D, or Cavalry Scout: the eyes and ears of the U.S.

The 1st Cavalry Division Band, 1st Cavalry Division Horse Detachment and Maj. Gen. J.T. Thomson III, commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Division, commemorated Memorial Day with several local events, including a parade in Harker Heights. What did you do this weekend? Check out the photos in the comments. | 1st Cavalry Division

On September 28, 1874, Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie led U.S. Army cavalry down a narrow trail into Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas Panhandle, attacking a massive encampment where Comanche, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Kiowa families had gathered for winter. The troops routed the camp, capturing nearly 2,000 horses while families fled up the canyon walls with only what they could carry. Mackenzie ordered the systematic destruction of all lodges, winter supplies, and food stores, then slaughtered the captu