182nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
The 182nd Infantry Regiment has the distinction of being the oldest regiment in the United States Army. The regiment traces its history more than 370 years, when it was a colonial regiment of foot of the British Crown in Massachusetts. It later served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, with Union forces in the American Civil War, and as a federalized Massachusetts National Guard regiment with the U.S. Army during World War I and World War II. For many years the regiment was a mechanized unit, and in 2006 the regiment was converted into the 182nd Cavalry Regiment, headquartered at Melrose Armory in Melrose, Massachusetts. The only active element of the regiment is the 1st Squadron (RSTA), 182nd Cavalry Regiment.
An online article by the Massachusetts Army National Guard dated 3 August 2009 stated that the unit would soon revert back to an infantry configuration.
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