116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team

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116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team
116th Cavalry Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1920–present
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	3,000 personnel
Garrison/HQ	Boise, Idaho
Engagements	Operation Joint Forge Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation New Dawn
Commanders
Current commander	LTC Eric D. Orcutt
Notable commanders	William H. Abendroth Raymond F. Rees
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team is the largest formation of the Idaho Army National Guard. It is headquartered at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. It has been reorganized into an Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) but remains the only unit to be designated a "Cavalry Brigade Combat Team" by special appointment of the US Army. The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team has units located throughout Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Nevada. It was reorganized into a heavy armor brigade in 1989. Often referred to as the Snake River Brigade and formerly known as the 116th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the unit includes about 3,000 citizen-soldiers from Idaho.^[1]

In July 2016, the 116th CBCT took part in Exercise Saber Guardian, which involve deploying troop elements from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Georgia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and the U.S.^[2]