7th Cavalry Regiment

7th Cavalry
7th Cavalry coat of arms
Active	1866–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Armored cavalry
Garrison/HQ	Fort Cavazos, Texas
Nickname(s)	"Garryowen"
Motto(s)	"Seventh First"
March	Garryowen[1]
Engagements	American Indian Wars Washita River Yellowstone River Little Bighorn Canyon Creek Bear Paw Mountain Crow Agency Wounded Knee Drexel Mission Mexican Punitive Expedition Escobar Rebellion World War II New Guinea campaign Bismarck Archipelago campaign Admiralty Islands campaign Leyte campaign Korean War Battle of Pusan Perimeter No Gun Ri massacre Vietnam War Battle of Ia Drang Battle of Huế Gulf War Iraq War War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Andrew J. Smith Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer Colonel (later Major General) James W. Forsyth Lieutenant General Hal Moore Brigadier General (later Major General) Adna R. Chaffee Jr.
Insignia
Regimental distinctive insignia
Regimental march	Garryowenⓘ

The 7th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment formed in 1866. Its official nickname is "Garryowen",^[1] after the Irish air "Garryowen" that was adopted as its march tune. The regiment participated in some of the largest battles of the American Indian Wars, including its famous defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where its commander Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer was killed. The regiment also committed the Wounded Knee Massacre, where more than 250 men, women and children of the Lakota were killed.

The 7th Cavalry became part of the 1st Cavalry Division in the 1920s, it went on to fight in the Pacific Theater of World War II and took part in the Admiralty Islands, Leyte and Luzon campaigns. It later participated several key battles of the Korean War. During the Korean War the unit committed the No Gun Ri massacre, in which between 250 and 300 South Korean refugees were killed, mostly women and children. The unit later participated in the Vietnam War. It distinguished itself in the Gulf War and in the Global War on Terror where its squadrons and battalions now serve as Combined Arms Battalions or as reconnaissance squadrons for Brigade Combat Teams in Iraq and Afghanistan.