The 1st Cavalry Division ("America's First Team") is a combined arms division and is one of the most decorated combat divisio ... ns of the United States Army. Currently. based at Fort Hood, Texas it was formed in 1921 and served during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, with the Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the Iraq War, in the War in Afghanistan and in Operation Freedom's Sentinel. It is currently commanded by Major General Jeffery D. Broadwater. The unit is unique in that it has served as a horseback cavalry division, an infantry division, an air assault division and an armored division during its existence. read more