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This is the first article about the 7th Cav I've ever read that completely omits any mention of Custer or Little Bighorn. That's kind of like writing an article on George Washington and forgetting the part where he was president. - Hephaestos 04:12, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Lt. Col George A. Custer only commanded in the field. The regiments commander was Col. Samuel D. Sturgis. Sturgis spent most of the time before Little Big Horn in the east, recruiting. His son, 2nd Lt. James G.(Jack) Sturgis died with E company (Gray Horse Troop) of Custer's battalion. After Little Big Horn, Sturgis returned to field commmand of the regiment
Also, all the 7th did was "being present" at the Wounded Knee Massacre? Hm... -- Odoakerston 12:35, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
"Brave" is certainly a subjective judgment but the idea that it depends on being on the side of right and justice is laughable. The fact that it was wrong to take land from the Native Americans does not detract from any bravery that may have been displayed by any of the troopers. But it is a subjective judgment as you say.
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71.234.37.99 (
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"Lt. Col George A. Custer only commanded in the field."- Erm....
The 7th Cavalry is often cited as being a symbol of American imperialism. An article that doesn't discuss that is as biased as an article that just discusses the force structure of the Nazi military. -ArekExcelsior
No, you pedophile. The real travesty is the kid gloves treatment given to the 7th Rape-Murder Cavalry Regiment, a band of slobbering perverts even in the present time, by the United States government's lie and propaganda website, wikipedia.gov. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.30.149.207 ( talk) 03:52, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
Are you the left-wing asshole that put 17 winners of the Medal Of Honor were "engaged in the mass murder of Wounded Knee"? That was a battle. This kind of thing is exactly why Wikipedia is considered a joke and a garbage rag.
The bias here is in favor of American expansion from the very opening onward. There is no actual history being explained here, just propaganda even if it is old. That is hard to remove, but effort should be made to have an encyclopedia document fact and the existence of propaganda rather than serve as a tool for its spread. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.62.23.9 ( talk) 04:32, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
Although the 4th Squadron is listed at Camp Casey, it is really Camp Hovey (yes, part of the same "enclave" and connected, But there was a world of difference between the two camps for us over there.) If proof is needed, I'm sure I can dig some up somewhere.-- 71.87.188.160 08:51, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Proof is not needed. I served with A/4/7 Cav (Out Front!) at Camp Hovey. I'm not contributing to the discussings about our squadron regimental history, because I find it immaterial to my purposes. Feel free to discuss. <christopher.curtiss@us.army.mil>
Sometime in the early/mid 80s the 3rd Sq became the Div CAV for the 8th INF Div stationed at Coleman Barracks, GE until its deactivation in 1991. I served in 3/7 CAV from 88 till 91 and the Sq had been part of the 8th ID and at Coleman since 84 or so. Cutter-wike ( talk) 15:15, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
I joined the unit stationed at Ledward barracks in Schweinfurt WG in March 1987 and it was the 3ID divisional cavalry unit, and they had just performed the change of unit cerimony and were formerly 3/7 cav and had transitioned to 4/4 cav at that time (name only change equipment and people remained the same). So for the person above, the 3/7 cav probably materialized at Coleman at the same time. From my memory they were moving alot of unit designations around with the hope to implement some sort of regimental affiliation for soldiers so they could get stationed in multiple places and still be associated with a regement. That sort of fell apart around 1989 at then end of the cold war when downsizing made them realize that was unrealistic to be able to make that work, and then they started focusing on restoring old relationships between units, and 3/7 cav returned as the divisional cavalry unit for the 3ID again. Would need someone from the mid to late 90s to confirm when that was restored. Tigerman67 ( talk) 00:24, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Someone who knows about this topic, please verify the edits of 214.13.167.254 on 02:25, 13 February 2007. This user has been making very strange edits. If the edits are incorrect, please report the user for vandalism, reverse the edit, and reply to this message. If the edits are correct, please just reply to this message to say so. Yessopie 08:55, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Should be something about the scene with the 7th cavalry in the Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie... AnonMoos 19:09, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Vehicles--For what's it's worth and for the sake of accuracy, I was in the 3/7 in the late 1970's and we had M551 Sheridans, not M60 Pattons, as stated in the article. -- 17:31, 28 August 2007 190.49.40.111
Another note about vehicles, By about 1985 3/7 cav (A and B troups) were using M3 Bradleys, I was with the unit at the beginning of 1986, and they had the vehicles for some time before I got there. There were several old 3/7 posters in the day room that showed the troopers of the unit and had M60 tanks, so they did have M60s at sometime between the gentlemans above comments in the late 70's and 1985. Not sure if they transitioned through those M113 based hammer head tow vehicles or transitioned straight to M3 bradleys from M60's. At this same time C and D troops were avaition and had Cobra gun ships, kiowa scouts and UH1 Hueys in the same time frame. Tigerman67 ( talk) 00:38, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
In addition to a number of NPOV errors in the Indian Wars section, the claim that the Seventh was the "only cavalry regiment to have a band" is simply incorrect. Other regiments had bands, but they did not necessarily get the notice that the 7th's had (mainly due to their 'performance' at the Washita fight). During this time, band members were detailed from existing companies, and the band was typically found at the post containing the regimental headquarters. The section on cavalry equipment during the Indian Wars is also pretty poor. Intothatdarkness ( talk) 15:27, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
This should not be in the article lede...if it should be there at all. Only include it in the article body if it can be properly sourced. Otherwise it's just straight POV. Intothatdarkness ( talk) 13:26, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, that photo of the naked, mutilated trooper was just too much. I know it's the reality of what happened, but I felt it was too graphic and gory, particularly w/ specific individual i.d. I'll try to find a replacement image. Tomseattle ( talk) 16:18, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
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The way rhetoric is used in the article makes it sound more like an essay than a Wikipedia article (examples include "The Regiment is famous for its participation in some of the largest battles of the Indian Wars, including the infamous Battle of Little Bighorn, where its enigmatic commander, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer made his last stand." and "This engagement would soon be known as the Battle of Washita River."
I don't know if it's worth correcting, but if anyone has time and feels qualified to edit the article (I don't, or I would), some rewording here and there would be appreciated. Gerphe ( talk) 20:21, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
Do you think we can make a page about 5th Squadron from here? Lrod383 ( talk) 08:36, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
The “Korean War” section has some geographical and chronological errors I will fix and better source. In the process, I’ll refine the discussion of the No Gun Ri massacre to conform better with the WP article on same. Thanks. Charles J. Hanley ( talk)