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Pfc. Joshua Potter, a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, reacts to snowfall before forming up for an awards ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 17.

Sgt. Andrew Luna, an infantryman with 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry, salutes during an awards ceremony March 17, 2016 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Luna and Sgt. Kevin Lefavour (right), a cavalry scout, were awarded first place in the sergeants category in the squadron's weeklong Noncommissioned Officer Tactical Reconnaissance Leader Course.

Lt. Col. Mark Federovich, commander of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, presents an award during a ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 18. The ceremony was held to recognize the squadron's achievements in their February rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Capt. Chad Klascius, commander of Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and native of Sandy, Utah, briefs Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil Jr., commanding general of Multi-National Division - Baghdad and 1st Cavalry Division, on progress of construction efforts of a checkpoint March 19 south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Randy Tester, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th BCT (Abn.), 25th Inf. Div.)

A U.S. Army paratrooper with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment breaks open a case of C-4 explosives, prior to a cache search mission in Al Jabor, Iraq, March 20. C-1/40th CAV is conducting the search for weapons along the banks of the Tigris River a few miles south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley)

U.S. Army paratroopers with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment resume their march after a security halt during a cache search mission in Al Jabor, Iraq, March 20. C-1/40th CAV is conducting the search for weapons along the banks of the Tigris River a few miles south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley)

U.S. Army paratroopers with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment resume their march after a security halt during a cache search mission in Al Jabor, Iraq, March 20. C-1/40th CAV is conducting the search for weapons along the banks of the Tigris River a few miles south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley)

U.S. Army paratroopers with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment move through a field during a cache search mission in Al Jabor, Iraq, March 20. C-1/40th CAV is conducting the search for weapons along the banks of the Tigris River a few miles south of Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley)

Lt. Col. Mark Odom, commander, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and Washington, D.C. native, discusses current operations with a fellow paratrooper near Adamiyah, Iraq April 13. (U.S. Army photo by Command Sgt. Maj. Norman Corbett, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment)

Lt. Col. Mark Odom, commander, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division and Washington, D.C. native, discusses operations with Brig. Gen. John Campbell, deputy commanding general for maneuver, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, near a patrol base south of Baghdad April 13. (U.S. Army photo by Command Sgt. Maj. Norman Corbett, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment)

Army Sgt. Oscar Vazquez, a cavalry scout with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, poses for a portrait with his wife, Karla, and their two children, Samantha and Oskar, during his deployment rest and relaxation leave March 2012 in Phoenix, Ariz. (Courtesy Photo)

U.S. Army Pfc. James Brennan, 1st Platoon, Blackjack Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry, fires an M-240B machine gun on a heavy weapons range, Camp Clark, Khowst province, Afghanistan, May 20. Training included moving to an objective as a unit and familiarization with heavy weapons such as 60 mm mortars and antitank weapons.

U.S. Army Pfc. James Brennan, 1st Platoon, Blackjack Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry, fires an M-240B machine gun on a heavy weapons range, Camp Clark, Khowst province, Afghanistan, May 20. Training included moving to an objective as a unit and familiarization with heavy weapons such as 60 mm mortars and antitank weapons.

Paratroopers with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, begin the Norwegian Foot March at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, May 20, 2021. Of the approximately 170 participants that started 130 finished successfully. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk)

Paratroopers with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, finish their first mile of the Norwegian Foot March at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, May 20, 2021. Of the approximately 170 participants that started 130 finished the 18-mile march successfully. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk)

The new commander of the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Lt. Col. Mark Federovich, stands at attention as he takes in the first few moments of his command just after the squadron’s assumption of command ceremony June 13, 2014 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Smith/Released)

The new commander of the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Lt. Col. Mark Federovich, accepts the squadron’s colors from Col. Matthew McFarlane, commander of the 4-25th, flag during the squadron’s assumption of command ceremony June 13, 2014 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Smith/Released)

JFOs from 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), and JTACs from 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron waiting for go-ahead to embark on UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at Fort Wainwright's Ladd Army Airfield for movement to Alaska's Donnelly Training Area. (Photo by Spc. Reese Von Rogatsz)

Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), and airmen from 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron in a 'react to indirect fire' scenario on Molybdenum Ridge in Alaska's Donnelly Training Area. (Photo by Spc. Reese Von Rogatsz)

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Richard M. Scott, commander of the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), motivates his paratroopers during a run at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 21, 2013. All of the soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Alaska assembled to run in commemoration of the Army’s 238th birthday. (U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Shrewsbury/Released)

A 2005 photo of “Stinky,” an award-winning underwater remotely-operated vehicle constructed by Army Sgt. Oscar Vazquez, a cavalry scout with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, and three of his teammates, Lorenzo Santillan, Luis Aranda, and Christian Arcega, from the Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix, Ariz. (Courtesy Photo)

LTC Joshua Gaspard leads the paratroopers from 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment during the brigade Airborne Day run on 16 Aug., 2018 at Joint Base Elmendorf- Richardson, Alaska. The paratroopers ran in honor of the U.S. Army’s first parachute platoon jump, 78 years ago at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1940. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Ashley Bain-Sangster)

U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment prepare to drop from a U.S. Air Force C-17 piloted by the 317th Airlift Squadron. Photo taken by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Garrett Wake on 24 August, 2017.

U.S. Army Sgt. Moroyoqui/1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment prepare to drop from a U.S. Air Force C-17 piloted by the 317th Airlift Squadron. Photo taken by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Garrett Wake on 24 August, 2017.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 11th Airborne Division, greet arriving Soldiers during Super Garuda Shield 2024, Aug. 27, 2024. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise that has significantly grown in scope and size since 2009. Super Garuda Shield 2024 is the third consecutive time this exercise has grown into a combined and joint event, focused on commitment to partnership and a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Isaac Copeland)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Roger Schilling scans the terrain during a night patrol in the mountains near Sar Howza, Paktika province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 4, 2009. Schilling is deployed with Bulldog Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division.(DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith, U.S. Army. (Released))

Paratroopers assigned to Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, receive training on the capabilities and operation of the Search and Rescue Tactical Vehicle Sept. 14, 2013, at the Donnelly Training Area, Alaska. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Shrewsbury/Released)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Wahler, a senior medic with Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron , 40th Cavalry Regiment, and Brian Johnson, a representative and vehicle designer with HDT Global, discuss Search and Rescue Tactical Vehicle capabilities during training at the Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Sept. 14, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Shrewsbury/Released)

The Guerrero family celebrates U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Guerrero from 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, earning his Expert Soldier Badge after a ceremony, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sep. 22, 2023. The ESB is a skill badge awarded to soldiers who successfully complete a set of qualification tests that demonstrate their mastery of soldier skills, including land navigation and a 12-mile ruck march.

Just before the main body of other Spur Ride candidates receive their silver spurs, the battalion commander of the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry (Airborne) presents spurs to the senior spur ride test candidates.