The mission of 1-33 Cavalry is to deploy within 36 hours worldwide as part of a joint multinational, or unilateral task force and destroy enemy forces or seize and retain terrain, to control land, people and resources.
[2] A Silver color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄8 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazon: Vert, in orle thirty-three plates.
Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "MEN OF WAR" in Green letters.
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 33rd Armored Regiment on 26 March 1942.
This article incorporates public domain material from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment.