7th Cavalry Brigade (United States)

This was based on an earlier effort but was predicated on a new Cavalry Regiment TO&E (Table of Organization and Equipment) published that year.

Van Voorhis's cadre and platoon became the kernel for the 7th Cavalry Brigade, which went active on March 1, 1932, at Fort Knox.

The new regimental commander was Colonel Van Voorhis, late of the experimental Mechanized Force, while the executive officer was Adna Chaffee.

After the brutal trench warfare of World War I, the United States was looking for new ways to engage in armed conflict.

While training outside of Alexandria, Louisiana, the commanders of the 7th Cavalry Brigade met in a high school basement to discuss the creation of an American armoured division.