Ocala Rifles was an infantry company, serving on active duty in Florida and Alabama during the Spanish American War and deploying to France with the 124th Infantry for World War I. Twenty years after the war, the company reorganized in Ocala as a battery in the 265th Coast Artillery, activating for harbor defense in January 1941 and eventually deploying to Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.

The Cavalry unit served for 39 years and deployed to Afghanistan before consolidating with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry from Orlando in 2007.

On September 1, 2007 Troop E consolidated with a unit formerly based out of Orlando to create Company C, 2d Battalion, 124th Infantry.

Company C conducting convoy escort missions into Iraq for the ten month deployment.

Company C, under command of Captain Ryan Knopfle, mobilized with its parent battalion in August 2015, training at Fort Bliss for just over one month and deploying to Djibouti where one platoon was attached to Company A, 2d Battalion, 124th Infantry.

Company C (-) deployed from Djibouti to Kenya to provide security for the remote Camp Simba on Manda Bay.

Company C and the 2d Battalion, 124th Infantry were sent to Fort Bliss in May thru June 5, 2016 to demobilize and release from active duty.