Headquarters and Service Company and Companies B and C, 7th Tank Battalion; and Maintenance Company, 33rd Armored Regiment, consolidated 1 October 1957 and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 33rd Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Withdrawn 16 April 1987 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System. Activated 16 April 1987 at Fort Lewis, Washington using personnel and equipment from the 2nd Battalion, 77th Armor. Assigned 15 August 1988 to the 9th Infantry Division. Inactivated 28 September 1990 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division. Assigned 16 February 1991 to the 199th Infantry Brigade and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington. Relieved 16 July 1992 from assignment to the 199th Infantry Brigade. Components of 2nd Battalion 33rd Armor attached 194th (separate) Armor Brigade Fort Knox 1993. Inactivated 14 January 1994 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Assigned 16 April 1995 to the 2nd Infantry Division and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington using personnel and equipment from the 3rd Battalion, 77th Armor. Redesignated as 33rd Cavalry Regiment "Cav Men of War" effective 28 June 2005 and assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team -"Rakkasans" 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 1-33 Cavalry continues the lineage of 1-33 Armor. Mission in 21st century 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. As of 10 May 2006, 1-33 Cavalry was stationed at Forward Operating Base Rustimayah in Iraq. It continued to serve in the country through 2008. Campaign participation credit World War II Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Cold War Operation Iraqi Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HASTENRATH-SCHERPENSEEL Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1986–1987 French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered MONS Belgian Fourragere 1940 Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM 1944 Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES Valorous Unit Award Permanent Orders 141-17 dated 21 May 2013, awarded the unit for the period of service: 1 April 2010 to 31 August 2010 citing extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy in