Editing Dragoon (section)

=== United States ===
[[File:Battle of Resaca de la Palma.jpg|thumb|alt=Sepia print of cavalrymen cutting with swords at foot soldiers. A cannon is visible at the left.|US dragoons charging Mexican infantry at the [[Battle of Resaca de la Palma]] in May 1846.]]

The 1st and 2nd Battalion, [[48th Infantry Regiment (United States)|48th Infantry]] were mechanized infantry units assigned to the [[3rd Armored Division (United States)|3rd Armored Division]] (3AD) in [[West Germany]] during the [[Cold War]]. The unit crest of the 48th Infantry designated the unit as Dragoons, purely a traditional designation.

The 1st Dragoons was reformed in the [[Vietnam War]] era as the [[1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)|1st Squadron, 1st U.S. Cavalry]]. It served in the [[Iraq War]] and remains as the oldest cavalry unit, as well as the most decorated one, in the U.S. Army. Today's modern 1–1 Cavalry is a scout/attack unit, equipped with [[MRAP]]s, [[Bradley Fighting Vehicle|M3A3 Bradley CFVs]], and [[Stryker]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/134457/planes_trains_and_ferries_11_cav_equipment_arrives_in_europe |title=1/1 CAV equipment arrives in Europe|date=25 September 2014 |publisher=army.mil}}</ref>

Another modern [[United States Army]] unit, informally known as the 2nd Dragoons, is the [[2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)|2nd Cavalry Regiment]]. This unit was originally organized as the Second Regiment of Dragoons in 1836 and was renamed the Second Cavalry Regiment in 1861, being redesignated as the [[2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment]] in 1948. The regiment is currently equipped with the [[Stryker]] family of wheeled fighting vehicles and was redesignated as the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in 2006. In 2011 the 2nd Dragoon regiment was redesignated as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. The 2nd Cavalry Regiment has the distinction of being the longest continuously serving regiment in the United States Army.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://history.dragoons.org/2005/12/10/regimental-designations-and-deployments/ |title=Regimental Designations and Deployments &#124; 2d Dragoons |publisher=History.dragoons.org |access-date=9 April 2015 |archive-date=28 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728120746/http://history.dragoons.org/2005/12/10/regimental-designations-and-deployments/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The 113th Army Band at [[Fort Knox]] is also officially nicknamed as "The Dragoons". This derives from its formation as the Band, First Regiment of Dragoons on 8 July 1840.

Company D, [[3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion]] of the [[United States Marine Corps]], is nicknamed the "Dragoons". Their combat history includes service in the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1stmardiv.marines.mil/Units/3DLARBN.aspx |title=1st Marine Division > Units > 3D LAR BN |publisher=1stmardiv.marines.mil |access-date=9 April 2015}}</ref>