Editing Cavalry (section)

===Non-combat support roles===
The [[First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry]] is a volunteer unit within the [[Pennsylvania Army National Guard]] which serves as a combat force when in federal service but acts in a mounted disaster relief role when in state service.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firsttroop.com/about-us |title=About First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry |website=First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry Official Website |access-date=22 October 2014}}</ref> In addition, the Parsons' Mounted Cavalry is a Reserve Officer Training Corps unit which forms part of the [[Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets|Corps of Cadets]] at [[Texas A&M University]]. [[Valley Forge Military Academy and College]] also has a Mounted Company, known as D-Troop .

Some individual [[U.S. state]]s maintain cavalry units as a part of their respective [[state defense force]]s. The [[Maryland Defense Force]] includes a cavalry unit, [[Maryland Defense Force#Cavalry Troop A|Cavalry Troop A]], which serves primarily as a ceremonial unit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mddf.maryland.gov/troopa/|title=Cavalry Troop A|website=Maryland Defense Force Official Website|access-date=5 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217152610/http://mddf.maryland.gov/troopa/|archive-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> The unit training includes a saber qualification course based upon the 1926 U.S. Army course.<ref name="special">{{cite web |url=http://www.sdfpubcntr.net/docs/sdfm07.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006121554/http://www.sdfpubcntr.net/docs/sdfm07.pdf |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=live |title=An Overview of the Employment of Cavalry in History, With an Emphasis on the State Defense Force of the United States in the 21st Century |last1=Roberts |first1=Lt. Colonel (MD) Ron |access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> Cavalry Troop A also assists other Maryland agencies as a rural search and rescue asset.<ref name="special"/> In Massachusetts, The [[National Lancers]] trace their lineage to a volunteer cavalry militia unit established in 1836 and are currently organized as an official part of the Massachusetts Organized Militia.<ref name="nl">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationallancers.org/aboutus.html |title=Our History |website=National Lancers Official Website |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070219/http://www.nationallancers.org/aboutus.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The National Lancers maintain three units, Troops A, B, and C, which serve in a ceremonial role and assist in search and rescue missions.<ref name="nl"/> In July 2004, the National Lancers were ordered into active state service to guard [[Camp Curtis Guild]] during the [[2004 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="nl"/> The [[Governor's Horse Guard]] of [[Connecticut]] maintains two companies which are trained in urban crowd control.<ref name="special"/> In 2020, the [[California State Guard]] stood up the 26th Mounted Operations Detachment, a search-and-rescue cavalry unit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/398870/mounted-unit-rides-into-annual-training-exercise |title=Mounted unit rides into annual training exercise |last=Brofer |first=Jennifer |date=14 June 2021 |publisher=[[Defense Visual Information Distribution Service]] |access-date=27 June 2021 }}</ref>