The 1-75 Cavalry deployed to
Iraq in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom in the autumn of 2005. The squadron remained with 2BCT, 101st Airborne Division based out of
Camp Striker. The squadron, along with the rest of 2BCT, patrolled Southwest
Baghdad in an area known as the "triangle of death". 1-75 CAV is noted for locating and destroying multiple weapons caches as well as detaining several ranking members of
Al-Qaeda in Iraq. In January 2006 the Squadron was moved to protect a deadly
Main Supply Route (MSR) leading into Baghdad. While controlling this supply route, the squadron successfully decreased
improvised explosive device and
small arms attacks by over 80%, thus enabling the safe transport of supplies and materials into central and northern Iraq. During the time spent on MSR security, the squadron suffered two casualties. 1-75 CAV returned to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in October 2007 and redeployed to Fort Campbell in late November 2008. 1-75 CAV deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in June 2010 and returned in April 2011. It deployed to Iraq as part of Task Force Strike in summer 2016 and returned the following year. 1-75 CAV partook in
US Army AFRICOM's annual exercise African Lion in March 2019, with HHT, A and B Troops deploying to Morocco and C Troop deploying to Tunisia for the exercise, returning the following April. 1-75 CAV, along with the rest of the Strike Brigade and the 101st Airborne Division Headquarters, received orders to deploy to eastern Europe in support of Operation Assure, Deter and Reinforce in May 2022 to replace elements of 3rd Brigade,
82nd Airborne Division that deployed as the
Immediate Response Force earlier that year in response to
Russian aggression in Europe. 1-75 CAV was garrisoned in Rzeszow, Poland until redeploying with the rest of 2nd Brigade to Fort Campbell in March 2022, being replaced by 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. == Deactivation ==