1st Squadron, 6th U.S. Cavalry

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The Fighting Sixth
The Order of the Garter Is Bestowed with Honor,
Friendship, and Tidings Upon
MRS Ann Marie Chase
Be it known that this exalted recipient is
charged the wear of this proud and traditional
symbol of the cavalry troopers love, a yellow
garter, and that she display it with due pride at
a location three fingers distance from her
dainty left knee. The yellow garter is indeed
symbolic of her life with a trooper. The circular
form reminds us that the duties of defending the
frontiers of freedom never end, but call a
trooper and his lady back again, again, and
again The yellow is a tribute to the wearers
undying devotion to her trooper and her
acceptance that he may follow someday a furl of
gold leading him to the sound of angry gunfire,
but again on a better day the golden glow of the
sunrise his day of return The knot which is
blue and binds the garter together is the sign of
the bond between the lady and her trooper. The
blue of the knot is the color of virtue and
truth, the standards she bears day to day. Do
not take the charge to wear the garter bestowed
by this order lightly. Nor, gentlemen, should
those of you present when the garter is displayed
take its appearance with other than the most
discreet respect. Lest I, driven by timeless
accords of the Gods of War and Love, castigate
you with swift and sure justice.
Ordered this 24th day of February, 2009 by
1st Squadron, 6th U.S. Cavalry
Kenneth D. Chase Squadron Commander
Stephen B. Waller Squadron CSM