Story by Sgt. Charles Leitner | 19th Public Affairs Detachment | 08.21.2024
SEATTLE, Washington – By most accounts the Aisne-Marne offensive, known as the Second Battle of the Marne that occurred during the summer of 1918, was an intimate and brutal affair. A proving ground for modern machines of war, the battles fought during the First World War were unlike any experienced before. Arduous stalemates of trench warfare, amplified by the use of machine guns,......
Story by Spc. Tyler Selige | 19th Public Affairs Detachment | 06.14.2024
The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley held a Victory with Honors ceremony at Victory Hall on Fort Riley, KS, to bid farewell to two distinguished members of the 1st Infantry Division on the Army’s birthday, June 14, 2024....
Story by Sgt. Charles Leitner | 1st Infantry Division | 06.05.2024
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France - U.S. Army Soldiers serving in the 1st Infantry Division led ceremonies at the 80th Annual D-Day Commemoration in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 4, 2024. The day’s events took place at the 1st Inf. Div. monument on the bluff overlooking the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach where Soldiers of the Big Red One assaulted German defenses during the opening stages of......
Story by Spc. Charles Leitner | 19th Public Affairs Detachment | 01.11.2024
FORT RILEY, Kan. – U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John V. Meyer III and Command Sgt. Major Derek Noyes, command team of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, announced the ‘Year of Victory’ campaign during a kickoff ceremony held on Jan. 11, 2024. The kickoff event marks the beginning of the next chapter in the ongoing effort to recount the history of the division, recognize its victorious......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Ashley Brown | 197th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.17.2023
U.S. Army Spc. Luke Harrison, a dedicated field artillery radar operator serving in the Wyoming Army National Guard and representing Region VI, has been bestowed with the honorable title of the Army National Guard’s Soldier of the Year. He has earned this esteemed distinction through his remarkable achievements in the 2023 All-Guard Best Warrior Competition, held from July 8 to 13 at Joint......
Story by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Reynolds | 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.18.2021
The 2nd Battalion "Dreadnaught Battalion," 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (1ABCT), 1st Infantry Division (1ID) assumed command during a transfer of authority ceremony at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area (DPTA), Poland, August 18, 2021....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Reynolds | 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.13.2021
1st Armored Brigade Combat Team "Devil Brigade," 1st Infantry Division assumes authority in Żagań, Poland, August 13, 2021. The transfer of authority signified the successful end of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team “Ironhorse,” 1st Cavalry Division’s nine-month rotation to Poland....
Story by Spc. Alvin Conley | 19th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.24.2021
1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley held a promotion ceremony at the division’s headquarters building May 24, 2021.
