2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs
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Featured Video
Dagger NTC Loadout
Soldiers with 2ABCT prepare vehicles to load on rail cars as part of the movement to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. Fort Riley is capable of holding and loading an entire brigade's worth of vehicles from its rail yard at Camp Funston.
Video by Sgt. John Portela | 2BCT-1ID | 02.05.2015
Recent Photos
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‘Dagger’ brigade honors distinguished leadersLeaders with the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division hosted a recognition banquet for Soldiers participating in the brigade’s first distinguished...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2BCT-1ID | 01.20.2015
‘Dagger’ Soldiers test Fort Riley’s training capacityM1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks engage targets during 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team’s, 1st Infantry Division, combined arms live fire exercise in the training area...
Photo by Sgt. John Portela | 2BCT-1ID | 10.27.2014
50 ‘Longknife’ troopers earned their silver spursFirst Lt. Daniel Humenuck, center, 5th Sqdn., 4th Cav. Regt., 2nd ABCT, 1st Inf. Div., receives words of encouragement from his Soldiers, Spc. Fredrick Haines, left,...
Courtesy Photo | 2BCT-1ID | 11.20.2014
Shot down the barrelAn M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank with 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, fires at a target during 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team’s, 1st Infantry Division,...
Photo by Sgt. John Portela | 2BCT-1ID | 11.15.2014
1st Infantry Division leaders meet former ambassadorLt. Col. Joey Errington and 1st Sgt. Helder Camara, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, meet with Rubens...
Courtesy Photo | 2BCT-1ID | 11.07.2014
‘Blue Babes’ clearing paths less than month after...Pvt. Epson Richardson, a combat engineer with Company B, 82nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd ABCT, 1st Infantry Division, throws a lightweight grapnel hook into a...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2BCT-1ID | 10.20.2014
Recent Video
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Dagger NTC LoadoutSoldiers with 2ABCT prepare vehicles to load on rail cars as part of the movement to the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. Fort Riley is capable of...
Video by Sgt. John Portela | 2BCT-1ID | 02.05.2015
2ABCT CALFEX 2014 (5min)Soldiers of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team conducted a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise, Nov. 20, at training areas across Fort Riley. The exercise prepares the...
Video by Sgt. John Portela | 2BCT-1ID | 11.20.2014
2ABCT CALFEX 2014 (3min)Soldiers of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team conducted a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise, Nov. 20, at training areas across Fort Riley. The exercise prepared the...
Video by Sgt. John Portela | 2BCT-1ID | 11.20.2014
B-Roll Physical Fitness Readiness Baseline Fort RileyB-Roll of 1st Infantry Division Soldiers conducting baseline test of physical fitness readiness.
Video by Sgt. John Portela | 2BCT-1ID | 09.24.2014
Fort Riley Tests New Fitness StandardsSoldiers with the 1st Infantry Division test the potential and worthiness of the Army's new fitness practices and standards. Includes sound bites from Maj. David...
Video by Sgt. John Portela | 2BCT-1ID | 09.24.2014
Willard H.S. Navy JROTC Visit Fort RileyWillard H.S.'s Navy JROTC visit to Fort Riley, Kansas.
Video by Sgt. John Portela | 2BCT-1ID | 09.19.2014
Recent News Stories
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'Dagger' brigade honors distinguished leadersLeaders with the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division hosted a recognition banquet for Soldiers participating in the brigade’s first distinguished...
Story by Capt. Andrew Cochran | 2BCT-1ID | 01.20.2015
50 ‘Longknife’ troopers earned their silver spursAlthough the days of cavalry on horseback is a thing of the past, troopers earning their spurs continues to be an important part of becoming an expert cavalrymen.
Story by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2BCT-1ID | 12.08.2014
‘Dagger’ Soldiers test Fort Riley’s training capacityTank guns crashing, machine guns chattering and artillery booming were the sounds Soldiers from the “Dagger” brigade made as they completed more than two months...
Story by Capt. Andrew Cochran | 2BCT-1ID | 12.08.2014
‘Blue Babes’ clearing paths less than month after...With their activation less than a month behind them, Soldiers with the 82nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, have answered...
Story by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2BCT-1ID | 10.20.2014
K-State journalism students gain better understanding of...For the first time, Kansas State University’s A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications students partnered with the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team,...
Story by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2BCT-1ID | 10.17.2014
‘Dagger’ brigade deactivates BSTB, activates 82nd...Eight years after inactivating, the Army has called back one of its most decorated units that many 1st Infantry Division Soldiers knew as the "Blue Babes."
Story by Staff Sgt. Tamika Dillard | 2BCT-1ID | 10.16.2014
Recent Publications
Dagger Edge June issue -- See what the Soldiers of the Dagger Brigade have been doing on their deployment in support of Operation New Dawn!
Check out what the Soldiers of 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division have been doing so far on their deployment to Baghdad!
Dagger 6- The year of transitions -- 2009 in Iraq Dagger 7 - Success in partnership Dagger 65- An honor and a privilege Dagger ePRT- Gratitude to the Dagger Brigade
Moving through Iraq's streets; Hurriyah clinic goes green; Paving a new Iraq.
