Arrow shaped, antique brass colored coin with Lion Rampant edges protruding over edges, 2-1/4 inches wide x 2-1/2 inche... Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • III Corps
  • 2nd Brigade Combat Team
  • 1st Infantry Division
Location
Coin Location: 5A8
Homebase: Fort Riley, Kansas
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C000168

Location: 5A8 Height: 2.5

Coin: Command - Deployment

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Narrative

Arrow shaped, antique brass colored coin with Lion Rampant edges protruding over edges, 2-1/4 inches wide x 2-1/2 inches high.

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The Division’s history begins in 1917 when General John "Blackjack" Pershing arrived in France with the First American Expeditionary Force. The "Fighting First" led the way for American troops in World War I. During World War II, the 1st ID was the first to reach England, the first to fight the enemy in North Africa and Sicily, the first on the beaches of Normandy in D-Day and the first to capture a major German City - Aachen.

The 1st Brigade is charged with supporting the Army's Transition Team training mission where Brigade Soldiers train thousands of service members from across the Army, Air Force and Navy to become Iraqi and Afghan military advisors. It has provided deployable security force elements that can move anywhere the Army wants them to be. Approximately 2,000 Soldiers from the brigade deployed fall 2006 as SECFOR companies.

The 4th Inf. Bde. Combat Team, deployed from Fort Riley to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in February 2007. The Division's Combat Aviation Bde. and Sustainment Bde. (formerly known as DISCOM) are also on orders to deploy in 2007. "NO MISSION TOO DIFFICULT, NO SACRIFICE TOO GREAT" "DUTY FIRST"