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July 13, 1965: Troops of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team coming ashore at Vung Tau, Vietnam.
07/14/2026

July 13, 1965: Troops of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team coming ashore at Vung Tau, Vietnam.

July 12, 2017: Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, commanding general, 1st Infantry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Cornelis...
07/13/2026

July 12, 2017: Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, commanding general, 1st Infantry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Cornelison, senior enlisted adviser for 1st Inf. Div., case their division colors during the transfer of authority ceremony for the Combined Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve in Baghdad, Iraq. The 1st Infantry Division transferred authority to the 1st Armored Division after a nine-month deployment in support of CJFLCC-OIR.

US Army Photo by Sgt. Von Marie Donato

July 11-12, 1919: First Division Circus, Montabaur, Germany
07/12/2026

July 11-12, 1919: First Division Circus, Montabaur, Germany

July 10, 2024: the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (1st CAB), cased their colors, while the 1st Air C...
07/11/2026

July 10, 2024: the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (1st CAB), cased their colors, while the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (1st ACB), uncased theirs during a Transfer of Authority ceremony in Powidz, Poland.
📸: U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Valesia Gaines

Big Red One TBT, around 1996: Chad Ewing shares this newspaper photo of Sgt. Thomas Crawford, 977th MP Co. and is lookin...
07/10/2026

Big Red One TBT, around 1996: Chad Ewing shares this newspaper photo of Sgt. Thomas Crawford, 977th MP Co. and is looking to reconnect with him.

The caption to the photo reads, "Sgt. Thomas Crawford, 977th MP Co., teases 8-month-old Nicole Spaulding while he talks to her mother Farida. Crawford was awarded an Army Commendation Medal for saving Nicole's life.

📷 First Division recruitment posterWe want to hear from you: Tell us why you joined the military and/or what your MOS wa...
07/09/2026

📷 First Division recruitment poster

We want to hear from you: Tell us why you joined the military and/or what your MOS was.

July 7, 1972: Five tanks from the 2/63rd Armor, 1st Inf. Div., fire simultaneously during a combined arms demonstration ...
07/08/2026

July 7, 1972: Five tanks from the 2/63rd Armor, 1st Inf. Div., fire simultaneously during a combined arms demonstration at Fort Riley, Kansas.

6 July 1917, Headquarters, First Expeditionary Division was redesignated as Headquarters, First Division, American Exped...
07/06/2026

6 July 1917, Headquarters, First Expeditionary Division was redesignated as Headquarters, First Division, American Expeditionary Forces.

6 July 1997, Operation Joint Guard: US Army Reserve Corporal Keith Brown (left), 11th Psychological Operations Company, ...
07/06/2026

6 July 1997, Operation Joint Guard: US Army Reserve Corporal Keith Brown (left), 11th Psychological Operations Company, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor,, Task Force Eagle poses with his students for a group portrait. He is teaching the students English. Sitting on the right is his interpreter, Sasha Vidic. Gornji Rahjic, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

07/05/2026

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