1st Infantry Division

Now, the two together talked guns and survivalism and government, and after basic and advanced infantry, they shipped to Fort Riley, Kansas.

They were part of the First Infantry Division.

That doesn't mean they were completely together, though.

Timothy went to Charlie Company, and Terry went to Bravo, but they were both Second Battalion, Sixteenth Infantry.

Incomplete intended for Casey Williams, the tight end.

And at this time, folks, we want to welcome the men and women of the 1st Infantry Division watching this game on American Forces Network and serving proudly as part of Task Force Falcon in Kosovo.

Send a nice shout-out to those people protecting our interests both internationally and here domestically.

Second down and 10 now for Penn State.

And of course, y- a lot of this eventually culminates in a pretty serious engagement at a place called the Azo Ridge, where, you know, Gavin and, and a, uh, a kind of scratch force that he's got of several hundred men, basically, you know, they, they, they hold off a significant, uh, Italo-German counterattack with a lot of armor.

Um, you know, that's, that's a major player in why the beachhead around Gela, where the First Infantry Division is gonna land, is ultimately tenable.

Um, Ridgeway had made the decision to come in, uh, by ship.

Right.

And this was not just in terms of interactions with enlisted men or lower ranks.

On one occasion, Patton so outrageously at the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division towards its commander that Patton was almost shot by his own troops, and he had to beat a hasty retreat from the area.

In any event, the reinforced 1st Infantry Division, which was part of Patton's II Corps, did stop a spoiling attack launched by the 10th Panzer Division at El Guitare, and it's famously They make it out as if Patton is controlling the battle and ordering when to fire and such.

But that was General Allen and General Roosevelt, who were the commander and deputy commander of the division.

And then after that, he, of course, ordered several assaults.

The Vietnam Experience podcast, episode number 13, My Worst Day in Vietnam, with Tim Groh, 1st Infantry Division.

February 22nd to me was...

That's the day that's logged into my memory.

Mm-hmm.

You know, get back into the light world and all that, and it's like, and, and I, I'm heading to the 1st Infantry Division, Big Red 1.

Where is that at?

So it was, uh, uh, there was a brigade at Fort Riley, Kansas.

The National Cavalry Competition and Annual Bivouac.

It's an annual event and active duty military units such as the 1st Infantry Division and the Mounted Color Guard and all of those and historic reenactors compete in mounted saber, pistol, jumping, and horsemanship disciplines.

Okay.

I never knew that was still going on.

And the folks downrange receiving them will also be able to see this mission developed, unfold, and execute as it leaves installation to the seaport of embarkation, to the seaport of debarkation, and for onward movement, and then used for inter-theater operations.

So when 1st Infantry gets done with their business, they're going to get back in the JTMS and they're going to redeploy and retrograde their cargo in the JTMS.

The data that brought them there is going to bring them back and the JTMS is also going to move all those soldiers along with their equipment.

So they marry up with their equipment, do what they got to do and get back home safely.