Category: News

First Team Honors Mount’s Service

Story and photos by Master Sgt. Jacob Caldwell 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas — In a ceremony fit for any Soldier who passed while on active duty, leaders from across 1st Cavalry Division and Fort Hood gathered Friday for a memorial ceremony at the 1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Division to honor […]

by Dara March 14, 2018

8BEB Breach Masters Cross Train at California Range

By Maj. Carson Petry, 2ABCT Public Affairs Breach WARRIOR BASE, Korea- Soldiers and Korean Augmentation to the United States Army (KATUSA) from the 8th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division conducted a demolition exercise at California range July 9. “Our mission is to conduct a demolition training event and set [...]

by 1st Cavalry Division Site Web Host July 31, 2017

US Forces Evacuate ‘Casualty’ to Local Medical Facility in Romania

CINCU, ROMANIA 07.09.2017 Story by Sgt. Justin Geiger 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/240554/us-forces-evacuate-casualty-local-medical-facility-romania CINCU, Romania – Soldiers with 1st Cavalry Division Artillery; 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade; 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, NC National Guard and aviation assets from 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, executed a training [...]

Photo By Sgt. Justin Geiger | U.S. and Romanian Soldiers transfer the simulated casualty to a UH-60 Black Hawk to air lift the Soldier to a local medical treatment facility in Romania at the Joint National Training Center in Cincu, July 8, 2017. Getica Saber 17 is a U.S-led fire coordination exercise and combined arms live fire exercise that incorporates six Allied and partner nations with more than 4,000 Soldiers. Getica Saber runs concurrent with Saber Guardian, a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational exercise that spans across Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania with more than 25,000 service members from 22 Allied and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Geiger)

by 1st Cavalry Division Site Web Host July 9, 2017

NATO Allies and Partners
Kick Off Getica Saber 17

By Sgt. Justin Geiger Source: https://www.army.mil/article/190500/ CINCU, Romania- NATO Allies and partners stood shoulder-to-shoulder to initiate the multinational training exercise Getica Saber 17 during the official opening ceremony at Joint National Training Center in Cincu, Romania, July 7, 2017. Getica Saber 17‭ is a Fire Support Coordination Exercise and a Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise, which will [...]

by 1st Cavalry Division Site Web Host July 7, 2017

Soldierly Siblings: Brother, Sister Reunite Downrange

A Story Told in Photos QAYYARAH, IRAQ 07.21.2014 Courtesy Photo 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/3568661/soldierly-siblings-brother-sister-reunite-downrange A 3-year-old Kaitlin Rayburn models the helmet of her dad, Tom Rayburn, a retired lieutenant colonel, in the Family’s home in Fort Lewis, Wash., around 1991. Now-Capt. Kaitlin Whitmore, commander of Charlie Company, 215th Brigade [...]