On this day in 1991, #IronSoldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment "Bandits", 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division were preparing to engage Iraqi Forces during Operation Desert Storm. Check out this vintage ABC News clip with Sam Donaldson when he embedded with the unit on Feb. 21, 1991. These Soldiers share some candid thoughts just days before ground operations began against Iraqi Forces. The company commander at that time was then Capt. Dana J. H. Pittard. 20 years later, Pi

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1944, Paris was liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division after four years of Nazi occupation. The 2nd Armored Division advanced on the city from the west and the 4th Infantry Division from the south. Hitler ordered Paris defended to the last man and demanded that the city not fall into Allied hands except as “a field of ruins.” General Dietrich von Choltitz, commander of the German garrison, dutifully began laying explosives under Pa

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division return to Fort Bliss June 10, 2018, wrapping up a 9-month deployment to Kuwait. | 1st Armored Division

#Redeployment Soldiers assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division reunited with their Families during a welcome home ceremony at Cottrell Field here at #FortStewart. 3rd ID’s mission in Europe is to engage in multinational training and exercises across the continent, working alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America’s forward-deployed corps in Europe. 🎥 by Sgt. Jonathon Downs #ROTM #3ID #Reintegration #Stro

#ICYMI the 1st Armored Division conducted a change of command ceremony last week. Here are a few highlights of the event. #1starmoreddivision #1AD #IronSoldiers 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division U.S. Army Fort Bliss 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss III Corps and Fort Hood 1st Armored Division, Division Sustainment Brigade 1st Armored Division Artillery 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division | 1st Armored Division