{"id":92956,"date":"2024-01-17T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=92956"},"modified":"2024-01-19T17:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:08:18","slug":"1st-inf-div-launches-year-of-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=92956","title":{"rendered":"1st Inf. Div. Launches Year of Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Members of the 1st Infantry Division Distinguished Troopers attend the Year of Victory kickoff ceremony on Fort Riley, Kansas, Jan. 11, 2024. The kickoff event marks the beginning of the next chapter in the ongoing effort to recount the history of the division, recognize its victorious past and honor former and current Soldiers as it continues to develop future leaders and achieve success throughout its ranks. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles Leitner)
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\n U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John V. Meyer III, commander of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, speaks during the Year of Victory kickoff ceremony on Fort Riley, Kansas, Jan. 11, 2024. The kickoff event marks the beginning of the next chapter in the ongoing effort to recount the history of the division, recognize its victorious past and honor former and current Soldiers as it continues to develop future leaders and achieve success throughout its ranks. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles Leitner)
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\n U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Derek Noyes, command sergeant major of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, speaks during the Year of Victory kickoff ceremony on Fort Riley, Kansas, Jan. 11, 2024. The kickoff event marks the beginning of the next chapter in the ongoing effort to recount the history of the division, recognize its victorious past and honor former and current Soldiers as it continues to develop future leaders and achieve success throughout its ranks. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles Leitner)
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\n U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division attend the Year of Victory kickoff ceremony on Fort Riley, Kansas, Jan. 11, 2024. The kickoff event marks the beginning of the next chapter in the ongoing effort to recount the history of the division, recognize its victorious past and honor former and current Soldiers as it continues to develop future leaders and achieve success throughout its ranks. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles Leitner)
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FORT RILEY, Kansas \u2013 U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John V. Meyer III and Command Sgt. Maj. Derek Noyes, command team of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, announced the \u2018Year of Victory\u2019 campaign during a kickoff ceremony held on Jan. 11, 2024.<\/p>\n

The kickoff event marks the beginning of the next chapter in the ongoing effort to recount the history of the division, recognize its victorious past and honor former and current Soldiers as it continues to develop future leaders and achieve success throughout its ranks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, I think all of us if we live by the motto, duty, honor, country, there will be victory,\u201d said Meyer. \u201cAll of us as Soldiers have to define what that is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the year, the division and its Soldiers will discuss what it means to be victorious, what role the 1st Inf. Div. has played in the history of the United States and how it will continue playing a pivotal role in the country\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, [victory] doesn\u2019t mean that we\u2019re going to fight the enemy tomorrow or the next day,\u201d said Noyes. \u201cWhat it should mean in this organization right now is what can I do in my little slice of this pie to make myself better and my Soldiers better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis organization has a long history of victory,\u201d said Noyes. \u201cBefore WWII this division was not fully equipped, it wasn\u2019t fully manned, it wasn\u2019t fully resourced and what did they do? They were the first division in the United States to go to combat, go onto shore in North Africa, go into Sicily and then land on Normandy on the first day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey didn’t have the most resources, they didn\u2019t have the most people and a lot of leaders probably thought, \u2018we\u2019re not ready for this,\u2019 but what did they do? They got on the boats, they dismounted and they took the beach and created a victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

In recounting the history of the Big Red One., the \u2018Year of Victory\u2019 campaign looks to highlight the achievements of Soldiers and reflect upon the ideals that helped create such a storied division.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is victory to me? It\u2019s doing your duty,\u201d said Meyer. \u201cIt\u2019s in our division motto. It’s what the Soldiers have been doing in this division since 1917. We have done our duty. We did our duty in Iraq and Afghanistan as we were ordered to do. We served with honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the course of the next year, the division will focus on sending accomplished Soldiers to compete in Army-wide competitions in order to build camaraderie amongst the ranks. Milestones for the Year of Victory will include the 80th D-Day Anniversary Ceremony and the Victory Week celebration, as well as ongoing guest speaker and leadership professional development opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 Members of the 1st Infantry Division Distinguished Troopers attend the Year of Victory kickoff ceremony on Fort Riley, Kansas, Jan. 11, 2024. The kickoff event marks the beginning of the next chapter in the ongoing effort to recount the history of the division, recognize its victorious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92958,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92963,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92956\/revisions\/92963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}