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Three Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, competed in HÄYHÄ 2023, a Finnish Sniper Championship, Aug. 25-27, 2023, near Taipalsaari, Finland. Staff Sgt. Matthew Dawson, Staff Sgt. Joshua Johnson and Sgt. Gavin Asbury made up one of 26 teams in the competition.

Virginia Guardsmen Compete in Finnish Sniper Cha...

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Sep. 22, 2023

TAIPALSAARI, Finland - Three Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry...
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Stock image cockpit view from a UH-60 helicopter approaching Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park, Maine. The Maine National Guard hoisted an injured hiker to safety Sept. 20, 2023.

Maine National Guard Rescues Injured Hiker

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Sep. 22, 2023

MILLINOCKET, Maine - The Maine National Guard rescued and evacuated a 43-year-old female hiker who suffered a...
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The Maryland Air National Guard partnered with Estonia’s Cyber Command to host exercise Baltic Blitz 23 from Sept. 17-20, 2023, at Ämari Air Base, Harijumaa, Estonia. About 30 Airmen from the 175th Wing, two Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers, 12 service members from Poland, and 30 Estonians participated in the exercise to secure simulated rail transportation systems from cyber attacks.

Maryland Guard, Estonian Partners Focus on Cyber...

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Sep. 21, 2023

ÄMARI AIR BASE, Estonia - The Maryland Air National Guard partnered with Estonia’s Cyber Command Sept. 17-20...
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First Army is the oldest and longest-established field army of the United States Army. It served as a theater army, having seen service in both World War I and World War II, and supplied the US Army with Soldiers and equipment during the Korean War and the Vietnam war under some of the most famous and distinguished officers of the U.S. Army. It now serves as a mobilization, readiness and training command. First Army partners with the Army National Guard and the US Army reserve, to enable Reserve Component formations to achieve HQDA directed readiness goals and deliver trained and ready RC units.

 


Location:  

The United States First Army Headquarters is located at Rock Island Arsenal, IL.  Arsenal Island is a 946-acre island in the Mississippi River that is centrally located within the Illinois and Iowa bi-state metropolitan area known as the Quad Cities.  The Quad Cities consists of Davenport, IA; Bettendorf, IA; Rock Island, IL; Moline and East Moline, IL.

Division East is at Fort Knox, KY, and Division West at Fort Hood, TX, with ten geographically dispersed brigades throughout the United States.

First Army has operational control of the 85th Army Reserve Support Command, headquartered at Arlington Heights, IL. 

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