First Army Announces Force Structure Actions at Forts Riley, Carson and Meade
August 17, 2006
As part of continuing efforts to transform to the Future Force, First U.S. Army Headquarters announced Aug. 17 the activation by Oct. 1 of Training Support Division East at Fort Meade, Md., and Training Support Division West at Fort Carson, Colo.
TSD East and TSD West will be two-star commands subordinate to First U.S. Army (Training, Readiness, Mobilization). They are being formed to perform command and control of pre-mobilization training, readiness oversight, post-mobilization training and certification to Reserve Component units assigned to their geographic areas of responsibility through subordinate training support brigades.
The establishment of TSD East and TSD West eliminates the requirement for the 7th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colo., and the 24th Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan, which will be inactivated by Oct. 1.
The 1st and 4th Infantry Division headquarters, designated brigade combat teams and multi-functional support brigades. will re-station as a result of Base Realignment and Closure. The Army is completing its re-stationing of the 1st Infantry Division to Fort Riley, and by March 2007 will start re-stationing the 4th Infantry Division to Fort Carson.
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For more information, contact First Army Public Affairs at (404) 469-3417
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