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Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, on the Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, between Junction City and Manhattan.The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 101,733 acres (41,170 ha) in Geary and Riley counties. [1]
Fort Riley was an early beneficiary of the helicopter's increased importance in post-Korea U.S. Army air missions, becoming home to the 5th Army's first helicopter training facility. Air Force operations at Marshall ended in late 1953, and on 19 November 1953, the first three Sikorsky H-19 D helicopters purchased by the Army arrived fresh from ...
Visitor access is free; donations are suggested. Custer House is also available, upon request, by coordinating with the nearby Fort Riley Cavalry Museum. Since the museum is on an active U.S. Army post, there are minor restrictions on visitors, namely a requirement for state or federally issued photo identification (i.e. a driver's license).
The 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade is an air defense artillery brigade of the United States Army.The mission of the brigade is to train and maintain a strategic crisis response air defense artillery brigade capable of deploying worldwide, on short notice, to provide air defense force protection from air-breathing threats and tactical ballistic missiles, as well as allow freedom of ...
The unit was redesignated as Aviation Company, 1st Infantry Division and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas on 21 April 1972. On 2 September 1981 the unit was reorganized and redesignated as 1st Aviation Battalion at Fort Riley, Kansas. On 16 November 1987, the 1st Aviation Regiment was relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division.
FORSCOM also commands three Army corps: V Corps at Fort Knox; III Corps at Fort Cavazos, Texas; and XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. Together the three corps include nine divisions, one cavalry regiment, 37 support brigades of various types, and a range of other corps combat, combat support and combat service support units.
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On 15 October 1970, at Fort Benning, Georgia, the battalion was inactivated and relieved from assignment to the 199th Infantry Brigade; and, concurrently was redesignated as the 299th Forward Support Battalion. On 20 October 1983, the battalion was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division and activated in Goeppingen, German.