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The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division is the oldest permanent brigade in the United States Army and has some of the oldest units in the United States Army. HHC, 1st Brigade has participated in Campaigns of World War I, Vietnam, Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Its most notable campaigns include the Aisne-Marne, Meuse-Argonne, Picardy, Tet Counteroffensive and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait. Since Desert Storm, the "Devil" Brigade participated in numerous rotations to the National Training Center, deployments to Bosnia, Kuwait and a deployment to Korea to participate in a 2ID exercise. On 23 July 2003, US Forces Command alerted the 1st Brigade Combat Team for deployment to the Iraq Theater of Operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. HISTORY World War I Headquarters and Headquarters Company was constituted May 24 , 1917 into the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Brigade, an element of the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division). World War II The 1st Infantry Brigade was stationed at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island , New York as part of the 1st Infantry Division until October 11 , 1939 , when it was inactivated when the Division was converted to a Triangular Table of Organization and Equipment. On 23 July 2003, US Army Forces Command alerted the 1st Brigade Combat Team for deployment to the Iraq Theater of Operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom . The Brigade deployed its main body starting on 2 September , closing in Kuwait by 11 September . Initially attached to the 82nd Airborne Division , the brigade occupied Area of Operations Topeka and conducted Transition of Authority with the 3rd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment , on 26 September . On 20 March 2004 , CJTF-7 attached 1st Brigade to the 1st Marine Division to continue its offensive operations in AO Topeka. For twelve months, the brigade's offensive operations killed 541 insurgents, wounded 101 more, and detained over 2,081 enemy fighters, including the capture of 18 High Value Targets and 20 foreign fighters. The brigade withstood hundreds of small arms and RPG engagements, as well as over 550 IED attacks. Disrupting the enemy's ability to conduct operations, the brigade's cache searches and exploitations captured 41 heavy Machine Gun s, 175 RPG launchers, 3,134 Mortar and Artillery rounds, 1,781 Rocket s, and 17 Surface-to-air Missiles . In addition to combat operations, the brigade formed and trained the 60th Iraqi National Guard Brigade, including the 500th, 501st, and 502nd ING Battalions. 1st Brigade also sponsored over 23.8 million dollars in civil projects in the Al Anbar province. The BCT returned to Fort Riley from 14-26 September 2004. MOTTO The Devil Brigade's motto is "No mission too difficult, no sacrifice too great - DUTY FIRST!" REFERENCES
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