Col. Michael Trotter, the commander of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, speaks at the Ready First Memorial Rededication at the Ready First Brigade Headquarters, Fort Bliss, Texas, June 20, 2019.
The Ready First Memorial recognizes all Soldiers who have fought and died in combat while serving under the Ready First Brigade Combat Team Colors.
“Today is a celebration that’s important not just to the Ready First Combat Team, the 1st Armored Division, but perhaps more importantly, our Army and our nation,” Trotter said. “We are celebrating this conversion from a Stryker brigade combat team to an armored brigade combat team but make no mistake about it, this is about enhancing our strategy readiness and our strategic lethality. We now stand on the cusp 2020 and we face evolving threats to this great nation. As we have always done, we adapt to face those threats to our democracy no matter where they may come from. Today we face threats from near-peer adversaries that are more real today than at any time since the 1980s.”
(U.S. Army photo by: Spc. Christina Westover)
Date Taken: | 06.20.2019 |
Date Posted: | 06.21.2019 13:55 |
Photo ID: | 5514910 |
VIRIN: | 190620-A-HS465-806 |
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Location: | EL PASO, TEXAS, US |
Hometown: | FORT BLISS, TEXAS, US |
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