First Army, Division East

First Army Division East
Shoulder sleeve insignia and combat service identification badge of the First United States Army
Active	March 7, 2007 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Role	Training Support
Size	Division
Part of	First Army
Garrison/HQ	Fort Knox, Kentucky
Motto(s)	Train for Combat
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Todd B. McCaffrey (Since June 2016)
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Royce B. Manis (Since April 2016)
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
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First Army Division East is a division of the First United States Army. With its new role, the First Army developed two subordinate multi-component headquarters – one division to support the eastern United States and the other to support the western United States. First Army Division West was activated at Fort Carson, Colorado, and later moved to Fort Hood, Texas. First Army Division East was activated on 7 March 2007, and is headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

First Army Division East was established by Department of the Army Permanent Order 156-7 to provide training and readiness oversight and mobilization operations for an area of responsibility spanning 27 states and territories east of the Mississippi River. First Army Division East is responsible for mobilizing, training, readiness oversight and deploying the United States' Reserve and National Guard Soldiers, and selected Sailors and Airmen along with members of multiple interagency and governmental entities.

The division is organized into seven brigades located throughout the eastern United States with 52 total battalions.

Division East currently operates three mobilization training centers located at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Indiana; Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi; and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.

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