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2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team
"Dagger Brigade"
 
 
Welcome to the Dagger Brigade's home page on the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley website.

When deployed in support of Operation New Dawn, as part of United States Division – Center, the brigade is known as 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade.

This brigade was formerly the Bulldog Brigade - 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division.

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Col. Jeffery Broadwater, second from right, commander, 2nd ABCT, speaks with Soldiers from Btry. A, 1st Bn., 7th FA Regt., during a recent pre-combat inspection. The 2nd ABCT is the first Army unit to be regionally-aligned and is scheduled to conduct a variety of missions in Africa beginning in 2013.
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COL Jeffery D. Broadwater
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CSM Christopher Gilpin
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Dagger 6 Command Safety Philosophy
Please take some time to look at this document, which lays out COL Broadwater's vision for safety. Everyone is a safety--look out for your battle buddies and yourselves!
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‘Dagger’ Brigade makes final preparations for NTC
Vehicles from 2nd ABCT wait to be loaded onto railcars Jan. 23 for movement to NTC, Fort Irwin, Calif. The “Dagger” Brigade will be conducting a decisive-action rotation at the center prior to becoming a regionally-aligned brigade with U.S. AFRICOM. Photo by: Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire, 2ND ABCT.

As each day passes and brings the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division closer to their rotation to the ...
‘Dagger’ Brigade looking forward to AFRICOM mission
Col. Jeffery Broadwater, second from right, commander, 2nd ABCT, speaks with Soldiers from Btry. A, 1st Bn., 7th FA Regt., during a recent pre-combat inspection. The 2nd ABCT is the first Army unit to be regionally-aligned and is scheduled to conduct a variety of missions in Africa beginning in 2013.

The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division was designated earlier this year to be the Army's first ...
‘Daggers’ hone skills in prep for trip to NTC
A 2nd ABCT Soldier works with an iron chain in an attempt to tie down a vehicle on a railcar during a Nov. 15 class at Camp Funston. Soldiers gained valuable skills that will aid the brigade as it prepares to move equipment and vehicles to NTC early next year. Photo by: Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire, 2ND ABCT.

Story by: Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire, 2ND ABCT

More than sixty Soldiers and officers from across 2nd ...
'Dagger' Brigade Electronic Warfare Office named best in Army
Sgt. 1st Class Brian Smith Chief, center left, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eric Colon, center right, Electronic Warfare Office, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, accept the Army Outstanding Unit Award from the Association of Old Crows during the association's annual convention Sept. 23-26 in Phoenix

PHOENIX -- In recognition of their efforts during the brigade's 2010-2011 deployment in support of Operation New Dawn, the ...
Chandler visits with ‘Dagger’ Brigade Soldiers in field
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III, left, speaks to an NCO with 1st “First Lightning” Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team prior to presenting him with a coin Sep. 13 during a visit to the battalion’s field exercise training area. Chandler said he greatly enjoys seeing Soldiers in their element out in the field. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire)

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III stopped by a tactical assembly area where Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 7th ...
‘Longknife’ Squadron keeps range operations ticking
Pfc. Luis Garcia, Co. E, 1st Bn., 63rd Armor Regt., counts 25-millimeter ammunition Aug. 9 at Fort Riley’s Douthit Multi-Purpose Range Complex. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire, 2ABCT PAO)

These days, if someone listens closely, he or she can hear the boom of heavy weapons like Abrams tanks or Paladin howitzers ...
‘Daggers’ take to sky for air assault training
Soldiers with Co. B, 1st Bn., 63rd Armor Regt. pause while conducting dismounted maneuvers during an air assault training exercise Aug. 1. The exercise required Soldiers to board, disembark, form a defensive position and reconnoiter enemy positions before reloading onto UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters at night. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire, 2ABCT PAO)

Soldiers with Company B, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division working with ...
‘Dagger’ Brigade Soldiers fire division’s new Bradley Fighting Vehicle at range
Members of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew with the 1st Bn., 18th Inf. Regt. watch as another crew moves down a qualification lane during a gunnery exercise July 25 at Fort Riley’s Douthit Range Complex. Photo by: Mollie Miller, 1ST INF. DIV.

Soldiers with the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division are putting the capabilities of the Army's newest ...
‘Dagger’ Brigade MPs hone unstabalized gunnery skills
M1151 Humvees come off the firing line during unstabilized gunnery crew qualification July 13 at the Douthit Multipurpose Range Complex. Photo by: Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire, 2nd HBCT.

Showing that the oft-repeated joke about how the acronym "MP" really stands for "multi-purpose" and not ...
‘Dagger’ Brigade Soldiers fire divison’s newest tanks
Pfc. Javier Villafuerte, loader, 1st Bn., 63rd Armor Regt., prepares to bore sight an M1A2SEP V2 Abrams Tank during a tank gunnery exercise June 20 at Fort Riley’s Douthit Range Complex. The tank Villafuerte was sitting on is one of the 1st Inf. Div.’s newest pieces of equipment. Photo by: Mollie Miller, 1ST INF. DIV.

Soldiers with the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division are putting the capabilities of the Army's newest ...
‘Daggers’ welcome new commander
Col. Jeffery Broadwater accepts the colors of the 2nd HBCT from Brig. Gen. Donald MacWillie, senior commander, Fort Riley, June 5 during the brigade’s change of command ceremony at Cavalry Parade Field.

The troops had marched off the field, the band had stopped playing and the cavalry charge had charged. The change of command ...
‘Daggers’ welcome new senior NCO
New 2nd HBCT senior NCO, Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Gilpin, left, greets his predecessor, Command Sgt. Maj. Rodney Lewis, right, following a change of responsibility ceremony May 11 at Custer Hill Parade Field.

One chapter closed and a new one opened for Soldiers with the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division May 11 as ...
 
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