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I just looked at your profile. I really am out of the loop. I didn't know that the 24th ID replaced the Big Red one at Fot Riley. I was in both divisions. I was at Ft Stewart when they activated the Taro Leaf Division. I was a sergeant at the time. I later did a tour at Ft Riley as a second lieutenant/first lieutenant. I had a 50 acre farm out near Wakefield.

OK....let's see....24th was at Ft. Stewart when I got there....when Clintoon started the slash and burn of Army divisions....24th ended up on the list....we became the 3rd ID (April pf 1996)....just a change of patches and some unit re-designations...but the people were the same. The 3rd ID in Germany became the 1st ID with a brigade combat team remaining at Ft. Riley. The 24th was re-established in 1998 at Ft. Riley. The head shed and some of it's support elements are all active duty like me, but the three combat manuver brigades are Army national Guard units. Make sense? LOL!