1st Infantry Regiment (United States)

1st Infantry Regiment
Coat of arms of the 1st Infantry Regiment
Active1791–1949
1950–present
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLight/mechanized infantry
SizeRegiment
Garrison/HQ1st Bn – West Point, NY
2nd Bn – Joint Base Lewis–McChord, WA
Motto(s)Semper Primus ("Always First")
Engagements
Commanders
Current
commander
1st Bn – LTC Thomas M. Bischof
2nd Bn – LTC John "Rocky" Rhodes
Notable
commanders
Josiah Harmar
Arthur St. Clair
James Wilkinson
Zachary Taylor
William Weigel
Benjamin A. Poore
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 1st Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army that draws its lineage from a line of post American Revolutionary War units and is credited with thirty-nine campaign streamers. The 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry is assigned as support to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and to furnish the enlisted garrison for the academy and the Stewart Army Subpost. 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment is an infantry component serving with the 2nd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis–McChord, Washington.