First Army Division East

First Army Division East
Active7 March 2007 – present
Country United States
Branch United States Army
RoleTraining Support
SizeDivision
Part ofFirst Army
Garrison/HQFort Knox, Kentucky
Motto(s)Train for Combat
Commanders
Current
commander
MG Michael J. Simmering
Command Sergeant MajorCSM Evan Lewandowski
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 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, and later moved to 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.