 As America's Tank Division, the 1st Armored Division's history dates back to July 15, 1940. During World War II, 1A.D. was the 1st Armored Division of the United States Army to serve in battle. No Strangers of Combat, 1A.D. served in the Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Persian Gulf War, Operations Iraqi Freedom, Operations Freedom Sentinel, and other operations receiving many awards and recognition along the way. Here at 1A.D., we pride ourselves in lethality. We train how we fight, we build fit and disciplined formations with the experience and equipment to complete the mission. The 1st Armored Division's forced posture is to achieve peace through lethality. 1A.D.'s lethality doesn't just come from fighting in wars. It also comes from taking care of its people. Consisting of 17,000 highly trained soldiers, we adopted Operation People First. It's a three-core initiative that seeks to eliminate suicide, sexual assault, racism, extremism, and other harmful behaviors. With people as our number one priority, we strive to build diverse and inclusive environments to fight and win the nation's wars. 1A.D.'s lethality also comes from modernization. We adapt and improve what we fight with, who we fight, and how we fight. 1A.D.'s soldiers get to fight using the latest weapon systems and operate the latest equipment. Our soldiers get to clear rooms and train on weapons at our state-of-the-art simulation center. Currently, 1A.D. can be shown demonstrating its lethality during this warfighter exercise. Since our very first commanding general to our current CG, iron soldiers of old iron sides are ready to deploy, fight, and win.