The “Big Red One” will welcome its newest leader with a
Victory with Honors ceremony at 4 p.m. Oct. 3 at the 1st Infantry Division’s
headquarters on Fort Riley.
Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Smith will serve as the 1st Infantry Division and Fort
Riley deputy commanding general for support. Smith comes to the division
from Kuwait where he served as the director of operations for Combined Joint
Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.
Smith previously served in the Big Red One as the commander of Battery B,
25th Field Artillery (Target Acquisition), 1st Inf. Div. Artillery, from
October 1997 to April 1999. His decorations and badges include the Legion of
Merit, the Bronze Star Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters and the
Defense Meritorious Service Medal.