Editing Fort Riley (section)

====Return of the 1st Infantry Division====
[[File:1st Infantry Division Make-A-Wish foundation activity.jpg|thumb|Ian Field, 7, stands with his squad during a farewell award ceremony April 15, 2011, at Barlow Theater on Fort Riley. The Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division worked with the [[Make-A-Wish Foundation]] to grant Ian's wish to become a soldier]]
On August 1, 2006, the 1st Infantry Division returned to Fort Riley, and the [[24th Infantry Division (United States)|24th Infantry Division]] was inactivated.<ref name="Roberts 2006">{{cite web |url=http://roberts.senate.gov/08-01a-2006.htm |title=Senator Roberts welcomes Big Red One home to Kansas |publisher=Kansas State Government |access-date=August 25, 2009 |archive-date=August 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806043656/http://roberts.senate.gov/08-01a-2006.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="p538">{{cite web |title=Mission & History of the 1st Infantry Division |website=US Army |url=https://www.1id.army.mil/About-Us/Mission-History/ |access-date=September 13, 2024}}</ref>

In October 2006, the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, assumed command and control of the [[Military transition team|Military Transition Team]] training mission. The entire division took the lead on this mission for the military. The mission was moved from Fort Riley to Fort Polk, LA, in the summer of 2009.<ref name="Rome 2009"/>