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Photo by Sgt. Thomas Duval/3-1 PAO
COL. BILL OSTLUND, COMMANDER OF THE 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 1st Infantry Division and his senior enlisted advisor, Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley Meyers, cased the unit colors during a casing ceremony at Fort Knox’s Brooks Field Tuesday. Approximately 2,500 ‘Duke’ Soldiers are scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan this year.
3-1 BCT cases its colors

By SGT. THOMAS DUVAL
3-1 Public Affairs
Young children proudly waived their miniature American flags as the sounds from the 113th Army band filled the Kentucky air. Spouses and distinguished guests anxiously watched wide-eyed as the Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division stood proudly saluting while their commander, Col. Bill Ostlund, flipped the page on a new chapter in the unit’s history.