The 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, also known as the Dagger Brigade, is a maneuver brigade combat team in the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army stationed in Fort Riley, Kansas. History World War I The 2nd Brigade was first constituted on 24 May 1917 as Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Expeditionary Division, which was later designated as the 1st Division. Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Brigade 26th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Regiment 3rd Machine Gun Battalion The 2nd Brigade deployed to France in December 1917 with the rest of the 1st Infantry Division as part of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), as the American military was known in World War I. The brigade participated in many campaigns, including the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. The brigade redeployed at the end of World War I in August 1918. Commanders 2nd Infantry Brigade 1917 7 June COL Robert L. Bullard 28 June BG Robert L. Bullard 22 July Col. Charles A. Doyen, USMC (ad interim) 9 August BG Robert L. Bullard 14 August Col. Charles A. Doyen, USMC (ad interim) 19 August BG Robert L. Bullard 26 August Col. Charles A. Doyen, USMC (ad interim) 29 August BG Robert L. Bullard 4 September BG Beaumont B. Buck 1 November COL Ferdinand W. Kobbe (ad interim) 10 November BG Beaumont B. Buck 1918 27 August BG Frank E. Bamford 12 October COL George C. Barnhardt (ad interim) 17 October BG George C. Barnhardt 26 October BG Francis C. Marshall 1919 2 February COL Fredrik L. Knudson (ad interim) 17 February BG Francis C. Marshall 29 May COL Robert A. Brown (ad interim) 6 June BG Frank E. Bamford 11 July COL Robert A. Brown (ad interim) 16 July BG Frank E. Bamford 24 July COL Robert A. Brown (ad interim) 2 August COL Adolphe H. Huguet (ad interim) 9 August to 4 September COL Robert A. Brown World War II At the start of World War II, the 2nd Brigade was stationed at Fort Ontario at Oswego, New York. When the United States Army reorganized from the square division to the triangular division each division lost one regiment, (the 28th Infantry) and the brigade structure. The brigade was relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division on 16 October 1939, and moved to Pierrepont, New York as a Separate Infantry Brigade on 29 March 1940. The 2nd