After two years of serving as the commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Maj. Gen. Paul E. Funk II is set to hand over command in an Aug. 6 ceremony on the post’s Cavalry Parade Field. Maj. Gen. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr. will assume command of the “Big Red One” at the 10 a.m. event.
Funk served as the 1st Inf. Div.’s deputy commanding general for maneuver for two years before taking command in May 2013. During a nine-month deployment to Southwest Asia, Funk led the division headquarters, which formed the core of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Iraq. The command was responsible for advising and assisting Iraq’s security forces
and providing training to newly built Iraqi army units as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
The “Big Red One” handed over command of CJFLCC-I to the 82nd Airborne Division in June in Baghdad, Iraq.
Funk will next serve as the U.S. Army’s assistant deputy chief of staff for operations and plans in Washington, D.C. Grigsby last served as commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, the singular enduring U.S. military presence on the continent of Africa.
