The final welcome-home ceremony for the 1st Infantry Division’s headquarter has been changed to approximately 6:30 p.m. Friday at Fort Riley in Building 1986 at Camp Funston.

During this ceremony, more than 150 Soldiers will be reunited with loved ones and “Big Red One” leaders will uncase the division’s colors, signifying the completion of the unit’s deployment to Iraq.

The Big Red One headquarters deployed in October 2016 and assumed the role of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve. In that role the division headquarters provided command and control of Coalition troops training, advising and assisting Iraqi Security Forces.

Under the 1st Infantry Division’s leadership, 30,000 Iraqi Security Forces Soldiers were trained and almost 5,000 square kilometers of ground was liberated in Mosul.

Initial plans had called for the welcome home ceremony at 12:30 a.m. Friday, but that was later changed to 2:30 a.m. and then moved back again to 11:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. Friday before the latest change to 6:30 p.m.