FORT RILEY, Kansas – 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.