1st Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment

The 1st Infantry Division, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment were stationed in Fort Riley, Keystone.

On January 12th, 1947 Private First Class Nathan Hale was transferred here from the 1st Armored Division, 37th Armor Regiment. It was here that Hale was promoted to a Sergeant and exactly a month after joining that Regiment he was transferred to a military camp in Achnacarry, Scotland where he was elected for the Inaugural Ranger Orientation Program.