1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Holistic Health and Fitness Team at the Long Fitness Center in Fort Riley, Kansas, February 13, 2024. will host a reopening ceremony. Closing in October 2023, the newly renovated building has been transformed into a holistic health and fitness training facility. (U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Autumn Johnson)
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New training equipment awaits soldiers assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at the renovated holistic health and fitness facility at the Long Fitness Center at Fort Riley, Kansas, Feb. 13, 2024. It closed in October 2023 and the newly renovated building was renovated. A holistic health and fitness training facility. (U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Autumn Johnson)
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U.S. Army Col. Terry Tillis, deputy commander for maneuver for the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, speaks at the opening of the renovated Long Fitness Center. Tillis encourages soldiers to take advantage of the new facility and its brand new equipment. (U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Autumn Johnson)
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U.S. Army soldiers and Department of Defense civilians, part of the 2nd Armored Bridge Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division’s Holistic Health and Fitness Team, gather for a photo Feb. 13, 2024, at Fort Riley, Kansas. The H2F team spreads knowledge, information, and resources to the world. Soldiers help them maintain a healthy lifestyle. (U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Autumn Johnson)
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U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Holistic Health and Fitness Team, 1st Infantry Division, and the 1st Infantry Division gather for a photo at the Long Fitness Center in Fort Riley, Kansas, Feb. 13, 2024. Department of Defense civilians on the 1ABCT H2F team. The H2F team disseminates knowledge, information, and resources to soldiers to help them maintain a healthy lifestyle. (U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Autumn Johnson)
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U.S. Army Capt. Robert Martinusek is a force control officer assigned to the 1st Infantry Division’s 1st Infantry Sustainment Brigade Holistic Health and Fitness Team, along with Defense Department civilian 1st Inf. Justin Anderson. Department sus. in. H2F, Photo taken at Long Fitness Center in Fort Riley, Kansas, February 13, 2024. The H2F team disseminates knowledge, information and resources to soldiers to help them maintain a healthy lifestyle. (U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Autumn Johnson)
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The 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Holistic Health and Fitness Team hosts a reopening ceremony for the Long Fitness Center in Fort Riley, Kansas, Feb. 13, 2024. Did. .
Maj. Grant Smith, U.S. Army, is a division H2F director assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Inf. The division attended the ceremony and gave insight into the importance of the new facility and how it will help strengthen and condition soldiers.
The gym is closed due to renovations to the basketball court and racquetball floor. The basketball court now serves as a comprehensive health and fitness athletics facility that supports all units in the Custer Hill area.
The new training facility features a new grass floor and new equipment including dumbbells, squat racks, rowing machines, bikes, treadmills, glutham development machines, medicine balls and sleds.
“This facility fills a capacity gap that we have had in place for some time,” Smith said. “If you look around the facility, there’s a lack of grassy areas. So we’re expanding that capability to do more agility work, which will help with combat fitness test performance and overall soldier performance. It enabled sled work and other types of strength and conditioning methods.
“Another big gap it filled is the limited availability and space within the gym during PE hours. Especially during the winter, this is where the upper brigade congregates. is. [Custer Hill] They will be able to use the H2F Performance Team to spend dedicated time with Soldiers when they have time blocked to conduct PT. ”
This new facility is in addition to the Secretary of the Army’s 2024 Army Lifestyle Plan, where one of the focuses is to improve the quality of life for Soldiers by helping them maintain a healthy lifestyle.
“This opening is a resource for our division, Soldiers and families,” said Army Col. Terry Tillis, 1st Inf’s deputy commander for maneuver. Div., who also gave a lecture at the reopening. “It’s about bringing our soldiers here to take advantage of the equipment and resources that are given to us.”
The new facility can be booked through the brigade’s H2F team for unit training. Business hours when the facility is not booked are 06:00 to 15:00 Monday through Friday, closed on weekends, training and federal holidays, and open to all DoD cardholders.