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On 23 April 1908 Congress created the Medical Reserve Corps, the official predecessor of the Army Reserve. [3] After World War I, under the National Defense Act of 1920, Congress reorganized the U.S. land forces by authorizing a Regular Army, a National Guard and an Organized Reserve (Officers Reserve Corps and Enlisted Reserve Corps) of unrestricted size, which later became the Army Reserve. [4]
The 84th Training Command ("Railsplitters" [1]) is a formation of the United States Army. During World War I it was designated the 84th Division, American Expeditionary Forces; during World War II it was known as the 84th Infantry Division. From 1946 to 1952, the division was a part of the United States Army Reserve as the 84th Airborne Division.
First United States Army—U.S. Army Training, Readiness, and Mobilization command formation; Second United States Army—United States Army Cyber Command; Third United States Army—United States Army Central command formation; Fourth United States Army; Fifth United States Army—United States Army North command formation
Throughout its history, the United States has engaged in numerous military conflicts. The country has officially declared war on foreign nations on five occasions. Additionally, the United States Congress and the United Nations Security Council have authorized and funded various military engagements.
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) [1] [2] was a process [3] by a United States federal government commission [4] to increase the efficiency of the United States Department of Defense by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end of the Cold War. Over 350 installations have been closed in five BRAC ...
The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy, (1977) Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars; the United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1973) Richard W. Stewart, ed. (2004). American Military History Vol. 1: The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775–1917.
The Organized Reserve Corps was re-designated on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve. The location of headquarters changed 25 May 1954 to College Station, Texas. The regiment was inactivated on 31 January 1955 at College Station, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 75th Infantry Division the same date.
The division returned to the United States and was disbanded at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia on 26 August 1945. It was then reconstituted and reactivated at Chicago, Illinois on 19 February 1947 in the United States Army Reserve. On 1 June 1959, the division's mission was changed to training and it was named the 85th Division (Training). [12]