United States Army

The United States Army is the Army of the the United States of America.

History of US Army

August 1st The continental Congrès created the continental Armée the June 14th 1775 before official creation with the United States to be opposed to the British metropolis during the Guerre of independence of the United States of America.

After the war, the Congrès of the United States created the Army of the United States the June 3rd 1784 after the dissolution of the continental army which will be under the control of the Département of the War until the fusion of this one in the Department of Defense created in 1947.

The 19th century

Its manpower in times of peace will be very modest compared to the population of the country until the middle of the 20th century.

Three years after the War of 1812 against the British Empire, the army counted only 5 000 men.

In 1860, it was made up 16 637 soldiers of active.

During the American Civil War, manpower go up to 1 million men under the flags in 1865.

See also: Armed with the confederated States, Armed with the Union

In 1882, at the time of the Conquest of the West and the Indian Wars, one counted 25 000 men divided between 25 Regiment S of Infantry (including 2 composed of Afro-American S, the Buffalo Soldier S), 10 of Cavalry and 5 of Artillery and services ancillary. The army recruits by means of voluntary engagements, contracted for 5 years.

At the time of the Guerre Spanish-American of 1898, in spite of the courage of the volunteers who faced the Spanish army, it is certain that it was the US Navy which gained the conflict by running the opposing fleet thus cutting the lines of supply Spanish.

Following this conflict, the army and the US Marine Body were confronted with hard a Guérilla with the Filipino until 1902 but of the skirmishes will continue until 1913. The human losses will be of 4 324 American soldiers (of which between 1 000 and 1 500 with the engagements), 2 000 Filipino police officers of the new administration against between 16 000 and 20 000 soldiers and guerillas and between 250 000 and 1 000 000 of civilians victims direct and indirect of this conflict.

The First World War

When the First World War burst in 1914 in Europe, the army has only 3 divisions of infantry, one of cavalry for which it is necessary to add a Brigade of infantry stationed in Hawaii, that is to say 75 000 men.

In 1916, the National Defense Act envisages an increase in manpower until 175 000 matched men of the creation of 7 additional regiments.

This army does not have however anything a crack corps equipped well. The equipments in modern material are timid and late. Thus, between 1896 and 1916, the Congress grants only one annual credit line of 150 000 US dollars for the purchase of Mitrailleuse S. This figure will spend the day to the following day to 12 million at the end of 1916 when the war was inevitable, moreover little accustomed to such means, the army will give itself ten month to choose its material. As regards aviation also, with an budget appropriation of 450 000 $, the 5 years which preceded the entry in war transfer a ridiculous effort in this field compared to the European armies which in France and Germany devoted 40 times more effort in this field.

When in 1917, the the United States entered the conflict, their late and hard engagement was however massive. The American Expeditionnary Forces, sent in France under the command of John Pershing, precedes already the immense capacity of mobilization available to the country, for little which it decides to implement and which one leaves him time to prepare.

In order to reinforce the Moral allied, a small quota symbolic system was sent in France which unloaded on June 26th, 1917 with Saint-Nazaire.

The French and English military chiefs wished to amalgamate the American soldiers in the various existing armies but the Pershing general insisted vigorously for the task force remained an independent entity and as of on October 21st, the 14 500 men of the the 1st division of American infantry were assigned to a relatively calm sector of the face, close to Toul.

At the time of the great offensive of the German Armed in March 1918, the gravity of the military situation leads to entrust to the general Ferdinand Foch on April 3rd “the strategic direction of military operations” then the April 17th the title of “general-in-chief of the allied armies”.

Pershing thus placed at its disposal four divisions then present and the first active participation of those Ci place the May 28th 1918 when the 28e regiment of the 1st division was committed close to the small town of Cantigny in the south-east of Amiens.

This unit took the city and defended it against seven German counter-attacks, this action contributed to show the Germans whom they were wrong to see in the civilians in uniforms “a simple troop of amateurs”.

May 31st, 1918, at the time of the Second battle of the Marne, the 2nd division of infantry and the regiments of Marines reinforced the French colonial troops in the sector of Castle-Thierry, they pushed back German on other side of the Marne and drove out the enemy of Belleau Wood between 6 and on June 25th.

July 15th, the German généralissime Erich Ludendorff tried, once again to tear off the victory, this time in Champagne, between Rheims and the Argonne. 85 000 Americans took part in the counter-offensive started as of on July 18th which obliged the German forces to be folded up until the Vesle.

The August 10th 1918, Foch authorized the constitution of the 1st strong American Army of 550 000 men who transfer themselves to assign the part of the face corresponding to projecting allemande of Saint-Mihiel, in the south-east of Verdun.

September 12th, this army, supported by a few French units launched out to the attack. In three days, it made 16 000 prisoners and captured 440 gun S by reducing this head of bridge.

The September 26th 1918, Pershing, which had 1 now; 200 000 men, 2 417 guns and 324 tanks at its disposal, launched its forces between Meuse and Argonne on a face of 24 kilometers, within the framework of the launched massive onslaught all along the face between Verdun and Ypres. It was a question for the Americans of going to Sedan and of trying to cut the line of Railroad Mézières - Metz.

They hustled, without regard to their enormous losses, the Germans against whom they sprang with discovered in formation tight; The German lines started to disintegrate on November 1st; the 7, the Americans entered the suburb of Sedan, established heads of bridges on Right Bank of the Meuse and cut the vital railroad for the German Logistique.

November 9th, the German imperial mode collapsed and, the November 11th 1918, the armistice was signed.

November 11th, 1918, 4,8 million American was under the flags and more than two million Sammies were in continental Europe.

The American forces obviously contributed more modestly than the others combined to the victories if it is considered that they lost only 116 000 men (53 000 killed with the combat and 63 000 accidental deaths or diseases) and had 206 000 wounded whereas the French Army had 1 385 000 killed, but they arrived just in time to help them to support the large last offensive German.

At the beginning of this offensive, on April 1st 1918, the German Armée had on the Front of the West a numerical superiority of 324 000 men. As from June, the massive arrival of the American troops made it possible to tip the scales and in November, the Allies and Associated exceeded their adversaries of 600 000 men.

The interval wars

The Second world war

At the time of the Attack on Pearl Harbor at the end of 1941, US Army counts in its rows 1 600 000 men. This attack, “marked seal of the infamy” (F.D Roosevelt) precipitately plunges the United States in the second world war; the American army will initially take part at the time of this war in defense at the time of the beginning of the Campagnes of the Pacific at the time of the catch of Philippines by the Japanese Armée then in offensive in particular at the time of its first large Débarquement at the time of the Opération Torch at the end of 1942 during the Guerre of the desert in North Africa.

On the face European, it unloaded with the allies initially in Italy in 1943 then in 1944, its great operation was the Opération Overlord, in Normandy which combined with the Opération Anvil Dragoon in Provence allowed the release in a few months of France and part of the Benelux. The airborne Opération Market Garden with the Netherlands was a failure then the German counter-attack at the time of the Bataille of the Ardennes at the end of December 1944 delayed the final offensive in Germany which after the junction of allied the Westerners and the Red Army on the Elba on April 25th, 1945 and the fall with Berlin capitulated finally the May 8th 1945.

On the face of the Pacific, multiple bloody unloadings in partnership with the US Marine Body made it possible to take again the lost territories, to nibble defenses of the empire of Japan and to approach its metropolis. Whereas one prepared a gigantic operation on the ground of the Japanese archipelago, the atomic Bombardements of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined with the entry on the lists of the USSR in this countryside made finally capitulate the Japanese government the August 15th 1945.

The cold war

To the release of the War of Korea in 1950, manpower had fallen down to 550 000 men.

After cold war and the war against terror

August 1st

Following the long-term operations in progress within the framework of the War against terrorism and the need increased for forces on the ground for " tenir" the ground in the War in Iraq; the fall of manpower since the end of the cold war is stopped and it is prévut that the format of the Army is of: 547000 people by 2010.

General organization of US Army

The Chief off Staff off the United States Army (chief of staff of the army) is member of the Joint Chiefs off Staff (Committee of the chiefs of Staffs interarmes).

Because of the transformations in progress in the U.S Army for a greater flexibility, obsolete information Ci below can beings. Indeed, the reorganization in the course of U.S. Army passes from a founded structure since the second world war on broad divisions in an active force of 117 modular brigades - 42 Brigade Fights Teams and 75 brigades of support equipped with Future Fights Systems, system of armaments and sensors.

The US Army includes/understands several components:

it active gathers the forces professionnalized since 1973, it included/understood 487.000 people in 2002, against 711.000 in 1991.
the Army National Guard ( ARNG ) is the branch of the American armies which gathers the citizens reservists part-time. US Army thus has a component ARNG , as well as the US Air Force and that the US Navy. 350.000 people in 2002
the United States Army Reserve ( USAR ) provides the levels of reserve necessary to active for any projection of important force, particularly with regard to the units of service and support. 205.000 people in 2002.

Activates

United States Armies
Corps
Divisions
Brigades
Regiments
Batallions
Companies and Squadrons
Platoons (sections in the French Army) and Troops
Sections (groups of combat in the French Army)

United States Army National Guard ( ARNG )

Divisions
Brigades
Regiments

United States Army Reserve ( USAR )

Armies
Divisions

Active

United Combatant Command

The United Combatant Command are unified commands which comprise elements of US Army, Air Force, Navy and sometimes of the US Marine Body. They are commands of theater of operations which synchronize the actions of the four branches. Most of the time, the branch of US Army is an army. Each unified command is ordered by a general (or admiral) 4 stars (the equivalent of 5 in the French Army). Each branch is ordered by a general 3 stars.

There are 10 unified commands, 6 in responsibility of carry out orders on a particular area and 4 in load of other works, the such drive, transport…:

United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM), which orders the troops on the American Northern continent, of which the United States
United States European Command (EUCOM), which covers the zone Europe and Russia
United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which synchronizes the operations in South America
United States Central Command (CENTCOM), which controls the units in the Middle East (of which Iraq and Afghanistan), in Egypt, in ex-republics of the USSR of the Central Asia (Kazakhstan…) but not in Israel
United States Pacific Command (PACOM), which orders the troops in South Asia East, in Australia, in Japan, in Hawaii and in the remainder of the Pacific Ocean

In the course of creation:

United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), which will control all Africa except Egypt.

The 4 other commands are the following:

United States Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) which controls all the forces, which equip them and involve them… The branch “Navy” is seen allotting the Atlantic Ocean
United States Special Operations Command (USASOC), which coordinates all special operations and/or clandestine
United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), which maintains the nuclear force American and which deals with the space operations
United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), which manages all transport of troops and the supply

United States Army

The Armies are often the branches of US Army in a unified command. US Army has three staffs of regular army:

US Third Army ( United States Army Central Command or USARCENT ), HQ with Strong McPherson and Fort Gillem (Georgia, south-east of the United States).
US Seventh Army (which provides the Staff of the United States Army in Europe or USAREUR ), HQ with Heidelberg (Germany).
US Eighth Army ( EUSA ), HQ with Yongsan, Seoul (South Korea).

These three commands are regional unit-frameworks, commands and not of the forces of combat.

The US Third Army order troops of the branch “Army” of United States Central Command. It does not have an pre-affected unit, and is reinforced according to the needs and with the requirements by levy on the American forces of strategic reserve (in particular on the III Bodies and XVIII Airborne Corps (including the 82 {{E}} and the 101 {{E}} airborne, famous divisions to have fought in Normandy in June 1944, thus of course that the Army National Guard ) like in units of the National guard, when they are activated.

The US Seventh Army , for its part, coordinates the forces located in Europe (US Army Europe), operative under command of NATO, mainly the V Body and the 173rd Airborne Brigade .

The US Eighth Army , it, constitutes the command of the Army American superior in the peninsula of Korea. It is the branch " Army" of United States Forces, Korea, great command other than the command unified. It orders several units of operation, of which the 2nd Infantry Division , the 6th Cavalry Brigade , the 17th Aviation Brigade and the 35th Air Defense Artillery Regiment , all deployed in South Korea.

Body

There exist also four staffs of army corps of active, being used as command for the other theaters of operations which could require projections of forces of US Army:

the I Body ( America' S Body ) gathers the American elements of fast reaction for the zone of the Pacifique (mainly Korea, Japan and Alaska), that is to say the 2nd Infantry Division and the 25th Infantry Division . The I Body depends it connects it “Army” of the USPACOM and certain brigades can be relayed preciement with the US Eighth Army if there are tensions in Korea. Its Strong HQ with Lewis, Washington.

the III Bodies ( America' S Hammer ) constitutes the strategic reserve of the United States (from where the name which it sometimes raises of “ Counterattack Corps ”). It gathers them: 1st Cavalry Division , 4th Infantry Division (Numerized) , 21st Cavalry Brigade (Air Fights) , 6th Aviation Brigade , 31st Air defense Artillery Brigade and 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment , more various units of lower size. Its HQ is with Fort Hood, Texas.

the V Body ( Victory Body ) gathers the American forces availability of NATO in Europe. It includes/understands the 1st Armored Division , the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) , the 12th Aviation Brigade , the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and the 11th Aviation Regiment . Its HQ is with Heidelberg, in the Palatinat (Germany).

the XVIII Airborne Corps ( Contingency Body ) constitutes the fast force of reaction of the American army with its five reinforced divisions. As its name indicates it ( contingency means “unforeseen”), it is about a fish pond of units from which the Pentagone can draw where necessary, either partly in the event of limited crisis, or in block in the event of extreme crisis. It orders the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) , 10th Moutain Division (Mountain Light) , 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) , the 18th Aviation Brigade (Airborne) , the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade , as well as the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment . Its HQ is in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Divisions

US Army is currently formed on a diagram of ten divisions of active:

the 1st Cavalry Division (“ Blanket Division ”), subordinated to the III Bodies , stationed in the United States (Strong Hood, Texas).
the 1st Armored Division (“ Old Ironsides ”), depend on the V Body , positioned in Germany (Wiesbaden, Hesse).

the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) (“ Big Red One ”), also under the orders of the V Body , based in Germany (Würzburg, Bavaria) and has Fort Riley, the USA.
the 2nd Infantry Division (“ Indianhead ” - in which fought the French Bataillon of UNO in 1950-1953), under the orders of the US Eighth Army , positioned in the Korean peninsula (Camp Red Cloud, South Korea), except for its 3rd Brigade depend on the I Body . She was born in France, with Bourmont, Haute-Marne.
the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) (“ Rock'n'roll off the Marne ”), subordinated to the XVIII Airborne Body , based in the United States (Strong Stewart, Georgia).
the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (“ Ivy Division ”), depend on the III Bodies , also positioned in the United States (Strong Hood, Texas, for the large one of division, and Strong Carson, Colorado, for its 3rd Brigade ).
the 10th Mountain Division (Infantry Light) (“ Climb to Glory ”), under the authority of the XVIII Airborne Body , based in the United States (Strong Drum, New York).
the 25th Infantry Division (Light) (“ Tropic Lightning ”), stationed in the islands Hawaii (Schofield Barracks, Hawaii), depending mainly on the United States Army Pacific Command , its 1st Brigade being under the command of the I Body .
the 82nd Airborne Division (“ All American ”), based in the United States (Strong Bragg, North Carolina), under the command of the XVIII Airborne Body .
the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) (“ Screaming Eagle ”), also positioned in the United States (Strong Campbell, Kentucky) and also under the orders of the XVIII Airborne Body .

Each division includes/understands three or four combat brigades ( Brigade Fights Teams or Brigade Units off Action , numbered from 1 to 3 or 4), an air brigade of tactical support ( Aviation Brigade , sometimes numbered 4th Brigade if there is no combat brigade with this number), a divisional artillery support ( Division Artillery , contracted in Divarty ) and a command of the divisional services ( Division Support Command , whose initials are DSC ). Some still lay out of a brigade of the divisional genius ( Engineer Brigade ), others have it dissolved.

Brigades

There exist in the same way various brigades independent of active, of which:

the 6th Cavalry Brigade (Air Fights) (“ Silent Thunder ”) of Camp Humphreys, Pyongtaek, South Korea, under command of the US Eighth Army .
the 21st Cavalry Brigade (Air Fights) , of Strong Hood, Texas, subordinated to the III Bodies .
the 172nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) (“ Snow Hawks ”), based in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. This unit depends on the United States Army Pacific Command . It was dissolved to be reconstituted in the form of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, which has Stryker.
the 173rd Airborne Brigade Fights TEAM (“ Sky Soldiers ”) of Vicenza in Italy. This brigade is under the command of the Southern European Task force ( SETAF ), depend on the US Seventh Army ( USAREUR ).
the 6th Aviation Brigade , of??? , under the command of the III Bodies .
the 12th Aviation Brigade , of Giebelstadt, Bavaria, Germany, operative under the control of the V Body .
the 17th Aviation Brigade , of Camp Humphreys, Pyongtaek, South Korea. This unit works with the profit of the US Eighth Army .
the 18th Aviation Brigade , of Strong Bragg, North Carolina, which is subordinated to the XVIII Airborne Corps .
the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade , of Strong Bliss, Texas, which is under the control of the III Bodies .
the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade , of Giebelstadt, Bavaria, Germany, under command of the V Body .
the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade , of Strong Bliss, Texas, which operates under the command of the XVIII Airborne Corps .

Regiments

One can also add the 2nd and 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiments :

2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment ( Second Dragoons ), of Strong Polk, Louisiana.
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment ( Brave Riffles ), of Strong Carson, Colorado.

NB: in spite of their name of regiment , these two units gather average correspondent at the level brigade (more than 300 armored vehicles, close to 5 000 men).

United States Army National Guard

The Army National Guard is a well-known American military institution. It gathers the civil reservists wishing to offer part of their time to their country. Each of the fifty American States ( States ) has its National guard.

It is organized in a way similar to the active one. It includes/understands eight division, nine brigades independent ( Separate ) and of many other units of lower size:

Divisions

Divisions of ARNG are of two types: “mixed” ( Activates Component/Reserve Component or AC/RC , i.e. they include/understand a core of forces of active around the staff to which incorporates units of combat of the National guard) and standard.

There exist two “mixed” divisions:

7th Infantry Division (Light) (“ Bayonets ”), of Strong Carson, Colorado (the brigades of division are provided by the Arkansas , Oklahoma and Oregon Army National Guards ).
24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (“ Victory Division ”), of Strong Riley, Kansas (the brigades of division are provided by the Georgia , North Carolina and South Carolina Army National Guards ).

These two divisions include/understand three enhanced separate brigades (“improved” independent brigades, having capacities of higher projection and a firepower).

In addition, ARNG team eight divisions of the standard type:

28th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (“ Keystone Division ”), of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ( Pennsylvania Army National Guard ).
29th Infantry Division (Light) (“ Blue and Grey ”), of Strong Belvoir, Virginia (division belongs to the Virginia Army National Guard , but its units also depend on the Maryland , Massachusetts , New Jersey and Connecticut Army National Guards ).
34th Infantry Division (“ Redbull ”), of Rosemount, Minnesota (division belongs to the Minnesota Army National Guard , but its units also depend on the Iowa , Wisconsin , North Dakota , Illinois , Colorado and Michigan Army National Guards ).
35th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (“ The Santa Fe Division ”), of Strong Leavenworth, Kansas (division belongs to the Kansas Army National Guard , but its units also depend on the Arkansas , Illinois , Kentucky , Missouri and Nebraska Army National Guards ).
36th Infantry Division (“ Lone Star Division ”), of Strong Mabry, Texas ( Texas Army National Guard ).
38th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (“ Cyclone ”), of Indianapolis, Indiana (division belongs to the Indiana Army National Guard , but its units also depend on the Michigan , Ohio and Wyoming Army National Guards ).
40th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (“ Sunburst ”), of Los Alamitos, California ( California Army National Guard ).
42nd Infantry Division (Mechanized) (“ Rainbow ”), of Troy, New York (division belongs to the New York Army National Guard , but its units also depend on the Connecticut , Delaware , Massachusetts , New Jersey , Rhode Island and Vermont Army National Guards ).

Divisions of the National guard are to two or three combat brigades ( Infantry or Armored Brigades , sometimes quite simply Brigades ), an air brigade of tactical support ( Aviation Brigade ), plus the units of divisional support and support ( Division Artillery or Divarty and Division Support Command DSC ). They have a diagram similar to those of divisions of the active one, but their units are reduced and fewer.

Brigades

ARNG includes/understands nine independent brigades in addition:

116th Armored Cavalry Brigade (“ Snake To rivet Brigade ”), of Timbers, Idaho ( Idaho Army National Guard ).
81st Armored Brigade (Separate) , of Seattle, Washington ( Washington Army National Guard ).
155th Armored Brigade (Separate) (Heavy) (“ Dixie Thunders ”), of Tupelo, the Mississippi ( the Mississippi Army National Guard ).
27th Infantry Brigade (Separate) , of Syracuse, New York ( New York Army National Guard ).
29th Infantry Brigade (Separate) , of Kalaeloa, Oahu, Hawaii ( Hawaii Army National Guard ).
32nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) (Light) (“ Red Arrow ”), of Douglas Camp, Wisconsin ( Wisconsin Army National Guard ).
53rd Infantry Brigade , of Tampa, Florida ( Florida Army National Guard ).
76th Infantry Brigade , of Indianapolis, Indiana ( Indiana Army National Guard ).
256th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) , of Lafayette, Louisiana ( Louisiana Army National Guard ).

Regiments

ARNG , to finish, has an autonomous regiment:

278th Armored Cavalry Regiment , of Knoxville, Tennessee ( Tennessee Army National Guard ).

United States Army Reserve

Continental United States Armies

To the three armies mentioned in the units of active two continental armies are added ( Continental United States Armies or CONUSA ) which frame the units of the United States Army Reserve and those of the United States Army National Guard present in their zone of responsibility:

the US First Army is a staff which ensures the instruction and checks the capacities of mobilization of the units of ARNG localized in his zone of responsibility (States in the east for the Mississippi: Alabama, Connecticut, cd., Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, the Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, like in Puerto Rico and in Virgin Islands). It also provides assistance and support for the instruction to the units of USAR before they join a theater of operations. Lastly, it plans safety and ensures the protection of the military or governmental installations which are in its zone of responsibility, and to the need provides an assistance to the civil authorities in the event of crisis not-soldier ( peacetime crisis ). Its HQ with Strong Gillem, Georgia.

the US Fifth Army has the same missions as the US First Army near the formations of ARNG located its zone of responsibility (States in the west for the Mississippi: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming). It also ensures the operational conditioning of the units of USAR which leave to the combat or on mission, ensures the protection of the military and governmental installations of its zone of responsibility and provides in the event of crisis not-soldier an assistance to the civil authorities. Its HQ with Strong Sam Houston, Texas.

Having units of the US Army Reserve , both CONUSA thus ensure the instruction and the coordination of the units of ARNG , and only with the margin those of USAR . The units of the reserve all are subordinated, since 1995, on the continental territory, with a general command of the American reserves, the United States Army Reserve Command ( USARC ), of Strong McPherson, Georgia.

Divisions

The United States Army Reserve includes/understands thirteen divisions, of which five depend directly on both Continental United States Armies :

75th Division (Training Support) , of Houston, Texas (under the authority of the US Fifth Army ).
77th Division (Reinforcement Training Support) , of Strong Totten, New York.
78th Division (Training Support) (“ Lightning Division ”), of Edison, New Jersey (under the authority of the US First Army ).
80th Division (Institutional Training) , of Richmond, Virginia.
84th Division (Institutional Training) , of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
85th Division (Training Support) (“ Custer Division ”), of Arlington Heights, Illinois (under the authority of the US First Army ).
87th Division (Training Support) (“ Golden delicious Acorn ”), of Birmingham, Alabama (under the authority of the US First Army ).
91st Division (Training Support) , of Houston, Texas (under the authority of the “US Fifth Army”).
95th Division (Institutional Training) (“ Victory TEAM ”), of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
98th Division (Institutional Training) (“ Iroquois ”), of Rochester, New York.
100th Division (Institutional Training) , of Louisville, Kentucky.
104th Division (Institutional Training) (“ Timberwolf Division ”), of Vancouver Barracks, Washington.
108th Division (Institutional Training) , of Charlotte, North Carolina.

These divisions have very specific organizations and missions. They are unit-frameworks in charge of the instruction of the units of the Reserve Component which are attached to them. The five divisions attached to both CONUSA have for their part for mission of maintaining in operational condition and of preparing with the deployment overseas and the combat the units of the Army National Guard located the zone of responsibility for their army of membership.

Command major of United States Army

Ranks in US Army

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