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The 80th Training Command (The Army School System – TASS) is a formation of the United States Army Reserve.. The unit was first organized in August 1917 and activated the following September during World War I as the 80th Division.
In military terms, 80th Division or 80th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions. 80th Division (People's Republic of China) 80th Reserve Division (German ...
The unit was established in 1979. In February 2007 a regional division, Sagi Brigade, was established. In June 2011, an additional regional division, Arava Brigade, was established. It was closed in June 2016. In December 2012, the Eilat Brigade was renamed into the Yoav Brigade. The new unit was tasked with protecting the Red Sea city of Eilat.
The 80th Training Regiment is a training unit of the 80th Training Command.Its battalions are assigned to several different training divisions of the command. [1]It was constituted August 5, 1917, in the National Army as Headquarters, 155th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division.
Cronkhite was appointed to command the 80th Division, an organization created with draftees from Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. [3] [6] [7] Like the other U.S. divisions fielded for World War I, the 80th was organized as a square division of two infantry brigades, the 159th and 160th.
The 2nd Battalion, 80th Field Artillery was constituted on 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troops C and D, 22nd Cavalry.It was reorganized on 21 June 1917 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia and then consolidated, converted, and redesignated on 1 November 1917 as Battery B, 80th Field Artillery.
During the 1941 Carolina Maneuvers, he commanded the 87th Infantry Brigade, a unit of the 44th Infantry Division. [13] In May 1942, Patch was promoted to major general and in August he was appointed to command the 80th Infantry Division. [13] [24] He assumed command during the unit's initial organization and training at Camp Forrest, Tennessee ...
The 80th Division's third regiment, the 317th Infantry, was in divisional reserve. By the end of the day, western and southern suburbs of Kassel had been occupied by the Americans. In the south, German infantry of the 15th Battalion mounted 15 half-tracks and, supported by about 12 tanks, moved south and surprised elements of the 1st Battalion ...