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80th Training Regiment (United States)
The 80th Training Regiment is a training unit of the 80th Division (United States), 80th Training Command. Its battalions are assigned to several different training divisions of the command. It was constituted August 5, 1917, in the National Army (USA), National Army as Headquarters, 155th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division. The unit was organized at Fort Lee (Virginia), Camp Lee, Virginia. Heraldic items Coat of arms Blazon *Shield: Per bend Or and Gules a fleur-de-lis in bend counterchanged. *Crest: #That for the regiments and separate battalions of the United States Army Reserve, Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules the Lexington Minute Man Proper. The statue of the Minute Man, Captain John Parker (captain), John Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts. *Motto:''NUNC UT OLIM'' (Now As Before). Symbolism *Shield: #Scarlet is the color of Artillery. #The fleur-de-lis represents service in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
80th Division (United States)
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. During World War II, the Division was redesignated on 1 August 1942, as the 80th Infantry Division. Nicknamed the " Blue Ridge Division", it was initially composed of draftees from the mid-atlantic states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Division was redesignated the 80th Airborne Division from December 1946 to May 1952. In May 1952 and March 1959, the unit was redesignated as a reserve infantry division and then a reserve training division. In 1994, the unit was granted the designation, 80th Division (Institutional Training). On 1 October 2008, the unit underwent a major transformation and is now the 80th Training Command. World War I *Activated: September 1917 *Overseas: June 1918 *Major operations: Battle of the Somme ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
