The 310th Infantry Regiment was a National Army

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first organized for service in

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as part of the 78th Division. It later served in the

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during

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. Since then it has served as a training Regiment, training

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and Army National Guard soldiers for service after the

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Service history

World War I

The Regiment was constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 310th Infantry and assigned to the 155th Infantry Brigade of the 78th Division. It was organized at

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, on 6 September 1917. The regiment was organized with 3,755 officers and enlisted men: * Headquarters & Headquarters Company- 303 ** Supply Company- 140 ** Machine Gun Company- 178 ** Medical & Chaplain Detachment- 56 * Infantry Battalion (x3)- 1,026 ** Headquarters- 2 ** Rifle Company (x4)- 256 The

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s of the regiment deployed to France as part of the

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and participated in the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and

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campaigns. After completing its war service in

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, the regiment returned home aboard the USS Tiger. They arrived at the Port of New York on 31 May 1919 and demobilized at Camp Dix on 6 June 1919.

Between the Wars

The regiment was reconstituted in the

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as the 310th Infantry on 24 June 1921 and reassigned to the 78th Division (later redesignated as the 78th Infantry Division) in the First Corps Area. It was organized in December 1921 with the Regimental Headquarters in Jersey City. The regiment normally conducted summer training at Camp Dix with the

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and 18th Infantry Regiments or at

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with the

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. The regiment was tasked to conduct Citizens' Military Training Camp (CMTC) some years as an alternative summer training.

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was the primary ROTC feeder school.

World War II

The regiment was ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at

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, using a cadre provided by the 2nd Infantry Division. In July 1943, the regiment was organized with 3,256 officers and enlisted men: * Headquarters & Headquarters Company- 111 ** Service Company- 114 ** Anti-Tank Company- 165 ** Cannon Company- 118 ** Medical Detachment- 135 * Infantry Battalion (x3)- 871 ** Headquarters & Headquarters Company- 126 ** Rifle Company (x3)- 193 ** Weapons Company- 156 The regiment served in the

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campaigns. The regiment was inactivated 15 June 1946 in Germany.

Post War Service

The Regiment was reconstituted on 17 December 1946 in the Organized Reserves with headquarters in Jersey City, New Jersey, under TOE 29-7T. On 9 November 1955 the Regimental Headquarters was moved to Kearny, New Jersey and then to Lodi, New Jersey on 12 October 1961. The 1948 organization of the regiment called for a strength of 3,774 officers and enlisted men organized as below: * Headquarters & Headquarters Company- 289 ** Service Company- 186 ** Tank Company- 148 ** Heavy Mortar Company- 190 ** Medical Company- 214 * Infantry Battalion (x3) ** Headquarters & Headquarters Company- 119 ** Rifle Company (x3)- 211 ** Weapons Company- 165

Under the 78th Training Division

The 310th Infantry was redesignated as the 310th Regiment ( Basic Combat Training), and reorganized to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 78th Division (Training) on 31 January 1968, the Regimental Headquarters was deactivated. The 1st and 3rd Battalions were activated on 25 January 1991 to train Army Reserve units deploying to Operation

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and inactivated again on 31 March. The 1st Battalion was reactivated and allotted to the Regular Army on 17 October 1999 and assigned at Fort Dix.

Current Assignment

The 1st Battalion is a

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unit assigned to the 181st Infantry Brigade at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, with a mission to

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Brigade Engineer Battalions, Military Police, and Chemical units. The Battalion frequently sends personnel to NTC and JRTC to train units conducting rotations. : 86 Inf Div SSI

The 2nd Battalion is an

unit assigned to the 86th Training Division with a mission to train Combat Support and Combat Service Support units.

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