84th Division (United States) - Cold War To The Present

Cold War To The Present

Following the conclusion of World War II, the division was made part of the Army Reserve. In January 1946, following its inactivation, it was reorganized and redesignated the 84th Airborne Division, and was headquartered out of Wisconsin. In 1947, it was designated as the Army's Airborne Reserve Command. Five years later, in 1952, the division was once more reorganized, this time as a training division comprising three regiments—the 274th, 334th, and 339th. Throughout the 1950s, the division would continue its conversion to a training formation, changing its subordinate unit makeup from regiments to brigades and support groups.

On 24 January 1991, elements of the 84th Division (Training) were activated and mobilized for support roles in Operation Desert Storm. Less than three months later, on 22 March 1991, the elements were returned home. In 1993, reorganization within the Army Reserve brought about the a merger between the 84th and the 85th Division (Training). The move expanded the 84th's area of command to include the rest of Wisconsin and Illinois, as well as all of Missouri and Iowa. Soon after, in June 1994, units from the 84th participated in peacekeeping operations as part of the multinational in the Sinai, Egypt, and remained there until July 1995.

In April 1995, the formation was once more redesignated, this time to an Institutional Training Division. This change brought with it command of units and training in the state of Nebraska. In August 1995, army reorganization further expanded the 84th's range of authority to command the fourteen U.S. Army Reserve Forces Schools in Region E—Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

In October 2004, the 84th Division (Institutional Training) underwent a major transformation. All eight brigades realigned under the 100th Division and the Headquarters and Division Band combined with the Army Reserve Readiness Training Center (ARRTC) located at Fort McCoy, Wis., to create the 84th U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Training Command (84th USARRTC). The expertise and resources from the two units gave the 84th USARRTC an edge on the type and amount of training opportunities offered. The three Army Reserve NCO Academies also realigned under the new 84th USARRTC.

In October 2006, the 84th USARRTC underwent another major transformation as 12 brigades from the Army Reserve's Institutional Training Divisions realigned under the command. The brigades are responsible for Officer Education System (OES) training, such as the Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) and Intermediate Level Education (ILE), and Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (SROTC) support to universities across the country.

In February 2007, the 84th USARRTC was renamed the 84th Training Command (Leader Readiness) in response to the unit's transformation under the Army Reserve's Decision Point 74. The 84th Training Command had exercise command and control over three Professional Development Brigades, one Schools Brigade, one Training Development Brigade, the 84th Division Band, and eventually the Small Arms Readiness Group.

In September 2008, the 84th Training Command (Unit Readiness) relocated from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Fort McCoy, Wisconsin to Fort Knox, Kentucky.

In October 2009, the 84th was renamed and became the 84th Training Command, and the Army Reserve Readiness Training Center and the three US Army Reserve NCO Academies moved from the 84th to fall directly under the US Army Reserve.

In October 2010, the 84th Training Command began reorganization to fall in line with the transformation of the Army Reserve. The 84th Training Command has command and control (C2) over the US Army Reserve's Warrior Exercises (WAREX), Combat Support Training Exercises (CSTX); the Observer Controller/Trainer mission of the US Army Reserve; and the US Army Reserve's three Regional Training Centers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin and Fort Hunter Liggett, California. The three RTCs conduct all of the pre-mobilzation training for deploying US Army Reserve units. The 84th Training Command is now located coast-to-coast and border-to-border. The command provides Army Reserve Soldiers with a wide variety of training that will help prepare them for current worldwide operations.