80th Training Regiment (United States) - Lineage

Lineage

• Constituted August 5, 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 155th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division.
• Organized September 1917 (1917-09) at Camp Lee, Virginia.
• Demobilized June 2, 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia
• Reconstituted June 24, 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 155th Field Artillery Brigade, and assigned to the 80th Division
• Organized in December 1922 (1922-12) at Washington, D.C.
• Reorganized and redesignated February 12, 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 80th Division Artillery
• Ordered into active military service July 15, 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee.
• Moved to the Tennessee Maneuver Area on June 23, 1943 where they participated in the Second Army #2 Tennessee Maneuvers.
• Arrived at Camp Phillips, Kansas on September 8, 1943.
• Moved to Desert Training Center on December 9, 1943 for #4 California Maneuvers.
• Moved to Camp Dix, New Jersey on March 20, 1944.
• Staged at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on June 23, 1944 until they departed the New York Port of Embarkation on June 1, 1944
• Arrived in England on July 7, 1944.
• Assigned to XII Corps on August 1, 1944.
• Deployed forward to France on August 3, 1944, and engaged in Northern France Campaign.
• Reassigned to XX Corps on August 7, 1944.
• Reassigned to XV Corps on August 8, 1944.
• Reassigned to XX Corps on August 10, 1944.
• Attached to V Corps on August 17, 1944.
• Reassigned to Third Army on August 23, 1944.
• Reassigned to XII Corps on August 26, 1944.
• Northern France Campaign concluded on September 14, 1944.
• Rhineland Campaign commenced on September 15, 1944
• Unit disengaged from Rhineland Campaign and moved to Ardennes-Alsace Campaign on December 16, 1944.
• Unit reassigned to III Corps on December 19, 1944
• Unit entered Luxembourg on December 20, 1944.
• Unit reassigned to XII Corps on December 26, 1944.
• Ardennes-Alsace Campaign concluded on January 25, 1945. Unit returned to Rhineland Campaign.
• Unit entered Germany on February 18, 1945.
• Reassigned to XX Corps March 10, 1945.
• Rhineland Campaign concluded on March 21, 1945.
• Central Europe Campaign commenced on March 22, 1945.
• Unit entered Austria on May 5, 1945.
• Central Europe Campaign concluded on May 11, 1945.
• Unit was at Pichlwany, Austria on August 14, 1945.
• Unit returned to New York Port of Embarkation on January 3, 1946.
• Inactivated January 5, 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
• Redesignated July 15, 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 80th Airborne Division Artillery
• Activated March 12, 1947 in the Organized Reserves at Richmond, Virginia.
• Organized Reserves redesignated March 25, 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps.
• Reorganized and redesignated June 10, 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 80th Division Artillery.
• Organized Reserve Corps redesignated July 9, 1952 as the Army Reserve.
• Reorganized and redesignated March 6, 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 80th Regiment, an element of the 80th Division (Training), and location changed to Norfolk, Virginia. Organic elements concurrently organized as new units.
• Regiment reorganized January 31, 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Training).
• Reorganized April 1, 1971 to consist of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Training).
• Reorganized October 1, 1994 to consist of the 1st, 2nd, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training).
• Reorganized January 13, 1995 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training).
• Reorganized serially between October 16, 1996 and November 16, 1996 to consist of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training).