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What was 108th Training Command (Initial Entry Training) used for from 1952 to 1956?
108th Training Command ( Initial Entry Training ) The 108th Training Command ( Initial Entry Training ) is a United States Army Reserve unit headquartered in Charlotte , North Carolina . At its activation , the unit was designated as the 108th Airborne Division , but in 1952 was redesignated the 108th Infantry Division . In 1956 , the division was again reorganized , this time to the designation as the 108th Division ( Institutional Training ) . Under the U.S . Army Reserve Transformation of 2005 , the 108th was reorganized to is current structure as the 108th Training Command ( Initial Entry Training ( IET ) ) . The command is currently one of the largest in the Army Reserve , commanding and coordinating 9,000 soldiers . The 108th Training Command ( IET ) is a subordinate unit in the United States Army Reserve ( USAR ) which is a federal reserve force of the United States Army . Together , the USAR and the Army National Guard ( ARNG ) constitute the Reserve Components ( RC ) of the United States Army . Over its 75-year history , the 108th Division frequently has been called upon to pilot several new missions for the Army and Army Reserve . Over the years , the division has played an important role in pioneering and developing several training methods and policies still in use today . History . Early history . The 108th Division was activated in 1946 as the 108th Airborne Division of the United States Army Reserve and was headquartered in Atlanta , Georgia . Manning during this period was relatively small and funding for airborne training , equipment , and airlift support was minimal . In 1952 , the division was reorganized into an infantry division and its headquarters was moved to its present location in Charlotte , North Carolina with all its subordinate units located in either North or South Carolina . In 1954 , the division helped test a new method of rifle qualification known as trainfire . In 1956 , the division was selected to serve as a prototype for an Army Training Division . This meant reorganizing again to conduct basic and advanced individual training , should the division be called to active duty . Units ( 1946–1956 ) . - Headquarters - Special Troops - Headquarters , Special Troops - Headquarters Company , 108th Airborne Division - 108th Airborne Division Band - Military Police Platoon , 108th Airborne Division - Reconnaissance Platoon , 108th Airborne Division - 808th Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company - 108th Airborne Quartermaster Company - 108th Airborne Signal Company - 485th Glider Infantry Regiment ( 1946–1952 ) - 518th Parachute Infantry Regiment - 519th Parachute Infantry Regiment ( 1946–1952 ) - 321st Infantry Regiment ( 1952–1956 ) - 323rd Infantry Regiment ( 1952–1956 ) - 108th Airborne Division Artillery - Headquarters & Headquarters Battery - 506th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion - 507th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion - 581st Glider Field Artillery Battalion - 582nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion - 598th Airborne Engineer Battalion - 353d Airborne Medical Company - 651st Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion - 108th Parachute Maintenance Company Note : In 1952 the 108th Airborne Division was reorganized and redesignated as the 108th Infantry Division . The 519th , reorganized as infantry , was reassigned to the 81st Infantry Division and the 485th , also reorganized as infantry , was reassigned to the 87th Infantry Division . Concurrently , the 321st and 323d Infantry Regiments were reassigned from the 81st to the 108th . Source : U.S . Army Center of Military History , Fort McNair , Washington , DC Vietnam . In the 1960s , the division established its own drill sergeant school patterned after the active component school . In 1968 , the 108th Division was restructured under its current brigade concept . During the Vietnam era , 108th Division soldiers during annual training were used to conduct interim training for soldiers waiting to begin basic training . In the 1980s the division developed an updated and more practical mobilization plan . During those same years the division began conducting basic training by themselves at Fort Jackson under new Mobilization Army Training Center and Provisional Training concepts . End of the Cold War . In January 1991 , more than 300 108th Division soldiers were called to active duty to support Operation Desert Storm , marking the first mobilization ever for members of the 108th Division . The soldiers assisted in the retraining of individual soldiers at Fort Jackson who were recalled up to military duty . In late 1993 , the 108th Division accepted the mission to pilot a new concept in Army training called Future Army Schools Twenty-first Century . This not only expanded the geographic size of the 108th Division to add the states of Georgia and Florida , but added 10 new US Army Reserve Forces schools to the divisions force structure . Those schools were later reorganized into functionally aligned school brigades . This gave the 108th Division a new mission . While keeping its mission of conducting initial entry training for new soldiers entering the Army , it now conducts specialized skill training for thousands of soldiers , both officers and enlisted , in the southeastern part of the United States . In 1996 the 108th Division was assigned another completely new mission to conduct Reserve Officer Training Corps training at three colleges and universities in Florida , Georgia and South Carolina . That program has been expanded nationally . In October 1998 , 108th Division assumed command and control of the former 265th US Army Forces School in Puerto Rico , which added an 8th Brigade . In 2001 , the ROTC structure was officially designated the divisions 9th Brigade . In 2004 , a reorganization of the Army Reserve resulted in the 108th Division expanding into Alabama and Mississippi . Twenty-first century . Between 2001 and 2007 over 2,000 soldiers from the 108th have mobilized and deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism . The 108th was in the middle of its biggest mobilization in history . Almost 1,000 soldiers from across the United States are deployed to Iraq and Kuwait to help train , maintain , and sustain Iraqi security and police forces as part of the militarys exit strategy from Iraq . The 108th Division had 4,000 soldiers assigned to units over in North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , Mississippi , Alabama , Florida and Puerto Rico in 23 cities and towns . In 2008 , the command was reorganized and currently has three subordinate divisions , the 95th Training Division ( Initial Entry Training ) based at Fort Sill , Oklahoma , the 98th Training Division ( Initial Entry Training ) based at Fort Benning , Georgia and the 104th Training Division ( Leader Training ) based at Fort Lewis , Washington . The command is currently one of the largest in the Army Reserve , it supports initial military training and ROTC ( leader training ) . Currently the command has over 10,000 soldiers assigned throughout the United States , Guam , and Puerto Rico . The current Commanding General of the 108th Training Command ( IET ) is Major General Andrew J . Juknelis . Former Commanding Generals . - MGEN Kate K . Leahy ( October 2018 - February 2020 ) - MGEN Mark T . McQueen ( October 2015 - October 2018 ) - MGEN Leslie A . Purser ( July 2013 – October 2015 ) - MGEN Robert P . Stall ( June 2010 – July 2013 ) - MGEN James B . Mallory , III ( March 2007 – June 2010 ) - MGEN Charles E . McCartney Jr . ( March 2003 – March 2007 ) - MGEN H . Douglas Robertson ( March 1999 – March 2003 ) - MGEN George W . Goldsmith Jr . ( March 1995 – March 1999 ) - MGEN Ronald E . Sneed ( March 1991 – March 1995 ) - MGEN William A . Gantt Jr . ( August 1987 – March 1991 ) - MGEN Charles J . Whisnant ( August 1983 – August 1987 ) - MGEN Berlyn K . Sutton ( September 1980 – August 1983 ) - MGEN Paul S . Oliver ( December 1976 – September 1980 ) - MGEN Scott S . Ferebee ( December 1969 – December 1976 ) - MGEN Ian M . Davidson ( February 1966 – December 1969 ) - MGEN Thomas Thorne ( September 1965 – February 1966 ) - MGEN Robert M . Jones ( June 1960 – June 1965 ) - MGEN Thomas M . Mayfield ( March 1952 – June 1960 ) Notable soldiers of the 108th Training Command ( IET ) . - SFC Kenneth W . Cabe , 108th Leadership Academy , 1977 Drill Sergeant of the Year - SFC Harold D . Cline , 108th Div. , 1973 Drill Sergeant of the Year - SGT Devin M . Crawford , 1st BDE , 95th Div. , 2018 Drill Sergeant of the Year ( DSOY ) . - SFC Edward E . Enfinger , 108th Div. , 1981 Drill Sergeant of the Year - CSM Michael D . Schultz former USARC Command Sergeant Major . - Lieutenant General Jack C . Stultz Jr. , former Chief , Army Reserve ( CAR ) /Commanding General , United States Army Reserve Command ( USARC ) . Subordinate units . - USAR Drill Sergeant School - 95th Training Division ( IET ) - 98th Training Division ( IET ) - 104th Training Division ( LT ) References . - 108th Division History - GlobalSecurity : 108th Division External links . - Command structure - www.armyreserve.army.mil/USARC/TNG/0108TNGCMD ( IET ) /