84th Division ( United States ) The 84th Training Command ( " Railsplitters ) is a formation of the United States Army . During World War I and World War II , it was known as the 84th Infantry Division . From 1946 to 1952 , the division was a part of the United States Army Reserve as the 84th Airborne Division . In 1959 , the division was reorganized and redesignated once more to the 84th Division . The division was headquartered in Milwaukee in command of upwards of 4 , 100 soldiers divided into eight brigades — including an ROTC brigade — spread throughout seven states . Changes to the Reserve organizations in 2005 – 2007 took the divisional designation away from the 84th . The 84th Training Command , Leader Readiness ( LR ) was the resulting title and the unit was paired with the Army Reserve Readiness Training Center ( ARRTC ) . The flag resided at Fort McCoy , Wisconsin . As a result of Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) throughout the Army , the 84th Training Command ( LR ) was moved to Fort Knox , Kentucky in September 2008 . Since the move , the 84th Training Command and ARRTC split , leaving the ARRTC with leader readiness and training support . The 84th Training Command re - designated once again to 84th Training Command Unit Readiness ( UR ) . In September 2010 , the 84th was renamed 84th Training Command and began reorganization . The 84th mission currently supports three training divisions – The 78th Training Division ( Ft . Dix , NJ ) , the 86th Training Division ( Ft . McCoy , WI ) , and the 91st Training Division ( Ft . Hunter Liggett , CA ) . 84th Mission Statement : The 84th Training Command trains and assesses Army Reserve units in ARFORGEN in accordance with USARC and FORSCOM directives in support of operational and functional commands . As directed , the command provides training to joint , combined , and active Army forces . Tradition has it that the division traces its lineage to the Illinois militia company in which a young Captain Abraham Lincoln served during the Black Hawk War of 1832 . The division patch was selected to honor this legacy and the division ' s origin in Illinois . For this reason , the alternative nickname of " Lincoln County " Division has been used to denote the 84th . World War I . For World War I , personnel were first enlisted from the states of Illinois , Wisconsin , and Kentucky and were formed into an infantry division in 1917 , whereupon they chose the formation ' s distinctive patch and nickname . The division was formally activated in August 1917 . It was deployed to France in October 1918 to serve as a training formation for replacements which would be sent to the Western Front . At the war ' s end , the formation was recalled home and , without having seen combat actions , inactivated in January 1919 . Its commanders included Brig . Gen . Wilber E . Wilder ( 25 August 1917 ) , Maj . Gen . Harry C . Hale ( 6 October 1917 ) , Brig . Gen . Wilber E . Wilder ( 26 November 1917 ) , Brig . Gen . Wilber E . Wilder ( 15 December 1917 ) , Maj . Gen . Harry C . Hale ( 1 March 1918 ) , Maj . Gen . Harry C . Hale ( 5 June 1918 ) , Maj . Gen . Harry C . Hale ( 21 July 1918 ) , Brig . Gen . Wilber E . Wilder ( 18 October 1918 ) , Maj . Gen . Harry C . Hale ( 31 October 1918 ) . World War II . The 84th Infantry Division was activated on 15 October 1942 . It embarked on 20 September 1944 and arrived in the United Kingdom on 1 October , for additional training . The division landed on Omaha Beach , 1 – 4 November 1944 , and moved to the vicinity of Gulpen , the Netherlands , 5 – 12 November . The division entered combat , 18 November , with an attack on Geilenkirchen , Germany , as part of the larger offensive in the Roer Valley , north of Aachen . Taking Geilenkirchen , as part of Operation Clipper on 19 November , the division pushed forward to take Beeck ( Geilenkirchen ) and Lindern in the face of heavy enemy resistance , 29 November . After a short rest , the division returned to the fight , taking Wurm and Würm ( Geilenkirchen ) , Mullendorf , 18 December , before moving to Belgium to help stem the German winter offensive . Battling in snow , sleet , and rain , the division threw off German attacks , recaptured Verdenne , 24 – 28 December , took Beffe and Devantave , 4 – 6 January 1945 , and seized Laroche , 11 January . By 16 January , the Bulge had been reduced . After a 5 - day respite , the 84th resumed the offensive , taking Gouvy and Beho . On 7 February , the division assumed responsibility for the Roer River zone , between Linnich and Himmerich , and trained for the river crossing . On 23 February 1945 , the division cut across the Roer , took Boisheim and Dülken , 1 March , crossed the Niers Canal on 2 March , took Krefeld , 3 March , and reached the Rhine by 5 March . The division trained along the west bank of the river in March . After crossing the Rhine , 1 April , the division drove from Lembeck toward Bielefeld in conjunction with the 5th Armored Division , crossing the Weser River to capture Hanover , 10 April . By 13 April , it had reached the Elbe , and halted its advance , patrolling along the river . The Russians were contacted at Balow , 2 May 1945 . The division remained on occupation duty in Germany after VE - day , returning to the United States on 19 January 1946 for demobilization . It was redesignated a reserve formation on 21 January 1946 . 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 brigade s 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 School s 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 . Subordinate units . The 84th Training Command is undergoing transformation and will be adding units and reflagging existing units . As of November 2010 : 70th Training Division ( Fort Knox , Kentucky ) ( Scheduled to deactivate Oct 2012 ) 78th Training Division ( Fort Dix , New Jersey ) 86th Training Division ( Fort McCoy , Wisconsin ) 91st Training Division ( Fort Hunter Liggett , California )