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 Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the reserve components ( RC ) of the United States Army . Over its 60 - 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 . 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 ourselves 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 called back 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 division ' s 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 division ' s 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 is 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 military ’ s 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 in Oklahoma City , Okla . , the 98th Training Division ( Initial Entry Training ) based in Rochester , N . Y . and the 104th Training Division ( Leader Training ) based in Ft . Lewis , Wash . 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 MAJ . GEN . Robert P . Stall CSM Michael D . Schultz former USARC Command Sergeant Major