96th Sustainment Brigade ( United States ) The 96th Sustainment Brigade , formerly the 96th Infantry Division is a unit of the United States Army that served in World War II . The division was first organized in October 1918 , during the U . S . mobilization for World War I . The division was organized in the First World War " National Army " on 20 October 1918 at Camp Wadsworth , South Carolina . The 96th was one of the last divisions activated and the war ended before it could be sent overseas . It was thus demobilized on 7 January 1919 . The division was reconstituted in the Organized Reserves on 24 June 1921 at Portland , Oregon . Effective 17 September 2008 , the unit became the 96th Sustainment Brigade . The 96 SB ' s headquarters is located at Fort Douglas , Salt Lake City , Utah . World War II . World War II combat chronicle . As part of the reorganization of the U . S . Army divisions from " square " to " triangular , " the two infantry brigade headquarters were converted to provide personnel for other units and the 380th Infantry Regiment was disbanded . The 192nd Infantry Brigade headquarters company was converted into the division ' s 96th Reconnaissance Troop , while the 191st Infantry Brigade headquarters formed the core of the division ' s headquarters company . After initial training at Camp White in southern Oregon , the 96th Infantry Division participation in the Oregon Maneuver combat exercise in the fall of 1943 . The division trained in Hawaiian Islands from July to September 1944 before entering combat in an assault landing in Leyte Gulf , Philippine Islands , between Tanauan and Dulag , 20 October 1944 . Enemy resistance in the beachhead area was quickly broken and the division had advanced to and secured the Tanauan - Dagami - Tabontabon sector by 9 November after heavy fighting . The division continued to wipe out resistance on the island , engaging in small unit actions , patrolling , probing , and wiping out pockets of Japanese . Chalk Ridge was taken 12 December 1944 , and major organized resistance was at an end by Christmas Day . The next three months were spent in mopping up , security duty , training , and loading for the coming invasion of Okinawa . The division left the Philippines 27 March 1945 for Okinawa , making an assault landing on the island on 1 April . The landing was unopposed and a beachhead was established , between 1 to 3 April 1945 . Resistance stiffened considerably as the division advanced to Kakazu Ridge , where fighting was fierce , from 7 to 16 April 1945 . The 96th assaulted and cracked the fanatically - defended enemy defense line , Tanabaru Nishibaru , 17 – 23 April , and after advancing slightly against extremely determined resistance , was relieved on 30 April by the 77th Infantry Division . The division trained and rested 1 – 9 May , while elements mopped up bypassed enemy pockets and then returned to the offensive , 10 May 1945 , attacking and capturing Conical - Sugar Hill Ridge , 21 May , thus breaking the right flank of the Shuri defenses . Heavy rains the following week slowed down the advance . The offensive was resumed , 30 May , against weakening enemy resistance ; Japanese north of Yonabaru - Shuri - Naha Road area were cleared out . Resistance stiffened again , 3 June , and Laura Hill was taken , 14 June 1945 , only after a bloody fight ; the last important Japanese defense position , the Yuza - Dake , Yaeju - Dake Hill mass , was secured by 17 June , and on 22 June all resistance was declared at an end . Many of the landmark names and other locations of the massive engagement have been changed by modern Japanese . The division patrolled an area from Chan to Ogusuku until 30 June . After resting in July , the division left Okinawa for Mindoro , in the Philippines , and engaged in a training program . The division left the Philippines , 17 January 1946 , for the United States . Postwar . The division commenced its Army Reserve role in December 1946 , commanded by Colonel Ross J . Wilson of Kalispell , Montana . The division headquarters was Fort Missoula , Montana . Major units were located at Great Falls , Montana , Phoenix , Arizona , and Salt Lake City . The division appears to have kept the 381st , 382nd , and 383rd Infantry Regiment s . In August 1948 , Colonel LeRoy H . Anderson of Conrad , Montana was appointed as the Commander . The headquarters moved to Helena , Montana , and then transferred to Fort Douglas , Utah in 1962 . Major General Michael B . Kauffman was named commander , followed by Brigadier General Ray D . Free . The division was inactivated in December 1965 . On 22 December 1967 , the Department of the Army announced that Salt Lake City , Utah had been chosen as the site for one of the eighteen new nationwide Army Reserve Command ( ARCOM ) headquarters . The ARCOM would command all Army Reserve units in Utah , Idaho and Montana . In March 1968 , the numericals " 96 " were assigned to the command . Also in March the 259th Quartermaster Battalion , an ARCOM unit in Pleasant Grove , Utah was ordered to active duty . In September , the 259th transferred overseas for duty in Vietnam and served with distinction , being awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation . It was released from active duty on 18 September 1969 . Sterling R . Ryser succeeded Major General Free as ARCOM commander in early 1969 . In 1971 with the consolidation of Fourth and Fifth Army areas , the 96th ARCOM ' s span of command was increased to include North Dakota , South Dakota , Wyoming , and Colorado . In 1973 the command was again reorganized , gaining the state of New Mexico and losing North and South Dakota . Since 1974 , 96th ARCOM units have trained with their regular Army counterparts throughout the United States , Europe , and Asia . Franklin McKean was appointed Commanding General in 1975 , followed by Larry Morris in 1979 . In 1984 , the ARCOM was again reorganized , losing New Mexico and regaining North and South Dakota . Richard O . Christiansen was appointed as Commanding General . In 1985 , the 96th ARCOM was geographically the largest Army Reserve Command in the United States . The ARCOM consists of 94 units and 9 , 320 reservists , augmented by 243 full time soldiers and 288 civilian employees . On 9 April 1989 Donald M . Bagley was appointed Commanding General . In 1991 , 3rd Battalion , 87th Infantry Regiment , located in Colorado , was mobilized for security duties in Germany during the Gulf War . After the end of the Cold War , the command was finally redesignated the 96th Regional Readiness Command . Subordinate units of the 96th RRC have been deployed to Iraq , Afghanistan , and Djibouti in support of the Global War on Terror from 2001 . Units have also been deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of peacekeeping operations in the Balkans . The 96th Sustainment Brigade deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009 . The brigade returned to the United States in May , 2010 .