75th Innovation Command

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75th Innovation Command (75IC)
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75th Innovation Command
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Active1943 – 1945
1952 – 1957
1993 – present
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
TypeFuture force development for the Army Reserve
SizeCommand
Headquarters Houston, Texas
Motto(s)Make Ready
Engagements World War II
Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation
Commanders
CommanderMG Martin F. Klein
Deputy Commander BG Heather A. Reuter
Notable
commanders		MG Ray E. Porter
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
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The 75th Innovation Command (75th IC) is a separate command of the United States Army Reserve. [1]

Contents

The 75th IC was activated as the 75th Infantry Division in World War II. Inactivated in 1945, it was reactivated in 1952 at Houston, Texas, from the assets of the disbanded 22nd Armored Division of the United States Army Organized Reserves. It was active as an Infantry Division from 1952 to 1957, when it was reorganized and redesignated as the 75th Maneuver Area Command (MAC), and given responsibility for planning and conducting Field Training Exercises (FTX) and Command Post Exercises (CPX) for all Reserve Component units west of the Mississippi River. In 1993, the 75th MAC was redesignated as the 75th Division (Training Support) in the Army Reserve, which in later years became designated the 75th Training Command. In January 2003, numerous units of the 75th were mobilized to train other Army Reserve and Army National Guard units deploying overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF). In January 2018, the 75th was reorganized into the 75th Innovation Command with its training divisions reassigned to the 84th Training Command. [2]

Lineage

World War II

Units

Combat chronicle

Soldiers of the 290th Infantry Regiment in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge (Amonines, Belgium 4 January 1945) American 290th Infantry Regiment infantrymen fighting in snow during the Battle of the Bulge.jpg
Soldiers of the 290th Infantry Regiment in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge (Amonines, Belgium 4 January 1945)

These combat chronicles, current as of October 1948, are drawn from The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States. [4]

The 75th Infantry Division arrived in Britain, 22 November 1944; headquarters having arrived on 2 November 1944. After a brief training program, the division landed at Le Havre and Rouen, 13 December, and bivouacked at Yvetot on the 14th. When the Von Rundstedt offensive broke in the Ardennes, the 75th was rushed to the front and entered defensive combat, 23 December 1944, alongside the Ourthe River, advanced to the Aisne River, and entered Grandmenil, 5 January 1945. The division relieved the 82d Airborne Division along the Salm River, 8 January, and strengthened its defensive positions until 17 January when it attacked, taking Vielsalm and other towns in the area.

Men of the 75th Division trudge through the snow toward the Salm River, near Arbrefontaine, Belgium, to relieve the 82nd Airborne Division. SC 272316 - Men of 75th divison trudge through the snow toward the Salm River, near Arbrefontaine, Belgium, to relieve the 82nd Airborne Division. (49346101683).jpg
Men of the 75th Division trudge through the snow toward the Salm River, near Arbrefontaine, Belgium, to relieve the 82nd Airborne Division.

Shifting to the Seventh Army area in Alsace—Lorraine, the 75th crossed the Colmar Canal, 1 February, and took part in the liberation of Colmar and in the fighting between the Rhine River and the Vosges Mountains. It crossed the Marne-Rhine Canal and reached the Rhine, 7 February. After a brief rest at Lunéville, it returned to combat, relieving the 6th British Airborne Division on a 24-mile (39 km) defensive front along the Meuse (Maas), near Roermond, in the Netherlands, on 21 February. From 13 to 23 March, the 75th patrolled a sector along the west bank of the Rhine from Wesel to Homburg, and probed enemy defenses at night.

On 24 March, elements crossed the Rhine in the wake of the 30th and 79th Divisions. Pursuit of the enemy continued as the 75th cleared the Haard Forest, 1 April, crossed the Dortmund-Ems Canal on the 4th, and cleared the approaches to Dortmund, which fell to the 95th Division, 13 April. Around the same time, troops of the division liberated Stalag VI-A, a POW camp where thousands of Soviet and Polish prisoners of war had died of malnutrition and disease. After taking Herdecke, 13 April, the division moved to Braumbauer for rest and rehabilitation, then took over security and military government duties in Westphalia. The father of Randy Pausch was wounded and received a Bronze Star during this time, as related in The Last Lecture.

Casualties

Honors

Campaign participation credit

  • World War II:
  1. Rhineland;
  2. Ardennes-Alsace;
  3. Central Europe

Unit awards

Individual awards

Commanders

  1. MG Willard S. Paul (April – August 1943)
  2. MG Fay B. Prickett (August 1943 – January 1945)
  3. MG Ray E. Porter (January – June 1945)
  4. MG Arthur Arnim White (June – November 1945)
  5. BG Charles R. Doran (October 1945 to inactivation)
  6. BG Whitfield Jack (March 1952 to May 1955) (as 75th Infantry Division (Reserve))
  7. MG Whitfield Jack (May 1955 to February 1957)
  8. MG Whitfield Jack (February 1957 to January 1960) (as 75th Maneuver Area Command)
  9. MG George P. Munson, Jr. (November 1960 to May 1965)
  10. MG Felix A. Davis (May 1965 to May 1975)
  11. MG Kenneth A. Kuykendal (May 1975 to May 1979)
  12. MG Robert E. Crosser (May 1979 to August 1981)
  13. MG Harry A. Conrad (August 1981 to August 1984)
  14. MG Guilford J. Wilson, Jr. (October 1984 to April 1989)
  15. MG Dionel E. Aviles (April 1989 to April 1993)
  16. MG Claude J. Roberts (April 1993 to December 1996) (as 75th Division (Exercise))
  17. MG Darrell W. McDaniel (January 1997 to December 2000) (as 75th Division (Training Support))
  18. MG Perry V. Dalby (December 2000 to May 2004)
  19. MG Steven P. Best (May 2004 to August 2008) (as 75th Training Division (Battle Command))
  20. MG Eldon P. Regua (August 2008 to July 2011)
  21. MG Jimmie Jaye Wells (July 2011 to May 2014) [6] (as 75th Training Command (Mission Command))
  22. MG James V. "Boe" Young (May 2014 to May 2019)
  23. MG Rich C. Staats (May 2019 to July 2021)
  24. MG Martin F. Klein (August 2021 to Present)

Command Sergeants Major

  1. CSM Roger M. Casteel (January 1970 to March 1973)
  2. CSM Wilfred H. Mathis, Jr. (April 1973 to July 1982)
  3. CSM Obie B. Johnson (July 1982 to January 1987)
  4. CSM Richard J. Danielson (January 1987 to April 1993)
  5. CSM Richard J. Danielson (April 1993 to June 1993)
  6. CSM Lawrence W. Holland (June 1993 to May 1996)
  7. CSM Phillip R. Kraus (May 1996 to September 1999)
  8. CSM John Proffit (October 1999 to August 2001)
  9. CSM Jerry A. Blair (December 2001 to December 2005)
  10. CSM Thomas Boyce (December 2005 to November 2007)
  11. CSM Thomas Boyce (November 2007 to August 2008)
  12. CSM Paul Belanger (August 2008 to August 2011)
  13. CSM Luther Thomas (August 2011 to September 2011)
  14. CSM Luther Thomas (October 2011 to November 2012)
  15. CSM Ronnie Farmer (November 2012 to October 2016)
  16. CSM Richard T. Schoenberger (October 2016 to April 2019)
  17. CSM Krystal Florquist (April 2019 - Present)

Current units

Also now known as the U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command (USARIC), [7] as of January 2018, this unit was designated as the 75th Innovation Command and all previously subordinate units outside of headquarters and headquarters company were assigned to the 84th Training Command.

Current Mission: "The 75th Innovation Command drives operational innovation, concepts, and capabilities to enhance the readiness and lethality of the Future Force by leveraging the unique skills, agility, and private sector connectivity of America's Army Reserve." [8] USARIC is designed to be in direct support of Army Futures Command. With a requirement for senior officers and NCOs to research and publish thought leadership, there are several publications across disciplines by its members. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Current Commander and Command Sergeant Major are MG Martin F. Klein and CSM Kristal Florquist. [13] Current Deputy Commander is BG Robert E. Guidry. [14]

USARIC Headquarters and Headquarters Company – Houston, Texas [15]

Notable members

General

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