75th Innovation Command (75IC) | |
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Active | 1943 – 1945 1952 – 1957 1993 – present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army |
Type | Future force development for the Army Reserve |
Size | Command |
Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
Motto(s) | Make Ready |
Engagements | World War II |
Decorations | Meritorious Unit Commendation |
Commanders | |
Commander | MG Michelle A. Link |
Deputy Commander | BG Heather A. Reuter |
Notable commanders | MG Ray E. Porter |
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The 75th Innovation Command (75th IC) is a separate command of the United States Army Reserve.[1]
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]