Mission - The 108th TC (IET) mans, trains, equips, and deploys Drill Sergeants, ROTC Adjunct Faculty, and Cadet Summer Training capabilities to support total Army force generation objectives and, on order, provides up to division-level command and control capabilities.
Over the years, the division has played an important role in pioneering and developing several training methods and policies still in use today.
Manning during this period was relatively small and funding for airborne training, equipment, and airlift support was minimal.
This meant reorganizing again to conduct basic and advanced individual training, should the division be called to active duty.
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 October 1998, 108th Division assumed command and control of the former 265th US Army Forces School in Puerto Rico, which added an 8th Brigade.
[citation needed] 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.
Currently the command has over 10,000 soldiers assigned throughout the United States, Guam, and Puerto Rico.