On 5 August 1917, the War Department directed the organization of the 80th Division at Camp Lee, Virginia.

The 319th Infantry included men from the Allegheny County and Erie areas, and a few from eastern Ohio.

During the rest period from 14 October through the Armistice, they finally were outfitted with U.S. Springfield and Browning automatic rifles.

[5][citation needed] "Previously announced, the distinctive symbols of the various units of the Division were declared official on 30 April 1918.

The division headquarters usually conducted its summer training there, and on a number of occasions, participated in command post exercises.

The division was destined to become the "work horse" of General Patton's Third Army and to play a key role in the breakthrough at Avranches.

After mopping up in the area, the 80th took part in the Third Army dash across France, cutting through Saint-Mihiel, Châlons, and Commercy in pursuit of the retreating Germans until stopped by the lack of gasoline and other supplies at the river Seille.

From 25 September to 7 November, the division maintained an aggressive defense of positions west of the Seille, and prepared for the Third Army sweep into the industrially vital Saar Basin.

The attack jumped off on 8 November, the 80th advancing through Delme Ridge, Faulquemont, and St. Avold to within 5 miles (8.0 km) of Saarbrücken, when it was relieved by the 6th Armored Division, 7 December 1944.

After 10 days rest, the division returned to combat, moving southeast to take part in an attack on the Siegfried Line at Zweibrücken when the Germans launched their winter offensive in the Ardennes.

Over frozen, snow-covered terrain, the attack gained nine bitter miles despite constant machine gun and mortar fire.

Pursuit continued in April, the division defeating the German defenders at Kassel, driving rapidly to Erfurt on the 12th, and Weimar, Jena, and Gera on the 14th.

In March 1959, it was reorganized as the 80th Division (Training), with a primary focus of providing initial entry training to trainees at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Jackson, South Carolina, a mission and structure that lasted for many years.

In 1988 and 1990, the division carried out ten-week exercises for wartime mobilization missions named, "Old Dominion Forward" at Fort Bragg, setting up training for nearly 700 new Soldiers.

After training and equipping at Fort Eustis, Virginia, it deployed to Saudi Arabia 5 January 1991.

Citation reading: "... under adverse conditions in a combat zone, logging over 850,000 accident- free road miles, in the countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq."

By the end of the war, elements of the 424th had advanced as far as the Euphrates River in support of coalition assault units.

Because of the short duration of the ground war in Iraq and Kuwait, additional Individual Ready Reserve troops were not called up and the 3rd Battalion was released from active duty and returned to home station 17 March.

October 1994 marked the fourth major reorganization since World War II, when it became Headquarters, 80th Division (Training).

During the period 17 May 2005 to 15 August 2006, 80th Division (Institutional Training) displayed outstanding meritorious service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The unit planned and executed the largest mobilization and combat-zone deployment of the Army Reserve Division since 1945.

The unit continues to support the Global War on Terrorism with individual and group deployments to the theater of operations as required.

Of the seven IT divisions, only three remain, with the 80th taking command of the entire TASS mission for the Army Reserve.

[citation needed] In addition to the salaries of full-time civilian and military personnel, this figure also includes pay to Army Reserve soldiers, money spent locally for the purchase of supplies, services, maintenance support, equipment, facility construction and renovation, and the G.I.

Bill college tuition payments to Army Reserve soldiers attending school.

The 102nd Training Division (Maneuver Support) headquarters is located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and also became fully mission capable in October 2009.