MISSION
The 87th Training Division designs, develops, and executes multi-component Combat Support Training Program and designated Functional training exercises, in a Total Army, Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, Multinational environment to enhance US Army Reserve readiness and lethality.
VISION
The 87th Training Division will be the premier Training Division in the 84th Training Command.
LINEAGE
- The 87th Infantry Division was organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Pike, Arkansas
- During WWI, the 87th served as part of the American Expeditionary Force in France.
- During WWII, the 87th distinguished itself as an outstanding unit and was assigned to General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army.
- After the 87th captured the strategic city of Koblenz the “Golden Acorn Division” became known as the “Liberators of Koblenz.”
- Campaigns include: the Ardennes, the break-through of the Siegfried Line, the Kyll, the Moselle, Koblenz, the Rhine, Plauen, and the Mulde.
- On 12 May 1947, the 87th Infantry Division was activated in Birmingham, AL as a Reserve Division.
- On 15 February 1957, following the Korean War, the Dept of the Army created the 87th Maneuver Area Command (MAC).
- On 1 October 1993, the 87th MAC was deactivated and the 87th Division (Exercise) was activated.
- On 17 October 1999, the 87th was redesignated as the 87th Division (Training Support) under the First Continental US Army (CONUSA).
- On 4 November 2008, the 87th was redesignated the 87th Army Reserve Support Command - East.