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{{short description|Formation, first in 1943, of the United States Army Reserve}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = 75th Innovation Command (75IC)
| image                         = 75e Division d'Infanterie (USA).svg
| caption                       = 75th Innovation Command<br>[[shoulder sleeve insignia]]
| dates                         = 1943 – 1945<br>1952 – 1957<br>1993 – present
| country                       = {{flag|United States}}
| allegiance                    = 
| branch                        = {{army|USA}}
| type                          = Future force development for the Army Reserve
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| size                          = Command
| command_structure             = [[File:Transformation and Training Command SSI 1507x1957px.png|20px]] [[United States Army Transformation and Training Command|Transformation and Training Command]]
| garrison                      = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
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| motto                         = ''Make Ready''
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| battles                       = [[World War II]]
* [[Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine|Rhineland]]
* [[Battle of the Bulge|Ardennes-Alsace]]
* [[Ruhr Pocket]]
* [[Western Allied invasion of Germany|Central Europe]]
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| decorations                   = [[Meritorious Unit Commendation]]
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| current_commander             = MG [[Michelle A. Link]]
| current_commander_label       = Commander
| commander2_label              = Deputy Commander
| commander2                    = [[Brigadier general (United States)|BG]] [[Heather A. Reuter]]
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| 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]].<ref name="Homepage">[https://www.usar.army.mil/75thIC/ 75th Innovation Command], usar.army.mil, last accessed 1 April 2018</ref>

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 [[United States Army Reserve|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 [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]] and [[Army National Guard of the United States|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 Division (United States)|84th Training Command]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180425214103/http://www.usar.army.mil/Commands/Functional/75th-Futures-CMD/75th-FC-Units/ 75th Innovation Command, Unites Under 84th Training Command Mission Command], usar.army.mil, last accessed 1 April 2018</ref>

==Lineage==
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*Constituted 24 December 1942, in the [[Army of the United States]] as Headquarters, 75th Infantry Division.
*Activated 15 April 1943, at [[Fort Leonard Wood (military base)|Fort Leonard Wood]], Missouri.
*Moved to Louisiana Maneuver Area on 24 January 1944, where it participated in the [[Fourth United States Army|4th Army]]  # 6 Louisiana maneuvers.
*Transferred to [[Camp Breckinridge]], Kentucky on 7 April 1944.
*Staged at [[Camp Shanks]], New York, on 7 November 1944.
*Deployed from [[New York Port of Embarkation]] on 14 November 1944.
*Arrived in England on 22 November 1944. Some troops spent time training at [[Seabank Hotel]] in [[Porthcawl]], Wales.<ref name="SBH">{{cite web|url=http://www.seabankhotel.co.uk/about-us.aspx|title=About the Seabank Hotel|publisher=Seabank Hotel|access-date=8 August 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100809122038/http://www.seabankhotel.co.uk/about-us.aspx| archive-date= 9 August 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*Assigned 9 December 1944, to the [[Ninth United States Army|Ninth Army]], which was part of the [[12th Army Group]].
*Further assigned 11 December 1944, to the [[XVI Corps (United States)|XVI Corps]].
*Landed in France on 13 December 1944.
*Crossed over into the [[Netherlands]] on 18 December 1944.
*Further assigned 22 December 1944, to the [[VII Corps (United States)|VII Corps]], [[First United States Army|First Army]] (attached to the [[British 21st Army Group]]), [[12th Army Group]].
*Further assigned 29 December 1944 to the [[XVIII Airborne Corps (United States)|XVIII (Abn) Corps]].
*Further assigned 2 January 1945 to the [[VII Corps (United States)|VII Corps]].
*Further assigned 7 January 1945 to the XVIII (Abn) Corps.
*Further assigned 25 January 1945 to the [[6th Army Group]].
*Further assigned 30 January 1945 to the [[XXI Corps (United States)|XXI Corps]], [[Seventh United States Army|Seventh Army]], 6th Army Group, but attached for operations to the [[First Army (France)|First French Army]], 6th Army Group.
*Further assigned 11 February 1945 to the [[Seventh United States Army|Seventh Army]], 6th Army Group.
*Further assigned 14 February 1945 to the [[12th Army Group]].
* Further assigned 17 February 1945 to the [[Ninth United States Army|Ninth Army]], 12th Army Group, but attached to the [[British Second Army]] for operations and the [[VIII Corps (United Kingdom)|British VIII Corps]] for administration. Entered Belgium.
*Withdrew to the Netherlands on 18 February 1945.
*Finally assigned 1 March 1945 to the XVI Corps, Ninth Army, 12th Army Group.
*Entered Germany on 10 March 1945.
*Was located at [[Werdohl]], Germany, on 14 August 1945
*Returned to Continental US at [[Hampton Roads]] Port of Embarkation on 14 November 1945, and proceeded to [[Camp Patrick Henry]], Virginia.
*Inactivated 14 November 1945, at [[Camp Patrick Henry]], Virginia.
*Allotted 21 February 1952, to the Organized Reserve Corps.
*[[File:22nd Armor insignia.png|left|frameless|150x150px]]Activated 1 March 1952, at [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas - reflagged from the 22nd Armored Division (1943-1947).  
*(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve).
*Redesignated 15 February 1957 as the 75th Maneuver Area Command (MAC) at [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas.
*Redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters, 75th Division (Exercise) at Houston, Texas.
*Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 1999 as Headquarters, 75th Division (Training Support).
*Redesignated 2 November 2007 as 75th Battle Command Training Division (BCTD)
*Redesignated 1 October 2011 as 75th Training Division (Mission Command), later 75th Training Command (Mission Command)
*Redesignated January 2018 as 75th Innovation Command<ref name="Homepage"/>

==World War II==
===Units===
* Headquarters, 75th Infantry Division
* [[289th Infantry Regiment (United States)|289th Infantry Regiment]]
* 290th Infantry Regiment
* [[291st Infantry Regiment (United States)|291st Infantry Regiment]]
* Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 75th Infantry Division Artillery
** 730th Field Artillery Battalion (155&nbsp;mm)
** 897th Field Artillery Battalion (105&nbsp;mm)
** 898th Field Artillery Battalion (105&nbsp;mm)
** 899th Field Artillery Battalion (105&nbsp;mm)
* 275th Engineer Combat Battalion 
* 375th Medical Battalion
* 75th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
* Headquarters, Special Troops, 75th Infantry Division
** Headquarters Company, 75th Infantry Division
** 775th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
** 75th Quartermaster Company 
** 575th Signal Company 
** Military Police Platoon
** Band
* 75th Counterintelligence Corps Detachment

===Combat chronicle===
[[File:American 290th Infantry Regiment infantrymen fighting in snow during the Battle of the Bulge.jpg|thumb|left|220px|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''.<ref>U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510–592</ref>

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 [[Battle of the Bulge|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.

[[File: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|thumb|right|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 (province)|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 Airborne Division (United Kingdom)|6th British Airborne Division]] on a  {{convert|24|mi|km|adj=on}} 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, Saarland|Homburg]], and probed enemy defenses at night.

On 24 March, elements crossed the Rhine in the wake of the 30th and [[79th Infantry Division (United States)|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 Infantry Division (United States)|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===
*'''Total battle casualties:''' 4,324<ref name="Nonbattle Deaths 1953">Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths, Final Report (Statistical and Accounting Branch, Office of the Adjutant General, 1 June 1953)</ref>
*'''Killed in action:''' 817<ref name="Nonbattle Deaths 1953"/>
*'''Wounded in action:''' 3,314<ref name="Nonbattle Deaths 1953"/>
*'''Missing in action:''' 77<ref name="Nonbattle Deaths 1953"/>
*'''Prisoner of war:''' 116<ref name="Nonbattle Deaths 1953"/>

===Honors===
====Campaign participation credit====

*World War II:
#[[Rhineland]];
#[[Ardennes-Alsace]];
#[[Western Allied invasion of Germany|Central Europe]]

====Unit awards====
*[[Meritorious Unit Commendation]] (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER, HHC, 1st Brigade, 75th Division (now HHC, Southern Division, 75th Training Command)
*[[Army Superior Unit Award]] Streamer Embroidered 2003 (all UICs received one)
*[[Army Superior Unit Award]] Streamer Embroidered 2006

====Individual awards====
*[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]-4
*[[Silver Star]]-114
*[[Legion of Merit]]-3
*[[Soldier's Medal]]-21
*[[Bronze Star Medal]]-1,288
*[[Air Medal]]-29

==Commanders==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
#MG [[Willard S. Paul]] (April – August 1943)
#MG [[Fay B. Prickett]] (August 1943 – January 1945)
#MG [[Ray E. Porter]] (January – June 1945)
#MG [[Arthur Arnim White]] (June – November 1945)
#BG Charles R. Doran (October 1945 to inactivation)
#BG [[Whitfield Jack]] (March 1952 to May 1955) (as 75th Infantry Division (Reserve))
#MG Whitfield Jack (May 1955 to February 1957)
#MG Whitfield Jack (February 1957 to January 1960) (as 75th Maneuver Area Command)
#MG George P. Munson, Jr. (November 1960 to May 1965)
#MG Felix A. Davis (May 1965 to May 1975)
#MG Kenneth A. Kuykendal (May 1975 to May 1979)
#MG Robert E. Crosser (May 1979 to August 1981)
#MG Harry A. Conrad (August 1981 to August 1984)
#MG Guilford J. Wilson, Jr. (October 1984 to April 1989)
#MG Dionel E. Aviles (April 1989 to April 1993)
#MG Claude J. Roberts (April 1993 to December 1996) (as 75th Division (Exercise))
#MG Darrell W. McDaniel (January 1997 to December 2000) (as 75th Division (Training Support))
#MG Perry V. Dalby (December 2000 to May 2004)
#MG Steven P. Best (May 2004 to August 2008) (as 75th Training Division (Battle Command))
#MG [[Eldon Regua|Eldon P. Regua]] (August 2008 to July 2011)
#MG Jimmie Jaye Wells (July 2011 to May 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.houstontx.gov/council/e/news-2011august.pdf |title=Council Member Mike Sullivan's Newsletter |date=August 2011 |publisher=City of Houston |access-date=18 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524024543/http://www.houstontx.gov/council/e/news-2011august.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (as 75th Training Command (Mission Command))
#MG [[James V. "Boe" Young]] (May 2014 to May 2019)
#MG [[Rich C. Staats]] (May 2019 to July 2021)
#MG [[Martin F. Klein]] (August 2021 to June 2024)
#MG [[Michelle A. Link]] (June 2024 to Present)
}}

==Command Sergeants Major==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
#CSM Roger M. Casteel (January 1970 to March 1973)
#CSM Wilfred H. Mathis, Jr. (April 1973 to July 1982)
#CSM Obie B. Johnson (July 1982 to January 1987)
#CSM Richard J. Danielson (January 1987 to April 1993)
#CSM Richard J. Danielson (April 1993 to June 1993)
#CSM Lawrence W. Holland (June 1993 to May 1996)
#CSM Philip R. Kraus (May 1996 to September 1999)
#CSM John Proffit (October 1999 to August 2001)
#CSM Jerry A. Blair (December 2001 to December 2005)
#CSM Thomas Boyce (December 2005 to November 2007)
#CSM Thomas Boyce (November 2007 to August 2008)
#CSM Paul Belanger (August 2008 to August 2011)
#CSM Luther Thomas (August 2011 to September 2011)
#CSM Luther Thomas (October 2011 to November 2012)
#CSM Ronnie Farmer (November 2012 to October 2016)
#CSM Richard T. Schoenberger (October 2016 to April 2019)
#CSM Krystal Florquist (April 2019 - June 2023)
#CSM Sherri L. Turner (June 2023 - present)
}}

==Current units==
Also now known as the U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command (USARIC),<ref>{{Cite web|title=75th Innovation Command|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/armyreserve75|access-date=2021-02-12|website=DVIDS Hub|language=en}}</ref> 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 [[United States Army Reserve|Army Reserve]]."<ref>{{Cite web|title=75th Innovation Command Page - About Us|url=https://www.usar.army.mil/Commands/Functional/75th-Innovation-CMD/About-Us/|access-date=2021-02-12|website=US Army Reserve|language=en}}</ref>  USARIC is designed to be in direct support of [[United States Army Transformation and Training Command|Transformation and Training Command]].  With a requirement for senior officers and NCOs to research and publish thought leadership, there are several publications across disciplines by its members.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Uncle Sam Needs STEM|url=https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/09/30/uncle_sam_needs_stem_579121.html|website=www.realcleardefense.com|author=Madden, Michael|author2=Westwood, Kirk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=An Unmanned, Tank-Killing Solution to the Problem of Multi-Domain Operations|url=https://mwi.usma.edu/an-unmanned-tank-killing-solution-to-the-problem-of-multi-domain-operations/|website=mwi.usma.edu|author=Kim, Wonny}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=COVID-19, Communications, and Competition: We're Doing it Wrong|url=https://mwi.usma.edu/covid-19-communications-competition-wrong/|author=Kim, Wonny|website=wmi.usma.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=United States Army & Tactical Law Enforcement Urban Close Quarters Battle Capabilities Based Assessment|url=https://ncuo.net/united-states-army-tactical-law-enforcement-urban-close-quarters-battle-capabilities-based-assessment/|website=ncuo.net|access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref>

Current Commander and Command Sergeant Major are MG [[Martin F. Klein]] and CSM Kristal Florquist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=75th Innovation Command Page - Leaders|url=https://www.usar.army.mil/75thICLeaders/|access-date=2021-12-17|website=US Army Reserve|language=en}}</ref> Current Deputy Commander is BG Robert E. Guidry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=General Officer Assignments|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/1881319/general-officer-assignments/source/GovDelivery/|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.defense.gov|language=en}}</ref>

USARIC Headquarters and Headquarters Company – [[Houston, Texas]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=75th IC Presentation|url=https://www.massnationalguard.org/HSI/publications/COL.CORSETTI.pdf|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.massnationalguard.org|language=en}}</ref>
*Headquarters and Headquarters Company – Houston, Texas
*Innovation Army Application Group - [[Austin, Texas]]
**Group 1
**Group 2
**Group 3
*Support Group - [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]]

==Notable members==
*J. W. Milam – Small businessman in [[Mississippi]], known for confessing to lynching black teenager [[Emmett Till]] in a magazine interview after acquittal by a local all-white jury<ref name="Look1956">{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/till/|title=The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi|date=January 1956|work=[[Look (American magazine)|Look Magazine]]|author=Huie, William Bradford|access-date=11 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208225152/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/sfeature/sf_look_confession.html|archive-date=8 February 2017}}</ref>
* Father of [[Randy Pausch]], author of [[The Last Lecture]]
* Andy Field, noted voice actor

==General==
*Shoulder patch: [[Khaki]]-bordered square with diagonal fields of blue, white, and red on which is superimposed a blue 7 and red 5.

==References==
<References/>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121230203215/http://www.army.mil/armyreserve75 The official home page of the 75th Training Command]
* [http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/75thinfantry/index.html The 75th: The Story of the 75th Infantry Division]
* [http://www.75thdivisiondad.com/  "Unofficial" Home of the 75th Infantry Division Veterans' Association]
*[http://www.plbg.de/75th/ 75th Infantry Division (WWII) Unofficial Homepage]
*[http://www.plbg.de/75th/history.htm 75th Division (Post-WWII) Unofficial Homepage]
*[http://www.thewarpage.com/75thID.html  "PICTURES OF SOLDIERS OF THE 75th Infantry Division 899th Field Artillery IN WW2"]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111003104155/http://www.wartimepress.com/archives.asp?TID=041%2075th%20Infantry%20Division&MID=&q=371&FID=89 75th Infantry Division]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=xybdO0Zm39oC&q=75th+Infantry+Division  "75th Infantry Division," by Bill Schiller, Lisa Thompson (2002)]

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