80th Division (United States)

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80th Infantry Division
80th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1917–1919 1921–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Richmond, Virginia
Nickname(s)	"Blue Ridge"
Motto(s)	Only Moves Forward
Engagements	World War I Second Battle of the Somme (1918) Meuse-Argonne Offensive World War II Operation Overlord Normandy landings Siegfried Line campaign Rhineland Offensive Battle of the Bulge Ardennes-Alsace Western Allied invasion of Germany
Website	www.usar.army.mil/80th-TNG-CMD/
Commanders
Current commander	Maj. Gen. Michael J. Dougherty
Notable commanders	Lloyd Brett, Horace McBride
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 80th Training Command (The Army School System – TASS) is a formation of the United States Army Reserve.

The unit was first organized in August 1917 and activated the following September during World War I as the 80th Division. During World War II, the Division was redesignated on 1 August 1942, as the 80th Infantry Division. Nicknamed the "Blue Ridge Division", it was initially composed of draftees from the mid-Atlantic states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Division was redesignated the 80th Airborne Division from December 1946 to May 1952. In May 1952 and March 1959, the unit was redesignated as a reserve infantry division and then a reserve training division. In 1994, the unit was granted the designation, 80th Division (Institutional Training). On 1 October 2008, the unit underwent a major transformation and is now the 80th Training Command.