94th Regional Readiness Command
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The United States Army Reserves is broken up into 10 Regional Readiness Commands. Each zone encompasses a specific part of the country.
The 94th Regional Readiness Command is one of those 10 zones of reserve command. The 94th, based at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, includes all of New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.)
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[edit] Unit History:
[edit] World War I
The unit was originally formed as the 94th Infantry Division, based out of Puerto Rico in 1918. With the close of World War I, the unit was disbanded and only survived on paper. In 1921, the unit was re-activated and called the "Pilgrim Division", in reference to the rich cultural history of the region, and the unit's patch, a blunderbass carrying pilgrim.
[edit] World War II
When the 94th ID was activated at Fort Custer near Kalamazoo, Michigan on September 15, 1942, the shoulder patch was changed to the now-familiar half black-half gray circle with the Arabic numerals nine and four superimposed in reverse colors.
As part of General Patton's 3rd Army, the 94th ID was known as "Patton's Golden Acorn," and fought in numerous battles within the European Theater of Operations.
The 94th ID landed across Utah Beach, France, on September 8, 1944 and relieved the U.S. 6th Armored Division (AD) at Lorient and St. Nazaire, where German garrisons were besieged. The 94th ID engaged in containment activities there until relieved by the 66th Infantry Division on January 1, 1945. It then moved into positions in the Saar-Moselle Triangle and relieved the U.S. 90th Infantry Division south of Wasserbilling.
The division fought in the Battle of Nennig; the Battle of Orscholz; and the Battle of Berg. On February 19, 1945, supported by heavy artillery and air support, the division attacked with all three regiments to breach the West Wall switch-line defenses and clear the Berg-Munzingen Highway. It then followed the U.S. 10th Armored Division and cleared the Saar-Moselle Triangle below Ordholz and Saarburg.
The division crossed the Ruwer River by ford and bridge on March 13, 1945, participating in the Battle for Ludwigshafen. On April 3, 1945 the division relieved the U.S. 102nd Infantry Division along the Rhine. There it assumed responsibility for containing the western side of the Ruhr Pocket.
By mid-April, the division relieved the 101st Airborne Division and assumed military government duties, first in the Krefeld vicinity and later around Dusseldorf. It was in that status when hostilities were declared at an end on May 7, 1945.
The division assumed occupation duties around Dusseldorf from the end of April to mid-June, and then in Czechoslovakia until the end of November.
[edit] Vietnam
The next significant event for the 94th ID occurred in 1967 when the division was redesignated as the 94th Army Reserve Command (ARCOM) and headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Two company-level units within the 94th ARCOM served in Vietnam.
[edit] Gulf War
In 1991-1992, over 1,000 Soldiers from the 94th ARCOM served overseas in support of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
[edit] Re-Organization
In 1995, the 94th ARCOM became the 94th Regional Support Command (RSC) and moved to Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
[edit] Operation New Horizon/Joint Guardian/Joint Forge
The 94th RSC deployed Soldiers to Honduras and Guatemala in 1999 for Operation New Horizon and later to the Balkans in support of Operation Joint Guardian and Operation Joint Forge.
[edit] War on Terror
After September 11, 2001, the 94th RSC deployed Soldiers in support of Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Mission areas include Continental United States (CONUS), Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Horn of Africa and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
[edit] Present Day
In December 2002, the 94th RSC moved into its current Headquarters at Devens, Massachusetts.
In August, 2003, the 94th RSC was redesignated the 94th Regional Readiness Command (RRC).
[edit] Unit Composition
The 94th Regional Readiness Command is made up of more than 6,000 citizen-soldiers who serve with 56 units located throughout New England.
The 94th RRC has mobilized and deployed over 20 units and more than 2,500 Soldiers in support of the Global War on Terror.
This article incorporates text from http://www.armyreserve.army.mil/USARC/RRC/0094RRC/History.htm, a public domain work of the United States Government.
