Was The 3rd / 7th Army only during WWII?

David Bivins — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 17:34:24 -0500

Response by SFC Greg Bruorton made Jan 7 at 2018 5:43 PM

SFC Greg Bruorton — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 17:43:46 -0500

Both armies at still at it.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 8 at 2018 6:09 AM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 06:09:57 -0500

The United States Army Central, formerly the Third United States Army, commonly referred to as the Third Army and as ARCENT is a military formation of the United States Army, which saw service in World War I and World War II, in the 1991 Gulf War, and in the coalition occupation of Iraq. It is best known for its campaigns in World War II under the command of General George S. Patton.

Third Army is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina with a forward element at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. It serves as the echelon above corps for the Army component of CENTCOM, US Central Command, whose area of responsibility (AOR) includes Southwest Asia, some 20 countries of the world, in Africa, Asia, and the Persian Gulf.

The Seventh Army was a United States army created during World War II that evolved into the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) during the 1950s and 1960s. It served in North Africa and Italy in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and France and Germany in the European theater between 1942 and 1945.

Originally the I Armored Corps under command of Lieutenant General George S. Patton, it made landfall at Morocco during Operation Torch as the Western Task Force, the first all-U.S. force to enter the European war. Following successful defeat of the Wehrmacht under General Erwin Rommel in North Africa, the I Armored Corps was redesignated the Seventh Army on 10 July 1943 while at sea en route to the Allied invasion of Sicily as the spearhead of Operation Husky.

After the conquests of Palermo and Messina the Seventh Army prepared for the invasion of France by its Mediterranean coast as the lead element of Operation Dragoon in August 1944. It then drove a retreating German army north and then west toward the Alsace, being absorbed into the newly created Sixth United States Army Group in mid-September. In January 1945 it repelled a fierce but brief enemy counter-offensive during the German Operation Nordwind, then completed its reduction of the region by mid-March.

In a lead role in Operation Undertone launched March 15th, the Seventh Army fought its way across the Rhine into Germany, capturing Nuremberg and then Munich. Elements reached Austria and crossed the Brenner Pass into Italy by May 4th, followed shortly by war's end on VE-Day, May 8, 1945.

Response by LTC John Griscom made Jan 8 at 2018 8:32 AM

LTC John Griscom — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 08:32:22 -0500

3rd Army was the Army of Occupation in Germany after WWI. The patch reflects with the white "A" and the red "O". The blue completes our national colors.
In the picture, I'm a 2LT with the 3rd Army patch at Fort Benning at 1965.
AT that time, 3rd Army and other army HQ's in the US were known as Continental Armys, or CONARCS, commanding certain areas of the country. 3rd Army had the southeastern portion of the US and was based at Fort McPherson, GA.
It was active 1918-1919, 1932-1974. and reactivated in 1982 to be the Army component of USCENTCOM.
As a result of the 2011 BRAC, it moved from Fort McPherson to Shaw AFB, SC.

Response by LTC John Griscom made Jan 8 at 2018 11:43 AM

LTC John Griscom — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 11:43:36 -0500

The I Armored Corps was redesignated the Seventh Army on 10 July 1943 while at sea en route to the Allied invasion of Sicily as the spearhead of Operation Husky.
The Seventh Army was inactivated in March 1946, in Germany, reactivated for a short time at Atlanta, Georgia, then inactivated again. It was reactivated by the United States European Command (EUCOM) with headquarters at Patch Barracks, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany, on 24 November 1950 and assigned the command and ground service forces of United States Army Europe (USAREUR).
In 1959, Grafenwoehr becomes headquarters of the Seventh Army Training Center, incorporating the Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas to become the largest training complex in Germany. In 1975, Grafenwoehr becomes the headquarters for the Seventh U.S. Army Training Center, which becomes the Seventh Army Training Command the following year. As of January 2006, the 7th ATC became known as the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command. In July 2016, the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command was returned to its original designation as the 7th Army Training Command.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2018 3:05 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:05:23 -0500

JMRC/JMTC/JMSC (Grafenwöhr and Hohenfels) are 7th ATC