The 78th Training Division (Operations) ("Lightning") is a unit of the United States Army which served in World War I and World War II as the 78th Infantry Division, and currently trains and evaluates units of the United States Army Reserve for deployment. Lineage Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 78th Division Organized 23 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Demobilized 9 July 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 78th Division Organized in November 1921 at Newark, New Jersey Redesignated 20 February 1942 as Division Headquarters, 78th Division Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Butner, North Carolina; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters, 78th Infantry Division Inactivated 22 May 1946 in Germany Activated 1 November 1946 at Newark, New Jersey (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; *Redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Location changed 9 November 1955 to Kearny, New Jersey; on 6 December 1958 to Edison, New Jersey Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters, 78th Division (Training) Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters, 78th Division (Exercise) Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 1999 as Headquarters, 78th Division (Training Support) Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 2009 as Headquarters, 78th Training Brigade Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 2010 as Headquarters, 78th Training Division Honors Campaign participation credit Decorations Other honors A portion of Pine Swamp Road in Mineral County, West Virginia was named "WWII 78th Lightning Division Road" in honor of the division by the West Virginia Legislature. A portion of Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania is also named after the 78th division. World War I The 78th Division of the United States Army was activated on 23 August 1917, over four months after the American entry into World War I, at Camp Dix, New Jersey. It consisted of four infantry regiments: the 309th, 310th, 311th and 312th; and three artillery Regiments: the 307th, 308th and 309th. The division was originally allocated to New York and northern Pennsylvania in the National Army plan. Whilst the HQ of the 78th Division was activated in August, with the first draftees arriving in September, it was not fully active until early 1918. After several more months of training, the 78th was transported to France in May and June 1918. In France, during the summer and fall