Postwar
Its next role was considerably less violent, and it was reactivated on 11 June 1946 at Chicago under the command of Major-General John P. Lucas, who had commanded Operation Shingle at Anzio during World War II. It was redesignated Fifth United States Army on 1 January 1957.
Its postwar role was as a command and control headquarters for Army Reserve units, formally responsible for the training of many Army troops and also the ground defense of part of the continental United States. In June 1971, Fifth Army moved to its current base at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. In January 2012, LTG William B. Caldwell, IV assumed command and ensured about 270,000 National Guard and Reserve personnel were qualified for combat.
Fifth Army has recently given up its Reserve preparation obligations to First Army, and is now responsible for homeland defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) as United States Army North. Joint Task Force-Civil Support, a subordinate command, is designated as the Department of Defense (DoD) command element for Department of Defense assistance to the overall federal response to a state governments request for assistance in the event of a catastrophic chemical, biological, nuclear or high yield explosive CBRNE emergency. The command also has a subordinate Contingency Command Post (CCP), known as Task Force-51, which is responsible for responding to all hazards incidents that require DOD assistance. TF-51 can be employed as an all-hazards task force or a Joint Task Force (JTF) with joint augmentation. Major General (ARNG) Charles Gailes is the commanding general.
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