3rd Personnel Group
The 3rd Personnel Group provides command and control of all personnel service support units at Fort Hood and other III Corps installations. The 3rd Personnel Group provides an efficient and effective power projection platform - training, mobilization, deployment and sustainment support - to produce the world's best trained and most lethal war-fighters in a caring, safe, and secure environment.
The 3d Personnel Group (3PG) was originally constituted and assigned to the Regular Army on 1 July 1940 as the 3d Replacement Depot. It was subsequently activated on 25 March 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. The 3d Replacement Depot rendered honorable service in support of Allied Forces during World War II, participating in five campaigns and in the European Theater which included Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. The 3d Replacement Depot inactivated on 1 May 1947 in Germany.
Redesignated as the 3d Personnel Group, it was activated at Fort Hood, Texas on 16 September 1990. Immediately after its activation, three of its subordinate companies, the 15th, 502d, and the 546 PSCs were deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Storm. Shortly thereafter, the Group Headquarters and the 21st Replacement Detachment deployed in December 1990. While deployed in support of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the Group provided theater level replacements, postal and personnel service support operations throughout the theater of operations, and command and control of three battalions, four replacement companies, four postal companies, and three personnel service companies. The Group was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for its service during this deployment. The Group completed its redeployment from Southwest Asia in June 1991.
From June to August 1993, the Group provisionally activated three of the first five Personnel Service Battalions (PSB) in the US Army, the 15th, 502d, and 546th PSBs. In October 1994 and in January 1995, the Group added respectively the 4th PSB at Fort Carson, Colorado and the 1st PSB at Fort Riley, Kansas. In October 1995, the Group activated the 151st Postal Company at Fort Hood, Texas.
Personnelists (CMF 71) require a variety of assignments and levels of responsibility to fully develop technical and leadership skills. Soldiers are rotated and given an opportunity to perform at various levels of the organization. Soldiers' tours within the 3rd Personnel Group at the installation level, to include the Military Personnel Division, Personnel Operations Division, and subordinate branches are limited. Junior enlisted soldiers, skill level 10, are limited to 12 months. Noncommissioned officers, skill level 20 and above, are limited to 18 months. Within the 3rd Personnel Group, replacements for soldiers above battalion level come from the 15th, 502nd, and 546th Personnel Services Battalions and, when possible, organizations outside of the 3rd Personnel Group. All incoming soldiers to the 3rd Personnel Group are assigned at battalion level, consistent with the needs of the battalions.
The peacetime mission of the 3d Personnel Group is to provide personnel service support to III Corps soldiers and units.
The group commander also serves as the III Corps adjutant general. III Corps and Fort Hood Adjutant General Enlisted strength management is responsible for managing all enlisted assignments for all Fort Hood major subordinate commands, which include operational deletions and deferments, high school senior stabilization (family member) and First Sergeant stabilizations.
The Group's motto is "Serving, Caring, Leading."
Dark blue and scarlet are the colors traditionally associated with personnel units. The configuration of the three quills is reminiscent of the insignia of III Corps, which the unit supports. The Star symbolizes excellence and achievement; the points on the star allude to the units five World War II Campaigns. The annulet is a circle implying unity.
