The 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry was later reactivated on 7 Aug 1980 at Fort Ord, California, where it joined the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 32nd Infantry to form the 2nd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division. This effort was part of a plan on the part of officers in the brigade, particularly the commander, Colonel Don Chunn, to support the re-establishment of a strong regimental system in the US Army. This effort supported the wider Army's "cohort" effort to rebuild cohesive units after the struggles with unit morale and effectiveness in the late stages of the Vietnam War and the early developments of the "All-Volunteer Army." The effort focused on the training of recent Basic Combat Training (BCT) graduates in a company organization assigned to 1st Battation, 32d Infantry, as they would be in a normal organization. The 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry became the first CONUS based infantry battalion to deploy to the Republic of Korea during TEAM SPIRIT 80 since the Korean War. This deployment, which included a full Divisional support element totally 850 men was named Task Force Faith in honor of LTC Faith. When the Army restructured its regimental designations later in the 1980s, the three battalions of the 32nd Infantry were re-designated.
