Editing Creighton Abrams (section)

===Staff assignments and division command===
Upon Abrams' return from Korea, he served as Chief of Staff of the Armor Center, [[Fort Knox]] (1954–1956). He was promoted to [[brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] and appointed deputy chief of staff for reserve components at the Pentagon (1956–1959). He was assistant division commander of [[3rd Armored Division (United States)|3rd Armored Division]] (1959–1960) and then commanded the division (1960–1962) upon his promotion to major general. He was transferred to the Pentagon as deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (1962–1963) and during this time he served as representative of the Army Chief of Staff overseeing the armed forces deployed to support the enrollment of [[James Meredith]] at the [[Racial segregation|segregated]] [[University of Mississippi]].<ref name=Scheips>{{cite book|last=Scheips|first=Paul|title=The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945–1992|publisher=US Army Center of Military History|year=2005|isbn=9781517253783|url=https://history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-20/CMH_Pub_30-20.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920132904/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-20/CMH_Pub_30-20.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 September 2015}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>{{rp|88–92}}

He performed a similar role in May 1963 during the [[Birmingham campaign|civil rights protests]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]].<ref name=Scheips/>{{rp|139–41}} Following these roles Abrams demanded a more coherent policy for the swift employment of Federal forces domestically. In May 1963, the Joint Chiefs formalized those arrangements with the [[United States Strike Command|Strike Command]] instructed to be prepared "to move ready, deployable, tailored Army forces ranging in size from a reinforced company to a maximum force of 15,000 personnel".<ref name=Scheips/>{{rp|142}}

He was promoted to [[lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] and commanded [[V Corps (United States)|V Corps]] in Europe (1963–1964).

Abrams was on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine three times in ten years: 1961 (13 October),<ref name=time61>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19611013,00.html|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|title=Third Armored's General Abrams|date=October 13, 1961|page=(cover)}}</ref> 1968 (19 April),<ref name=time68>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19680419,00.html|magazine=Time|title=General Creighton Abrams|date=April 19, 1968|page=(cover)}}</ref> and 1971 (15 February).<ref name=time71>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19710215,00.html|magazine=Time|title=General Creighton Abrams|date=February 15, 1971|page=(cover)}}</ref>