Sustainment Brigades in the United States Army

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Sustainment Brigades were created as part of the early 21st century transformation of the United States Army from a division-based structure to a brigade-based army.

Mission

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The sustainment brigade is a flexible headquarters that is task organized to support unified land operations and command subordinate sustainment organizations. It is task organized with a combination of combat sustainment support battalions and functional logistics battalions[1] It is a multifunctional headquarters that integrates and employs sustainment units while planning and synchronizing sustainment operations.The sustainment brigade supports Army forces at the tactical and operational levels, providing support to brigade combat teams (BCTs), multifunctional and functional support brigades, deployable, self-contained division and corps headquarters, and other units operating in its assigned support area. The brigade is primarily concerned with the continuous management and distribution of stocks, human resources support, execution of financial management support, and allocation of maintenance in the AO to provide operational reach to maneuver commanders.

Variants

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There are two Sustainment Brigade variants: Division Sustainment Brigades (DSB) and Echelon-Above-Division (EAD) Sustainment Brigades.

  • Division Sustainment Brigade provides baseline sustainment units, planning, and synchronization within the Division support area. It consistent of standardized Division Sustainment Support Battalion, Division Sustainment Special Troops Battalion, and may be augmented by modular Combat Sustainment Support Battalions depending upon the mission.[2]
  • Echelon-Above-Division Sustainment Brigades are modular in nature assigned to an Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) and task organized to operate in the Corps and/or Theater areas.

Echelon Above Division (EAD) Sustainment Brigades

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Unit Patch Component Headquarters
16th Sustainment Brigade   Active Duty Baumholder, Germany
17th Sustainment Brigade   Nevada Army National Guard Las Vegas, Nevada
55th Sustainment Brigade   Reserve Fort Belvoir, Virginia
77th Sustainment Brigade   Reserve Fort Dix, New Jersey
89th Sustainment Brigade   Reserve Wichita, Kansas
90th Sustainment Brigade   Reserve North Little Rock, Arkansas
96th Sustainment Brigade   Reserve Salt Lake City, Utah
111th Sustainment Brigade   New Mexico Army National Guard Rio Rancho, New Mexico
300th Sustainment Brigade   Reserve Grand Prairie, Texas
304th Sustainment Brigade   Reserve March Air Force Base, California
321st Sustainment Brigade   Reserve Baton Rouge, Louisiana
518th Sustainment Brigade   Reserve Raleigh, North Carolina
528th Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne)   Active Duty Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Divisional Sustainment Brigades

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Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Unit Component Headquarters Former unit name Former shoulder
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  1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Fort Cavazos, Texas 4th Sustainment Brigade  
  1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Fort Bliss, Texas 15th Sustainment Brigade  
  1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Fort Riley, Kansas 1st Sustainment Brigade  
  2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Camp Humphreys, South Korea 501st Sustainment Brigade  
  3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Fort Stewart, Georgia 3rd Sustainment Brigade  
  4th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Fort Carson, Colorado 43rd Sustainment Brigade  
  10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Fort Drum, New York 10th Sustainment Brigade  
  25th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Schofield Barracks, Hawaii 45th Sustainment Brigade  
  28th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Ohio Army National Guard Springfield, Ohio 371st Sustainment Brigade  
  29th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade North Carolina Army National Guard Greensboro, North Carolina 113th Sustainment Brigade  
  34th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Illinois Army National Guard Chicago, Illinois 108th Sustainment Brigade  
  35th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Tennessee Army National Guard Chattanooga, Tennessee 230th Sustainment Brigade  
  36th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Texas Army National Guard Dallas, Texas 36th Sustainment Brigade  
  38th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade Indiana Army National Guard Kokomo, Indiana 38th Sustainment Brigade  
  40th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade California Army National Guard Long Beach, California 224th Sustainment Brigade  
  42nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade New York Army National Guard New York, New York 369th Sustainment Brigade  
  82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Fort Bragg, North Carolina 82nd Sustainment Brigade  
  101st Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade Active Duty Fort Campbell, Kentucky 101st Sustainment Brigade  

References

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  1. ^ Army Techniques Publication 4-93, April 2016
  2. ^ Army Field Manual 4-0, July 2019
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See also

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