United States Army Sustainment Command

The United States Army Sustainment Command (ASC) is the primary provider of logistics support to units of the United States Army. It is a major subordinate command of United States Army Materiel Command (AMC).

U.S. Army Sustainment Command
Active22 September 2006 –present
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeArmy Command
RoleLogistics Support
Part of U.S. Army Materiel Command
Garrison/HQRock Island Arsenal
Motto(s)"On the line"
Websitewww.aschq.army.mil
Commanders
Current
commander
MG David Wilson

Four types of command authority can be distinguished:[1]

  1. COCOM – combatant command: unitary control (not further delegatable by the combatant commander (Unified combatant command))
  2. ADCON – administrative control of the command function of "obtaining resources, direction for training, methods of morale and discipline"[1]
  3. OPCON – operational control of sustainment, a command function, in this case, embodied in an Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB)
  4. TACON – tactical control of sustainment, as embodied in a Contracting Support Brigade

The sustainment function for an Army installation, such as Fort Bliss, and White Sands Missile Range, two contiguous but administratively separate military installations, can be tailored to the situation.[2] In the case of geographically remote locations, logistics can be an additional constraint to be solved, while still providing sustainment to the Army soldier.[3]

Major subordinate units edit

Tactical units edit

  • 408th Contracting Support Brigade (Kuwait)
  • 409th Contracting Support Brigade (Germany)
  • 410th Contracting Support Brigade (Texas)
  • 411th Contracting Support Brigade (Korea)
  • 413th Contracting Support Brigade (Hawaii)
  • 414th Contracting Support Brigade (Africa & Italy)
  • LRC-RIA (Logistics readiness center – Rock Island Arsenal)

List of commanding generals edit

No. Commanding General Term
Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration
1Major General
Jerome Johnson
September 22, 2006July 31, 2007312 days
2Major General
Robert M. Radin
July 31, 2007[6]September 2, 20092 years, 33 days
3Major General
Yves J. Fontaine
September 2, 2009[7]October 28, 20112 years, 56 days
4Major General
Patricia E. McQuistion
October 28, 2011[8]September 18, 2012326 days
5Major General
John F. Wharton
(born 1957)
September 18, 2012[9]August 21, 20141 year, 337 days
6Major General
Kevin G. O'Connell
August 21, 2014[10]August 11, 20161 year, 356 days
7Major General
Edward M. Daly
(born 1965)
August 11, 2016[11]July 25, 2017348 days
8Major General
Duane A. Gamble
July 25, 2017[12]August 29, 2019[13]2 years, 35 days
9Major General
Steven A. Shapiro
August 29, 2019[14]June 24, 2020300 days
10Major General
Daniel G. Mitchell
June 24, 2020[15]May 27, 2021[16]337 days
-Matthew L. Sannito
Acting
May 27, 2021June 15, 202119 days
11Major General
Christopher O. Mohan[17]
June 15, 2021[18]July 19, 20221 year, 34 days
12Major General
David Wilson
July 19, 2022[19]Incumbent1 year, 287 days

References edit

  1. ^ a b Dr. Christopher R. Paparone (May-June 2007) Army Logistician COCOM, ADCON, OPCON, TACON Support —Do You Know the Difference? another copy can be found here
  2. ^ "Fort Bliss sustainment mission command". www.army.mil.
  3. ^ Megan Gully (September 27, 2018) How Army logistics help Soldiers maintain strategic advantage
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Army materiel enterprise, industrial base surge to rebuild 'golden HETs'". www.army.mil.
  6. ^ "Radin returns to Arsenal, takes over ASC". www.army.mil.
  7. ^ "Maj. Gen. Fontaine takes reins of Army Sustainment Command". www.army.mil.
  8. ^ "McQuistion takes reins of Army Sustainment Command". www.army.mil.
  9. ^ "ASC welcomes new commanding general at assumption of command". www.army.mil.
  10. ^ "O'Connell returns to Arsenal to take command of ASC". www.army.mil.
  11. ^ "Daly takes command of ASC". www.army.mil.
  12. ^ "Gamble returns to RIA to take command of ASC". www.army.mil.
  13. ^ "Change of command ceremony marks change in leadership, highlights transition in mission". DVIDS.
  14. ^ "MG Steven A. Shapiro". www.aschq.army.mil.
  15. ^ "Mitchell returns to the Midwest to take command of ASC". www.army.mil.
  16. ^ Levesque, Paul (28 May 2021). "Mitchell relinquishes command of ASC, retires from Army". dvidshub.net.
  17. ^ "Major General Christopher O. Mohan - General Officer Management Office".
  18. ^ "ASC welcomes new commanding general along Mississippi River". www.army.mil.
  19. ^ "MG David Wilson". U.S. Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

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