Unit Name: | 304th Sustainment Brigade |
Dates: | February 2006-present |
Country: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army Reserve |
Type: | Sustainment Brigade |
Size: | Brigade |
Command Structure: | 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) |
Garrison: | March Air Reserve Base, CA |
Motto: | Bridge the Gap, Sustain the Force |
Battles: | Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom |
Current Commander: | COL James Osowski |
Notable Commanders: | COL Chris Barra, COL Jon Blatt, COL Robin Jones, COL Scott Swanson |
Identification Symbol Label: | Distinctive Unit Insignia |
The 304th Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army Reserve. It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside, California.
Originally the 304th Corps Materiel Management Center, the unit became the 304th Support Center and received a distinctive unit insignia in August 2005. It then was transformed into a Sustainment Brigade in February 2006, and received its shoulder sleeve insignia in March 2006.
The brigade is made up of the following units:[1]
The Brigade deployed to support Operation Iraqi Freedom in late 2008. The brigade relieved the 55th Sustainment Brigade and supported Multi-National Division North and Baghdad.[2]
in January, 2020, the 304th Brigade Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Special Troops Battalion were activated and deployed to Camp Arifjan Kuwait in support of logistical Operations throughout the Southwest Asia area of operations. The 304th SB replaced the 77th SB during the COVID pandemic while supporting operations in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan Syria Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar. The Unit fell in under the 311th ESC and the 1st TSC while in Kuwait.