Sustainment Brigades in the United States Army explained
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
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
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
| width=235px | Unit ! | Patch | Component | Headquarters |
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| 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
| Shoulder Sleeve Insignia | width=235px | Unit ! | Component | Headquarters | Former unit name | Former shoulder
sleeve insignia |
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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 | | |
External links
See also
Notes and References
- Army Techniques Publication 4-93, April 2016
- Army Field Manual 4-0, July 2019
