United States Army Sustainment Command Explained

Unit Name:U.S. Army Sustainment Command
Dates:22 September 2006 –present
Country: United States
Type:Army Command
Role:Logistics Support
Garrison:Rock Island Arsenal
Current Commander:BG John B. Hinson
Motto:"On the line"

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).

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

Tactical units

Notes and References

  1. http://www.alu.army.mil/alog/issues/novdec07/cmmd_relat_difference.html Dr. Christopher R. Paparone (May-June 2007) Army Logistician COCOM, ADCON, OPCON, TACON Support —Do You Know the Difference?
  2. Web site: Fort Bliss sustainment mission command. www.army.mil.
  3. https://www.army.mil/article/211716/how_army_logistics_help_soldiers_maintain_strategic_advantage Megan Gully (September 27, 2018) How Army logistics help Soldiers maintain strategic advantage
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 23 January 2018 . 23 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180123190642/http://www.aschq.army.mil/supportingdocs/NewOrgChart07-28-17.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: Army materiel enterprise, industrial base surge to rebuild 'golden HETs'. www.army.mil.

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