82nd Sustainment Brigade (United States)
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| 82nd Sustainment Brigade | |
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 82nd Airborne Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia |
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| Active | March 16, 2006 - Present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Sustainment Brigade |
| Part of | 82nd Airborne Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Bragg, NC |
| Motto | "Supporting Freedom" |
The 82nd Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army. It provides sustainment support to the tenants on Fort Bragg, NC including the 82nd Airbone Division.
[edit] History
The 82nd Support Group was constituted September 1, 1957 at Fort Bragg, NC. It was composed of units with long and gallant histories with the 82nd Airborne Division dating back to the First and Second World Wars.
On May 25, 1964 the unit reorganized as the 82nd Division Support Command, or DISCOM. A year later, the unit deployed to the Dominican Republic with the 82nd Airborne Division in support of Operation Power Pack.
In 1983 the unit again deployed to combat, this time to Grenada in support of Operation Urgent Fury. Then in 1989, the unit supported the first combat jump since World War II while support Operation Just Cause in Panama.
In August 1990, paratroopers from the unit drew the “line in the sand” in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield and protected the XVIII Airborne Corps’ left flank during the subsequent Operation Desert Storm.
The unit returned to combat again in 2003 during the invasion of Iraq. For the first time, these “service and support” paratroopers found themselves on the front lines, as supply convoys became the central target of resistance fighters.
Hurricane Katrina provided a unique and unexpected mission for the paratroopers of the unit, as they were called upon by the President of the United States to provide assistance to the agonized citizens of Louisiana.
On March 16, 2006 the unit reorganized as the 82nd Sustainment Brigade under the Army’s new modular transformation redesign. In August of that year, the newly reorganized unit deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom VI.
On February 29th 2008 the 82nd Sustainment Brigade welcomed into the fold of the 82nd Airborne Division the 264th CSSB (Combat Sustainment Support Battalion). The 264th has a long history of supporting the United States in a myrid of campagins dating back to World War two, now they join the famous "All Americans" to contiune their service to the country.
[edit] Brigade Units
- STB, Special Troops Battalion
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC)
- 11th Quartermaster Company
- 82nd Signal Company
- 18th Human Resources Company
- 125th Mail Movement Team
- 82nd Financial Management Company
- 21st Chemical Company
- 264th CSSB, Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC)
- 659th Maintenance Company
- 364th Quartermaster Company
- 612th Quartermaster Company
- 259th Quartermaster Company
- 600th Quartermaster Company
