101st Sustainment Brigade | |
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101st Sustainment Brigade distinctive unit insignia
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Country | United States |
Allegiance | United States Army |
Branch | Active duty |
Type | Sustainment Brigade |
Role | Sustainment |
Size | Brigade |
Part of | FORSCOM |
Garrison/HQ | Fort Campbell, Kentucky |
Insignia | |
Background trimming of the Brigade and Special Troops Battalion | |
Combat Service Identification Badge (CSIB) | |
Former shoulder sleeve insignia and CSIB of the Brigade |
The 101st Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Campbell providing logistical support to the 101st Airborne Division. Formerly a separate unit under the command of United States Army Forces Command, it became a division sustainment unit in 2015 and adopted the wear of the division SSI.
The 101st Sustainment Brigade was a separate brigade under FORSCOM and became part of the 101st Airborne Division in 2015. This modular sustainment brigade is composed of two battalions:
Attached:
The 101st Airborne Division Support Command was activated on 1 July 1956 at Fort Campbell as the 101st Airborne Division support group. The support group was composed of the 326th Airborne Medical Company, the 426th Airborne Quartermaster Company, the 101st Parachute Support and Maintenance Company, the Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment and the Division Band.
Organizational changes occurred in April 1957. On 25 April 1957, the 101st Airborne Division Support Group was reorganized and re-designated as Support Group, 101st Airborne Division. The 426th Airborne Quartermaster Company became the 426th Supply and Transportation Company. The 101st Parachute Support and Maintenance Company separated from the group, and the 101st Administration Company and Company B, 313th Army Security Agency Battalion were added to the group. In February 1964, the Support Group was reorganized and re-designated as the 101st Airborne Division Support Command. Subordinate units were the 326th Medical Battalion, the 426th Supply and Transportation Company, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, the Division Band, the 101st Administration Company and the 101st Quartermaster Company (Air Equipment Support).
In October 1992, the Division Support Command was provisionally reorganized into three support battalions, one main support battalion, the 101st Personnel Service Company, the 101st Finance Battalion, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company and the Division Band. On 16 April 1994, the DISCOM consisted of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, the 63rd Chemical Company, the 426th Forward Support Battalion, the 526th Forward Support Battalion, the 626th Forward Support Battalion, the 801st Main Support Battalion and the 8th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment (AVIM).