Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)

An expeditionary sustainment command (ESC), stylized "Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)", is a logistics headquarters in the United States Army. The concept of sustainment is as follows: the provision of logistics, financial management, personnel services, and health service support necessary to maintain operations until a mission is successfully completed.[1]

Organization

An expeditionary support command is organized with one or more sustainment brigades, transportation brigades, or movement control battalions (for theater opening, theater distribution, or theater closing operations).[clarify][2][failed verification] An ESC holds command and control over all assigned and attached units, as directed by the theater sustainment command.

In 2019, the Army had three active component and six reserve ESCs, which totaled nine in the Army. Each active ESC is located together with a corps.[3] A brigadier general leads an expeditionary sustainment command.

An ESC is made up of 74 military occupational specialties (MOS) and 40 branches and sections.[clarify] As such, it is important to communicate well during planning, as to allow leaders and soldiers to identify tasks for military occupations.[further explanation needed] This guideline applies to joint training events as well.[4]

Expeditionary sustainment commands

Unit Patch Type Headquarters
3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command Active Fort Bragg, North Carolina
4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Reserve Fort Sam Houston, Texas
13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Active Fort Hood, Texas
19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Active Daegu, South Korea
103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command Reserve Des Moines, Iowa
135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command National Guard Birmingham, Alabama
143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command Reserve Orlando, Florida
184th Sustainment Command National Guard Laurel, Mississippi
310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Reserve Indianapolis, Indiana
311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Reserve Los Angeles, California
316th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Reserve Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
364th Expeditionary Sustainment Command Reserve Marysville, Washington
451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command Reserve Wichita, Kansas
593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command Active Joint Base Lewis-McChord

References

  1. ^ "Mission command of sustainment forces: Opportunities and challenges". www.army.mil. 6 September 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. ^ "16 Sustainment Brigade". Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Command relationships between corps and ESCs". www.army.mil. 3 January 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Deploying an Expeditionary Sustainment Command". www.army.mil. 16 July 2025. Archived from the original on 22 September 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.


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