593rd CSC

593d Corps Sustainment Command deploys as early entry Mission Command headquarters in support of I Corps, attached and aligned forces; provides sustainment support to enable freedom of action in the Indo-Pacific AOR to win decisively in any environment.

Key Tasks:

1) Execute Mission Command of theater sustainment operations for joint forces, coalition forces and civil authorities

2) Support theater opening and execute JRSO

3) Provide sustainment plans, guidance, distribution management, materiel management, movement control and operational contract support integration in Joint AOR

4) Plan and coordinate Common User logistics and Title X support as directed

5) Provides trained and ready forces from JBLM in support of Unified Land Operations

6) Integrate Total force partners into support operations in support of I Corps efforts in "Setting the Theater"

End state: A globally responsive CSC capable of extending I Corps, and aligned forces operational reach, that is known & trusted, focused on providing operational sustainment across the Indo-Pacific AOR.

DVIDS | Facebook | Instagram

Description/Blazon

On a black disc 2 1/4 inches (5.72 cm) in diameter, a white circle 2 inches (5.08 cm) in diameter and 1/4 inch (.64 cm) in width.

Symbolism

A white circle was used as a corps badge by an organization designated I Corps during the Civil War. The white circle was selected as the identifying device for the current I Corps.

Background

I Corps was organized in January 1918 in the Regular Army at Neufchateau, France. The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the Adjutant General, American Expeditionary Forces telegram on 3 December 1918 and approved by the War Department on 17 June 1922. (TIOH Drawing Number A-1-57)

Description/Blazon

A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a gold Philippine sunburst surmounted in base by a scarlet chevron all between an open wreath of green magnolia leaves, below a gold scroll inscribed in red letters "REST ASSURED."

Symbolism

The Philippine sunburst is used to represent the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and service in the Far East. The scarlet chevron symbolizes the Meritorious Unit Commendation awarded the unit, while the chevron also suggests strong support. The supporting magnolia leaves represent Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, where the unit was originally activated, the magnolia tree being the state tree of Louisiana.

Background

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 593d General Support Group on 1 May 1969. It was redesignated effective 21 March 1973, for the 593d Support Group. The insignia was redesignated effective 16 April 2008, for the 593d Sustainment Brigade, with description and symbolism updated. The insignia was redesignated effective 16 July 2013, for the 593d Sustainment Command.

Constituted 7 August 1944 as the 1350th Engineer Base Depot Brigade for service in World War.

Inactivated on the Islands of Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines 20 May 1946.

Reactivated as the 593d Engineer Base Depot Guam on 16 December 1948. Following a series of reactivations and redefinitions, it participated in 14 campaigns. In Vietnam from 1966-1972 as the 593rd General Supply Brigade. There, 593rd earned its second Meritorious Unit Commendation and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm.

Inactivated In April 1972, it was again activated on 21 March 1973 as the 593d Area Support Brigade at Fort Lewis.

On 31 August 1990, the 593rd Area Support Brigade deployed to Saudi Arabia for participation in Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Desert Farewell. In addition, 593rd deployed on 24 December 1992, to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.

Various unit re-designations occurred between 1993 and 2006, with the unit transforming into the 593rd Sustainment Brigade in Al Asad, Iraq on 1 May 2007..

On 12 June 2012, the 593d SB deployed to Afghanistan as the headquarters of the CENTCOM Materiel Recovery Element.

Upon redeployment to JBLM, 593d SB transformed into the 593d Expeditionary Sustainment Command on 16 July 2013.

Major Deployments

• January 1966-1972, Various Campaigns, Vietnam
• August 1990, Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Desert Farewell, Saudi Arabia
• December 1992, Operation Restore Hope, Somalia
• November 1998, Joint Humanitarian Mission, El Salvador
• January 2004, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq
• June 2006, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq
• May 2010, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq

June 2012, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan

Unit Awards

Soldiers assigned to 593d HHC are authorized to wear five MUCs, which will be worn with four oak leaf clusters, as unit awards temporarily while assigned to this organization.
These awards include:

• 593d Sustainment Brigade, HHC Meritorious Unit Commendation 12 Jun 06 to 11 Jun 07 2013-55 (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
• 593d Support Group; Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Meritorious Unit Commendation 2004 (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
• 593d Support Group, HHC Meritorious Unit Commendation 8 Aug 90 to 28 Apr 91 1994-27 / 1996-01 (Gulf War)
• 593s General Support Group, HHC; MUC 1 Jun 69 to 31 May 70 (Vietnam)
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1350th Engineer Base Depot Group, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), and Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER, WWII

Task Organization

593d HHC

13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion

13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Lineage & Honors

The Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment was constituted on 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as part of the 60th Quartermaster Battalion (laundry) and activated on 25 May 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.

On 17 October 2006, the HHD, 13th CSB reflagged as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and attached to the 3rd Sustainment Brigade.

In October 2011 the unit relocated from Fort Benning, Georgia, to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.