593rd ESC
593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command
593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command
Commander of 593d ESC Promoted to Brigadier General
July 15, 2024
Modernized Stryker maintenance platoon activates at JBLM
October 20, 2023
593d ESC Welcome Letter
October 25, 2023
Brig. Gen. Kevin L. Cotman, Commander, 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command
May 24, 2023
Command Sergeant Major Dawadrain D. Clark Sr.
October 18, 2023
Meet Your ESC
November 29, 2021
53rd Transportation Battalion (Movement Control) Activates at JBLM
December 3, 2021
Meet Your ESC: Capt. Bluestone
November 30, 2021
Program teams Army veterinarians, veterinary hospital
November 29, 2021
Last Active Duty CSH converts to new Hospital Center, Field Hospital design
September 21, 2021
593d Expeditionary 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 ESC capable of extending I Corps, and aligned forces operational reach, that is known & trusted, focused on providing operational sustainment across the Indo-Pacific AOR.
Description/Blazon
A dark blue (old glory blue) rectangle arced at top and bottom 3 inches (7.02 cm) in height and 2 inches (5.08 cm) in width overall, in chief below an arc of five white stars is a white stylized outline of the summit of Mt. Rainier detailed dark blue and silver gray; in base three demi-spears, one erect superimposed by two saltirewise, all with buff shafts and scarlet spear points.
Symbolism
Red, white, and blue are our National colors, with red being emblematic of valor; white, purity of purpose; and blue, loyalty. Buff and scarlet are the traditional colors of Army Support. The stars commemorate the five campaigns the 593d participated in, namely World War II, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Somalia, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The massive Mount Rainier dominates the skyline in the Northwest and recalls the unit's heritage of being stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, for over 30 years. The spears overlap to form an "X" on an "I" that alludes to the Roman numeral "IX" or nine. Nine plus the three spears and five stars signify the number 593, the numeric designation of the Brigade. The three arrows represent combat readiness and the three core branches of logistics: Ordnance, Quartermaster, and Transportation, that the organization provides to the War-fighter.
Background
The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for the 593d Sustainment Brigade effective 16 April 2008. It was redesignated effective 16 July 2013, for the 593d Sustainment Command with the symbolism revised. (TIOH Dwg. No. A-1-916)
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.
June 2012, Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan
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 HHC
62nd Medical Brigade
13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
53rd Movement Control Battalion
On 15 September 1943, the battalion was recognized and re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 62nd Medical Battalion.
It was then reorganized and re-designated 8 October 1957 as the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 62nd Medical Group in Bad Kreuznach, Federal Republic of Germany. HHD 62nd Medical Group had a Unit Personnel Change of Station to Fort Lewis, Washington, where it has been stationed at the present.
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.
The 53rd Transportation Battalion was first constituted 28 May 1943, as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53rd Quartermaster Truck Battalion, and was activated in North Africa, 22 June 1943.
Through its numerous deployments, activations, and deactivations, to date, the battalion has onward moved more than 80,000 troops and 30,000 pieces of cargo and equipment into the theater.
The unit officially relocated from Fort Eustis, Virginia, to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, in November 2021 and was activated here on 3 December 2021.
