United States Army Sustainment Command

U.S. Army Sustainment Command
Active 22 September 2006 –present
Country  United States
Branch  United States Army
Type Army Command
Role Logistics Support
Part of U.S. Army Materiel Command
Garrison/HQ Rock Island Arsenal
Patron "On the line"
Website www.aschq.army.mil
Commanders
Current
commander		 Major General Duane A. Gamble [1]

United States Army Sustainment Command (ASC) is the primary provider of logistics support to units of the United States Army. It is a major subordinate command of United States Army Materiel Command (AMC).

Four types of command authority can be distinguished:[2]

  1. COCOM - combatant command: unitary control (not further delegatable by the combatant commander CCDR)
  2. ADCON - administrative control of the command function of "obtaining resources, direction for training, methods of morale and discipline"[2]
  3. OPCON - operational control of sustainment, a command function, in this case, embodied in an Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB)
  4. TACON - tactical control of sustainment, as embodied in a Contracting Support Brigade

The sustainment function for an Army installation, such as Fort Bliss, and White Sands Missile Range, two contiguous but administratively separate military installations, can be tailored to the situation.[3] In the case of geographically remote locations, logistics can be an additional constraint to be solved, while still providing sustainment to the Army soldier.[4]

Major subordinate units

TACON units

  • 408th Contracting Support Brigade (Kuwait)
  • 409th Contracting Support Brigade (Germany)
  • 410th Contracting Support Brigade (Texas, U.S.A.)
  • 411th Contracting Support Brigade (Korea)
  • 413th Contracting Support Brigade (Hawaii, U.S.A.)
  • 414th Contracting Support Brigade (Africa & Italy)
  • LRC-RIA (Logistics readiness center - Rock Island Arsenal)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aschq.army.mil/supportingdocs/MGDuaneAGambleBio3.pdf
  2. 1 2 Dr. Christopher R. Paparone Army Logistician COCOM, ADCON, OPCON, TACON Support —Do You Know the Difference?
  3. ↑ Col. Curtis A. Johnson and Lt. Col. Donovan Fuqua (January 13, 2014) Fort Bliss sustainment mission command
  4. ↑ Megan Gully (September 27, 2018) How Army logistics help Soldiers maintain strategic advantage
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 http://www.aschq.army.mil/supportingdocs/NewOrgChart07-28-17.pdf
  6. ↑ Justin Graff, 401st AFSB Public Affairs (September 17, 2018) Army materiel enterprise, industrial base surge to rebuild 'golden HETs'
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