Organization
The 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) was constituted on August 11, 1965 in the Regular Army, and activated September 24, 1965 at Fort Hood, Texas as the 13th Support Brigade. The 13th Support Brigade was formed as the nation's involvement in Vietnam increased, and was tasked with the training of technical services units to assume combat service support missions in Southeast Asia. With reorganization from the technical service concept to the Combat Service to the Army concept, functional training of units was decentralized in the Continental Army Command to post, camp and station level.
The command continued to evolve due to increased missions and changing roles, and, along with similar units, was redesignated as 13th Corps Support Command (COSCOM) on June 21, 1975, and then the 13th Support Command (Corps) in October 16, 1980. As part of Army Transformation, it was reflagged to its current configuration as the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) during a formal ceremony on 23 February 2006.
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