1st Sustainment Command (Theater)


The 1st Sustainment Command is a major subordinate unit of US Army Central at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

History

The 1st Logistical Command was activated in October 1950 as a planning headquarters at Fort McPherson, Georgia. It was deployed to Poitiers, France in September–October 1951, during the Berlin Crisis of 1951. It operated under the Communications Zone, United States Army-Europe. In 1962, the Command returned to the United States and was assigned to III Corps, stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. On 1 April 1965, the 1st Logistical Command was deployed to Vietnam. Its mission was to act as the coordinating headquarters for all non-divisional logistics units in the theater.

Vietnam

In Vietnam, the command parented the U.S. Army Support Command, Da Nang, U.S. Army Support Command, Qui Nhon, U.S. Army Support Command, Cam Ranh Bay, and U.S. Army Support Command, Saigon, as well as other smaller commands. Lieutenant General Walter Woolwine was commanding general from 1970. The Command served five years in Southeast Asia.

Late 20th Century

On June 22, 1972, the command was re-designated the 1st Corps Support Command and reassigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. From 1972 until 2006, it deployed multiple times in support of disaster relief missions and Operations Operation Urgent Fury ; the United States invasion of Panama - "Operation Just Cause" ; the Gulf War ; Joint Task Force Andrew to support South Florida after being devastated by Hurricane Andrew, Operation Restore Hope regarding support to United Nations efforts in Somalia ; Haiti with Uphold Democracy ; and Provide Refuge.

Current role

The mission of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command provides mission command and operational-level sustainment support to Army, Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Forces; sets the theater, and conducts theater security cooperation within the USCENTCOM Area of Operations in order to enable unified land operations in support of combatant command directives.
The command maintains a headquarters in Fort Knox, Kentucky, while sustaining an enduring mission forward, based in Kuwait.
Subordinate units serving under the 1st TSC include:
;Operation Desert Shield/Storm
;Operation Iraqi Freedom
;Vietnam
;Vietnam
;Armed forces expeditions
;Southwest Asia