451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command

451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC)

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active September 16, 2011
Country  United States
Branch United States Army
Role Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
Part of 79th Sustainment Support Command
Reserve Center 1LT Lanny J. Wallace Army Reserve Center Wichita, Kansas
Motto Sustain with Excellence
Commanders
Current
commander
Brigadier General Kenneth Jones

The 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) is a subordinate command of 79th Sustainment Support Command. [1]

History

The Army Reserve officially placed the 451st ESC in a two-year "carrier status" to allow the Army Reserve the necessary time to recruit soldiers, equip the unit and begin training to meet its activation date.[2] Located in Wichita, Kansas the 451st ESC activated on September 16, 2011, becoming the newest ESC in the Army Reserve. In October 2012, the 451st took command and control of multiple Army Reserve units throughout the Midwest.

References

3. http://www.dvidshub.net/news/84245/wichita-army-reserve-sustainment-command-receives-new-shoulder-patch

4.451st Sustainment Command on the Institute of Heraldry website http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=8233

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