406th ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE The 406th Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB), located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is a deployable, mission-focused, modular organization designed to bring logistics power forward to every element of our expeditionary Army. The brigade executes Materiel Enterprise operations in support of unified land operations in a garrison, joint, or combined environment and serves as the single face to the field by integrating acquisition, logistics, and technology at the tactical, operational and strategic level. This mission is driven by the unit’s vision to be a premier sustainment unit that delivers responsive and uninterrupted installation logistics, Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN), and power projection support to our forces by leveraging the power of the materiel enterprise with a competent and disciplined team that strives for excellence. The 406th AFSB has mission command of four subordinate battalions: AFSBn-Fort Bragg, North Carolina; AFSBn-Fort Campbell, Kentucky; AFSBn-Fort Drum, New York; and AFSBnFort Stewart, Georgia; as well as logistics support teams and brigade logistics support teams located throughout its area of responsibility. The 406th is also responsible for the Army’s Prepositioned Afloat program located in Charleston, South Carolina. Additionally, the 406th AFSB mission commands 10 Logistics Readiness Centers (LRCs) and two Army support activities. Operational missions managed by the 406th AFSB include field and sustainment level reset, pre-deployment training equipment, logistics management integration, unit managed equipment/left-behind equipment programs, and Army Prepositioned Stocks (APS). It executes the Logistics Assistance Program for the Army Materiel Command’s Materiel Enterprise and is prepared to conduct direct support to civil authority missions during domestic contingencies. History As part of the Army’s modular force structure transformation, the 406th AFSB was provisionally activated in March 2005 as the Army Field Support Brigade – Continental United States-East (CONUS-EAST) under the Army Sustainment Command.
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Charged with the responsibility to provide ARFORGEN support to warfighting units committed to the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), the unit encompassed 17 posts, camps, and stations in 26 states east of the Mississippi River. Oct. 16, 2007, marked the redesignation of AFSB – CONUS-EAST to the 406th AFSB as well as the internal reorganization of its subordinate Logistics Support Elements into its current four Army Field Support Battalions. Of national strategic importance, the 406th AFSB is also responsible for the APS Afloat program located at Army Strategic Logistics Activity Charleston, South Carolina, and support to Army special operations forces in its area of responsibility. Continually evolving with transformation initiatives, the 406th AFSB expanded its area of responsibility to include Fort Polk, Louisiana/Joint Readiness Training Center, officially activated its four Army Field Support Battalions in December 2009, received operational control of 30 Installation Directorates of Logistics (currently renamed the Logistics Readiness Centers) in June 2010. In October 2012, the 406th AFSB assumed mission command of 10 LRCs and two Army Support Activities and relinquished operational control of 18 LRCs for direct reporting to the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, its higher headquarters. Continually evolving with implementation of the Army’s Materiel Enterprise, current planning will provide the 406th AFSB with mission command of several LRCs within its geographical footprint. The real history of the 406th AFSB is the daily accomplishments of the command’s thousands of Soldiers, Department of Army civilians, and contractors. All 22 BLSTs have deployed multiple times with supported units in support of the GWOT. The 406th AFSB has demonstrated its flexibility to conduct contingency operations supporting Operation Unified Response humanitarian assistance to Haiti in 2010, hurricane damage support in 2011, and support operations during and in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The 406th AFSB workforce family is united in providing integrated and synchronized support to Army Materiel Command. Throughout its history and into the future, the 406th AFSB provides “Steadfast Support” to ASC, AMC, the U.S. Army, and the nation.
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