143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command


The 143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command is one of seven general officer sustainment commands in the United States Army Reserve. It has command and control of more than 10,000 Army Reserve Soldiers throughout the southeastern United States in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. It is made up of more than 100 Army Reserve units whose missions are diverse and logistical in nature. The mission of the 143rd ESC is to provide command and control of sustainment forces and to conduct sustainment, deployment, redeployment and retrograde operations in support of U.S. and multinational forces. The mission of the 143rd when not deployed is to ensure readiness of the soldiers under its command and control.
The 143rd ESC was formerly the 143rd Transportation Command.
The ESC is a peacetime subordinate to the 377th [Theater Sustainment Command (United States)|377th Theater Sustainment Command].

History

The Command was originally constituted as the 143rd Transportation Command 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve and activated 2 January 1968 in Orlando, Florida. It was reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1985 as the 143d Transportation Command. From 2003 to 2007, it maintained a continuous presence in Southwest Asia in support of US Military Units engaged in the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) and the Iraq War. In a ceremony 17 September 2007, the 143rd Transportation Command cased its command colors for the last time signifying the end of the unit's era as a major transportation command headquarters. Immediately following, the new 143rd ESC Commanding General, Brigadier General Daniel I. Schultz, uncased the 143rd ESC colors, signifying the standup of this new logistics headquarters and the start of a new era for the 143rd.
Six months after the transition ceremony the 143rd ESC received a Department of the Army warning order for mobilization and deployment of its headquarters. Since receipt of the warning order, the 143rd ESC prepared for deployment by completing various Soldier readiness activities including soldier readiness processing, a sustainment training exercise conducted at Ft. Lee, Virginia and warrior training at the Regional Training Center, Ft. Hunter Liggett, California.
On 9 January 2009, the 143rd ESC deployed in support of the troop buildup in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom. The 143rd's deployment is the first time an ESC has deployed to Afghanistan. The mission of the 143d ESC during this deployment is to provide command and control of assigned forces, and to conduct sustainment, deployment, redeployment and retrograde operations in support of U.S. and multinational forces in the U.S. Central Command area of operations. In December 2009 the 143rd ESC turned over command of the Joint Sustainment Command-Afghanistan to the 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command.
In June 2013, the 143rd ESC once again mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and deployed 265 Soldiers to Kuwait and Afghanistan in support of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and operations in the US Central Command area of operations. The unit assumed responsibility for operational sustainment in the ARCENT AOR in October 2013 from the 135th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and served as the senior operational sustainment headquarters in Kuwait until May 2014, when the unit redeployed, having transferred responsibility for operational sustainment to the 1st Sustainment Command.

Organization

The command is a subordinate unit of the 377th Theater Sustainment Command. As of January 2026 the command consists of the following units:143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, in Orlando
  • * Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, in Orlando
  • * 333rd Quartermaster Detachment, at Fort Bragg
  • * 336th Financial Management Support Center, in Lake Charles
  • * 207th Regional Support Group, at Fort Jackson
  • ** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 207th Regional Support Group, at Fort Jackson
  • ** 362nd Quartermaster Battalion , in Winterville
  • *** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 362nd Quartermaster Battalion, in Winterville
  • *** 216th Transportation Detachment, at Fort Bragg
  • *** 385th Transportation Detachment, at Fort Bragg
  • *** 431st Quartermaster Detachment, in Winterville
  • *** 565th Transportation Detachment, at Fort Bragg
  • *** 650th Transportation Company, in Wilmington
  • *** 849th Quartermaster Company, in Rocky Mount
  • **** 1st Platoon, 849th Quartermaster Company, in Winterville
  • *** 998th Quartermaster Company, at Joint Base Charleston
  • ** 812th Transportation Battalion , in Charlotte
  • *** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 812th Transportation Battalion, in Charlotte
  • *** 175th Ordnance Company, at Fort Jackson
  • *** 414th Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Orangeburg
  • *** 596th Transportation Detachment, at Joint Base Charleston
  • *** 846th Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Salisbury
  • *** 941st Transportation Medium Truck Company, at Joint Base Charleston
  • *** 991st Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Salisbury
  • **** Detachment 1, 991st Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Kingsport
  • * 518th [Sustainment Brigade (United States)|518th Sustainment Brigade], in Knightdale
  • ** 518th Special Troops Battalion, in Knightdale
  • *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 518th Sustainment Brigade, in Knightdale
  • *** 492nd Brigade Signal Company, in Knightdale
  • ** 275th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, at Fort Lee
  • *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 275th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, at Fort Lee
  • *** 351st Ordnance Company, in Romney
  • **** 1st Platoon, 351st Ordnance Company, in Morgantown
  • **** 2nd Platoon, 351st Ordnance Company, in Martinsburg
  • *** 375th Quartermaster Company, in Wilson
  • *** 460th Quartermaster Company, in Suffolk
  • *** 678th Human Resources Company, in Nashville
  • **** 2nd Platoon, 678th Human Resources Company, in Charlotte
  • **** 3rd Platoon, 678th Human Resources Company, in Louisville
  • *** 812th Human Resources Company, in Charlotte
  • **** 3rd Platoon, 812th Human Resources Company, in Brevard
  • *** 824th Quartermaster Company, at Fort Bragg
  • *** 861st Quartermaster Company, in Nashville
  • *** 1006th Quartermaster Company, in Knightdale
  • ** 352nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, in Macon
  • *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 352nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, in Macon
  • *** 231st Transportation Company, in Athens
  • *** 346th Quartermaster Company, at Joint Forces Training Base – Los Alamitos
  • *** 377th Quartermaster Company, in Macon
  • **** 2nd Platoon, 377th Quartermaster Company, in Tifton
  • **** 3rd Platoon, 377th Quartermaster Company, in Athens
  • *** 421st Quartermaster Company, in Fort Valley
  • *** 514th Transportation Detachment, in Statham
  • *** 802nd Ordnance Company, in Gainesville
  • **** 1st Platoon, 802nd Ordnance Company, at Fort Gillem
  • **** 2nd Platoon, 802nd Ordnance Company, in Aiken
  • * 641st Regional Support Group, in St. Petersburg
  • ** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 641st Regional Support Group, in St. Petersburg
  • ** 257th Transportation Battalion , in Gainesville
  • *** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 257th Transportation Battalion, in Gainesville
  • *** 146th Transportation Detachment, in Orlando
  • *** 196th Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Orlando
  • *** 309th Transportation Detachment, in Panama City
  • *** 399th Transportation Detachment, in Gainesville
  • *** 410th Quartermaster Detachment, in Jacksonville
  • *** 442nd Human Resources Company, in Tallahassee
  • **** 3rd Platoon, 442nd Human Resources Company, in Miami
  • *** 489th Transportation Company, in Jacksonville
  • *** 520th Transportation Detachment, in Orlando
  • *** 576th Transportation Detachment, in Panama City
  • *** 912th Human Resources Company, in Orlando
  • *** 993rd Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Palatka
  • ** 332nd Transportation Battalion , in Tampa
  • *** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 332nd Transportation Battalion, in Tampa
  • *** 94th Transportation Detachment, in Perrine
  • *** 451st Quartermaster Company, in Cape Coral
  • *** 528th Transportation Detachment, in Perrine
  • *** 558th Transportation Detachment, in Tampa
  • *** 623rd Transportation Company, in Lake Park
  • *** 767th Quartermaster Detachment, in Tampa
  • *** 768th Quartermaster Detachment, in Tampa
  • *** 769th Quartermaster Detachment, in Tampa
  • *** 839th Transportation Detachment, in Perrine
  • *** 873rd Quartermaster Company, in Lake Park
  • * 642nd Regional Support Group, in Decatur
  • ** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 642nd Regional Support Group, in Decatur
  • ** 787th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, in Dothan
  • *** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 787th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, in Dothan
  • *** 228th Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Statham
  • *** 282nd Quartermaster Company, in Jasper
  • **** 2nd Platoon, 282nd Quartermaster Company, in Montgomery
  • *** 461st Human Resources Company, in Decatur
  • *** 803rd Quartermaster Company, in Opelika
  • **** 1st Platoon, 803rd Quartermaster Company, in Dublin
  • *** 809th Human Resources Company, in Mobile
  • **** 1st Platoon, 809th Human Resources Company, in Athens
  • **** 2nd Platoon, 809th Human Resources Company, in Rome
  • **** 3rd Platoon, 809th Human Resources Company, in Starkville
  • **** 4th Platoon, 809th Human Resources Company, in Mobile
  • **** 5th Platoon, 809th Human Resources Company, in Myrtle Beach
  • *** 939th Transportation Company, in Statham
  • *** 1015th Ordnance Company, at Fort Gillem
  • ** 828th Transportation Battalion , in Livingston
  • *** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 828th Transportation Battalion, in Livingston
  • *** 206th Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Opelika
  • **** Detachment 1, 206th Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Montgomery
  • *** 287th Transportation Company, in Livingston
  • **** Detachment 1, 287th Transportation Company, at Fort McClellan
  • *** 319th Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Augusta
  • **** Detachment 1, 319th Transportation Medium Truck Company, in Savannah
  • *** 441st Transportation Company, in New Orleans
  • *** 814th Personnel Detachment, in Starkville
Abbreviations: PLS — Palletized Load System; HET — Heavy Equipment Transporter; POL — Petroleum Oil Lubricants; EAB — Echelon Above Brigade

Lineage

  • Constituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 143d Transportation Brigade.
  • Activated 2 January 1968 at Orlando, Florida
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 143d Transportation Command
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  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 17 September 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 143d Sustainment Command
  • Ordered into active military service 9 January 2009 at Orlando, Florida; released from active military service 12 February 2010 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 14 June 2013 at Orlando, Florida; released from active military service 15 June 2014 and reverted to reserve status

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