501st Sustainment Brigade (United States)

501st Sustainment Brigade

501st Sustainment Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active 16 April 1986 – 07 July 2015
Country United States
Branch United States Army
Type Sustainment brigade
Part of Part of 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-US Combined Division
Garrison/HQ Camp Carroll, South Korea
Engagements World War II
Korean War
Vietnam
Soldiers of the brigade unloading equipment in South Korea.

The 501st Sustainment Brigade was a sustainment brigade of the United States Army. It provided logistical support to the 2nd Infantry Division and all U.S. Army Units garrisoned on the Korean Peninsula. On July 7, 2015, the 501st Sustainment Brigade was reflagged as the 2nd Sustainment Brigade and became a direct reporting unit to the 2nd Infantry Division.

History

The history of the 501st Corps Support Group began with the activation of the 501st Quartermaster Battalion. The battalion was activated on 29 July 1944 in England. On 28 October, the battalion was moved to France and later Germany where it earned campaign participation streamer with inscription for the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater. The 501st returned to the United States on 18 July 1945 where it was stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia.

On 20 February 1950, the 501st Quartermaster Battalion joined the Eighth United States Army in Korea. For its action in the Korean War the 501st earned a Meritorious Unit Commendation, a Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, and campaign participation streamers for the second Korean Winter, Korean Summer-Fall 1952, Third Korean Winter, and Korean Summer 1953.

On 21 February 1958, the unit was inactivated in the Republic of Korea. It was redesigned on 7 April 1966 as the 501st Field Depot and activated 1 June 1966 at Granite City Army Depot, Illinois. The 501st Field Depot performed duty with the United States Army Pacific on 8 February 1967 when it was stationed in Thailand. The 501st Field Depot was inactivated in Thailand on 20 December 1968.

On 16 April 1986 the 501st Support Group was reactivated and designated the 501st Support Group (Corps) at Yongsan, Korea. On 28 February 1991 the 501st Support Group (Corps) moved to Camp Red Cloud, Korea. On 13 October 2006 it became the 501st Sustainment Brigade and moved south to Camp Carroll, near the city of Daegu. On 17 Dec 2013 501st Sustainment Brigade was recognized as the best Sustainment Brigade in the entire Korean peninsula.

Subordinate units

Sponsorship

To establish contact with your Sponsor send an email to the Brigade Sponsorship Manager [[email protected]]

Phone contact for the 501st SBDE Staff Duty is DSN: 315-765-8142/Commercial 011-82-470-8142.

References

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