143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
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The 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
(ESC) (formerly: 143rd Transportation Command (TRANSCOM)), Army Reserve
, mobilizes and deploys to establish theater level transportation systems. It establishes aerial (APOD) and sea ports of debarkation (SPOD) and inland motor and rail operations. The Army Reserve owns about 70 percent of all the Army's transportation assets.
The 143d ESC provides command and control (C2), and base operations support for 41 units and 2500 Army Reserve and Active Component soldiers in the southeast United States, providing oversight functions for Army watercraft training, operations, and planning requirements.
The ESC mission is composed of several primary areas of responsibility. The Reception, Staging, and Onward Movement (RSO of RSO&I) challenge is to ensure that the incremental buildup of combat power proceeds according to the theater commander's plan.
In a ceremony August 4, 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.
Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
The Sustainment Command is a United States Army Logistics Headquarters.The Sustainment Command's primary mission is to command the Sustainment Brigades that provide combat support and combat service support in the areas of supply, maintenance, transportation, field services and the functional...
(ESC) (formerly: 143rd Transportation Command (TRANSCOM)), Army Reserve
Army Reserve
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, mobilizes and deploys to establish theater level transportation systems. It establishes aerial (APOD) and sea ports of debarkation (SPOD) and inland motor and rail operations. The Army Reserve owns about 70 percent of all the Army's transportation assets.
The 143d ESC provides command and control (C2), and base operations support for 41 units and 2500 Army Reserve and Active Component soldiers in the southeast United States, providing oversight functions for Army watercraft training, operations, and planning requirements.
The ESC mission is composed of several primary areas of responsibility. The Reception, Staging, and Onward Movement (RSO of RSO&I) challenge is to ensure that the incremental buildup of combat power proceeds according to the theater commander's plan.
Lineage
The 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) ( ESC) was originally constituted as the 143rd Transportation Command Nov. 24, 1967 in the Army Reserve and activated Jan. 2, 1968 in Orlando, Fla.In a ceremony August 4, 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.
Description
- On a brick red upright rectangle with a 1/8 inch (.32cm) brick red border 3 inches (7.62cm) in height and 2 inches (5.08cm) in width overall, two golden yellow ribbands lined white with an arrowhead at each end interlaced and reversed at a 90 degree angle, fimbriated brick red.
Symbolism
- Brick red and golden yellow are the colors used for Transportation units, the previous designation of the unit. The interlacing represents a strong support and simulates roads and viaducts, suggesting travel. The arrowheads denote leadership and a determined direction.
Background
- The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved 24 October 1968 for the 143d Transportation Brigade. It was redesignated for the 143d Transportation Command on 16 October 1985, and amended to revise the description and symbolism. The insignia was redesignated effective 17 September 2007, for the 143d Sustainment Command with the description and symbolism updated.
Description
- A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86cm) in height overall consisting of an upright winged gold arrow with wings down, surmounted by a brick red annulet inscribed in the upper arc, "MOVEMENT" and on the lower "BRINGS VICTORY" in gold letters, the area within the annulet green.
Symbolism
- Brick red and golden yellow (gold) are the colors used for Transportation, the previous designation of the unit and green is basic for "all traffic forward." The annulet simulates both a wheel, alluding to motor transport, and an enclosure, symbolizing a terminal. The arrow, a sign of direction, denotes controlled determination, and is used to represent the implements and armaments of warfare, while the wings relate to the unit's air transport aspects and symbolizes the speed in the organization's operations.
Background
- The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 143d Transportation Brigade on 13 January 1969. It was redesignated for the 143d Transportation Command on 16 October 1985 and amended to revise the description. The insignia was redesignated effective 17 September 2007, for the 143d Sustainment Command with the description and symbolism updated.