17th Combat Service Support Brigade (Australia)
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The 17th Combat Service Support Brigade (17 CSS Brigade) currently commands the Australian Army
Australian Army
The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence commands the Australian Defence Force , the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army...

's deployable operational level logistics
Logistics
Logistics is the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet the requirements of customers or corporations. Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and...

 units. Raised on 20 May 2006, the brigade was formerly known as the Logistic Support Force (LSF), and is made up of varied logistic corps
Corps
A corps is either a large formation, or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service...

 and trades. It encompasses both reserve
Australian Army Reserve
The Australian Army Reserve is a collective name given to the reserve units of the Australian Army. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, the reserve military force has been known by many names, including the Citizens Forces, the Citizen Military Forces, the Militia and, unofficially, the...

 and full time units, geographically dispersed throughout Australia. Headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales its primary deployable command element is the Force Support Group. The units of the brigade are responsible for providing third line or 'general' support within an area of operations.

Current structure

  • 2nd Force Support Battalion
    2nd Force Support Battalion (Australia)
    The 2nd Force Support Battalion is an Australian Army logistics battalion. Formed on 1 August 1998 as a Reserve unit, following the amalgamation of a number of supply, medical, military police, maintenance and transport units, its headquarters is based at Derwent Barracks in Hobart, Tasmania...

  • 9th Force Support Battalion
    9th Force Support Battalion (Australia)
    The 9th Force Support Battalion is an Australian Army logistics battalion. Formed on 1 August 1998, following the amalgamation of a number of air despatch, military police, ships army detachments, personnel and transport units, it is based in Amberley, Queensland. 9 FSB is part the 17th Combat...

  • 10th Force Support Battalion
    10th Force Support Battalion (Australia)
    The 10th Force Support Battalion is an Australian Army logistics battalion. Formed on 1 March 1998, following the amalgamation of a number of terminal, supply, postal and transport units, it is based in Townsville, Queensland...

  • 1st Health Support Battalion
    1st Health Support Battalion (Australia)
    The 1st Health Support Battalion is a unit of the 17th Combat Service Support Brigade of the Australian Army. It is based at the Holsworthy Army Barracks in Sydney.-Role:...

  • 2nd Health Support Battalion
    2nd Health Support Battalion (Australia)
    The 2nd Health Support Battalion is a unit of the 17th Combat Service Support Brigade. It is based at the Gallipoli Barracks in Enoggera, Queensland. The battalion is rapidly deployable to provide field medical support for land-based forces...

  • 3rd Health Support Battalion
  • 1st Psychology Unit
  • 39th (Personnel Support) Battalion
    39th (Personnel Support) Battalion
    The 39th Battalion is an administrative unit in the Australian Army, being the new name for the former Deployed Forces Support Unit, based in Sydney, Australia. It was formally renamed at a special ceremony on 8 August 2006 at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne...

  • 17th Signals Regiment
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