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M Company, 167th Infantry
167th Support Brigade
167th Sustainment Command
167th Sustainment Command Coat of Arms
Active 1921—1945
1947—Present
Country United States
Branch

Flag of the United States Army (1775) United States Army

Type Sustainment Command
Role Expeditionary Sustainment Support
Size Command
Part of United States Army North
Command HQ Fort McClellan, Alabama
Engagements World War I
World War II
Operation Desert Storm
War on Terror
Insignia
Identification
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167th Sustainment Command Insignia

The 167th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) is a military logistics command of the United States Army currently supporting and part of the Alabama Army National Guard.

Organisation[]

The organisation of the command is currently organised as follows;

  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 135th Sustainment Command, Fort McClellan
  • 440th Transportation Detachment, Selma, Alabama
  • 731st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Fort Dewey
  • 1103rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Eufaula, Alabama
  • 1200th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Ashland, Alabama

Lineage[]

  • Organised and federally recognised 3 January 1921 in the Alabama National Guard in Birmingham, Alabama as M Company, 4th Infantry
  • Re-organised and federally recognised 26 February 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama
    • Ordered into active federal service 16 January 1951 in Birmingham, Alabama (M Company 167th Infantry [NGUS] organised and federally recognised 30 June 1953 in Birmingham, Alabama)
    • Released 15 June 1954 from active federal service and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from M Company, 167th Infantry (NGUS)
    • Re-organised and re-designated 2 May 1959 as A Company, 1st Battle Group, 167th Infantry
    • Ordered into federal service by President John Kennedy in April 1963 and assigned to the 1st Brigade, 31st Infantry Division. The unit was assigned to active duty in Birmingham from June 11 to June 23 and from September 10 to September 12 of that year. In 1965 the unit was again federalised, serving from March 20 to March 29.
    • Re-organised and re-designated 15 April 1963 as 1st Brigade, 31st Infantry Division
    • Ordered into federal service 11 June 1963 in Birmingham Alabama; released from active federal service 23 June 1963 and reverted to state control
    • Ordered into active federal service 10 September 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama; released from active federal service 12 September 1963 and reverted to state control
    • Consolidated 15 January 1968 with 152nd Engineer Group (organised and federally recognised 26 March 1953 in Birmingham, Alabama, 143rd Quartermaster Group (organised and federally recognised 17 April 1965 in Birmingham, Alabama), consolidated unit re-designated as 167th Support Brigade; and relieved from assignment to the 31st Infantry Division
    • Consolidated 1 February 1962 with 2 Detachment, A Company, 131st Signal Battalion (organised and federally recognised 15 January 1968 in Birmingham, Alabama)
    • Re-organised and re-designated 1 March 1976 as 167th Support Command
    • Deployed 39 units to Southwest Asia between August 1990 and April 1991 in support of US operations against Iraq.
    • Participated in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom
    • Re-organised and re-designated 16 September 2007 as 167th Sustainment Command
    • 1 July 2009 location changed to Fort McClellan, Alabama

Honours[]

Campaign Participation Credit

Decorations

  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

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