451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) | |
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Active | September 16, 2011 |
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Role | Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) |
Part of | 79th Sustainment Support Command |
Reserve Center | 1LT Lanny J. Wallace Army Reserve Center Wichita, Kansas |
Motto(s) | Sustain with Excellence |
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Current commander | Brigadier General Kenneth Jones |
The 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) is a subordinate command of 79th Sustainment Support Command.[1]
History[]
The Army Reserve officially placed the 451st ESC in a two-year "carrier status" to allow the Army Reserve the necessary time to recruit soldiers, equip the unit and begin training to meet its activation date.[2] Located in Wichita, Kansas the 451st ESC activated on September 16, 2011, becoming the newest ESC in the Army Reserve. In October 2012, the 451st is scheduled to take command and control of multiple Army Reserve units throughout the Midwest.
References[]
- ↑ http://www.usar.army.mil/ourstory/commands/79SSC/451ESC/Pages/default.aspx
- ↑ http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48752637-us-army-reserve-to-begin-building-new-unit-in-wichita-kansas U.S. Army Reserve to Begin Building New Unit in Wichita, Kansas
4.451st Sustainment Command on the Institute of Heraldry website http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=8233
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command. |
- 451 Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Home Page
- U.S. Army Reserve to Begin Building New Unit in Wichita, Kansas
- Wichita Biz Journal: New Army Reserve unit coming to Wichita[dead link]
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