| 63rd Brigade Support Battalion 63rd Supply and Transport Battalion 63rd Quartermaster Company | |
|---|---|
 Battalion coat of arms | |
| Active |
March 1943 – 1945, 1952 – 1963, 1965 – 1968 September 2011 – 15 September 2017 |
| Country |
 United States |
| Allegiance |
 United States Army Reserve |
| Branch |
 United States Army |
| Type | Combat Service Support |
| Role | Combat Sustainment Support |
| Size | One battalion |
| Part of | 303rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade |
| Headquarters | Sloan U.S. Army Reserve Center, Sloan, Nevada |
| Motto(s) | "Vehiculum Victoriae" (Victory's Wagon) |
| Insignia | |
| Shoulder Sleeve Insignia | File:303rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.png |
The 63rd Brigade Support Battalion (63rd BSB) was a unit in the United States Army Reserve.
History[]
The 63rd Brigade Support Battalion though formed in 2011, traces its lineage to the 63rd Quartermaster Company, formed in 1943 in support of the 63rd Infantry Division. This company served with the division during World War II, and deactivated after the end of the conflict. It was then reformed in 1952 with the re-creation of the division, but disbanded in 1963 following the reorganisation of the Army Reserve.[1][2][3]
In 1965, the company was raised to battalion level, and became the 63rd Supply and Transport Battalion, providing division-level supply and transport needs for the 63rd Infantry Division.[4] However, on 1 January 1968, the Army Reserve reorganised the 65th Infantry Division as the 63rd Army Reserve Command, and the battalion was subsequently disbanded. During its time as a battalion, it consisted of the following:[5]
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- A Company (Supply & Service)
- Company Headquarters
- 3 x Forward Supply Sections
- Main Supply Platoon
- Class I Section
- Class II and IV Section
- Class III Section
- Graves Registration Platoon
- Division Collecting, Identification, and Evacuation Section
- 2 x Collecting and Evacuation Sections
- Bath Section
- B Company (Transportation Motor Transport)
- Company Headquarters
- 3 x Light Truck Platoons (2 x Cargo Squads)
- Medium Truck Platoon (2 x Petrol Squads and 1 x Cargo Squad)
- Maintenance Section
The unit was activated on October 1, 2012, and the activation ceremony took place on October 21, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base. The 63rd BSB was headquartered in Sloan, Nevada, southwest of Las Vegas, in the George W. Dunaway United States Army Reserve Center (named for George W. Dunaway, the 2nd Sergeant Major of the Army.)[6]
The battalion was administered by the 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) while based in the continental United States, but an organic element of the 303rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.[7][8][9]
An inactivation ceremony was held for the battalion on August 6, 2017, with an effective date of September 15, 2017.[10][1]
Organization[]
In the United States Army, there are several types of brigade support battalions: one type is a BSB supporting a modular support brigade. The 63rd was a modular support type, supporting a Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. It was therefore organised into three companies: a HQ Company (provides C2, staff planning, and supervision, also commences admin tasks, unit supply, and the field feeding section); A Company (Distribution, providing supply classes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and IX, and water to support units) and B Company (Field Maintenance, providing field-level maintenance).[9][11]
The battalion was therefore organised as follows:[8][11]
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company, in Sloan, Nevada
- Field Feeding Section[9]
- A Company (Distribution)
- Supply Platoon
- Fuel and Water Platoon
- B Company (Field Maintenance)
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "63rd BSB cases it colors" (in en). https://www.dvidshub.net/news/244822/63rd-bsb-cases-colors.
- ↑ Aumiller, pp. 49, 84, 122
- ↑ Stanton, p. 135
- ↑ Aumiller, p. 158
- ↑ Army, United States Department of the (1961) (in en). Supply and Transport Battalion Division Support Command. Headquarters, Department of the Army. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Supply_and_Transport_Battalion_Division/ozDedHq_bMIC?hl=en&gbpv=1.
- ↑ Brig. Gen. Elwell honors Dunaway with new Reserve Center, Capt. Fernando Ochoa, 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 12 April 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ↑ "Lt. Col. Gleason assumes command of the 63rd BSB" (in en-US). https://www.usar.army.mil/Commands/Functional/Legal-Command/Photo-Page/igphoto/2001638563/.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CurrentOps.com. "63rd Brigade Support Battalion" (in en). https://currentops.com/unit/us/army/63-bsb.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "The 63rd BSB brings Connelly Award home to Las Vegas" (in en). https://www.dvidshub.net/news/164384/63rd-bsb-brings-connelly-award-home-las-vegas.
- ↑ "63rd Brigade Support Battalion cases its colors : Hawaii Army Weekly". http://www.hawaiiarmyweekly.com/2017/08/15/28678/.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 ATP 4-90, p. 1-18
References[]
- "Brigade Support Battalion ATP 4-90". armypubs.army.mil. Headquarters, Department of the Army. 9 November 2021.
- Aumiller, Timothy (2005). Infantry Division Components of the U.S. Army 1917–2004. United Kingdom: Tiger Lilly Publication. ISBN 978-0972029650.
- Stanton, Shelby L. (1984). World War II Order of Battle: The encyclopaedic reference to all U.S. Army ground force units from battalion through division, 1939-1946. New York, New York, United States: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0811777193.