408th Contracting Support Brigade

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408th Contracting Support Brigade
AMC shoulder insignia.svg
Active2007 - present
Country United States
Allegiance United States Army
Type Combat service support unit
RoleArranging Contracts
Part of U.S. Army Materiel Command - Army Contracting Command (ACC)
Garrison/HQ Camp Arifjan, Kuwait/ Shaw AFB, South Carolina
Nickname(s)408th CSB
Motto(s)"CONFERRE AB CONFIRMATUS" (Focused and Determined) [1]
Website ACC Homepage
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Jamarcus Brooks
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia 408th Spt Bde DUI.jpg
Identification
symbol		 408th Support Brigade SSI.jpg
Former SSI 2007-2010

The 408th Contracting Support Brigade is a contracting support unit in the United States Army with headquarters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is a unit in the United States Army Contracting Command.

The brigade provides operational contracting support to United States Army Central (USARCENT) as the Lead Contract Service throughout Southwest Asia. The brigade prepares and coordinates support plans, provides oversight, assessment, policy and acquisition authority to assigned contingency contracting organizations and contracting assets deployed in support of the USARCENT mission. [2]

The unit received the Army Superior Unit Award in 2023 for its support of Operation Warp Speed. [3]

Commanders

CommanderDate assumed command
Colonel Joseph L. BassJune 29, 2007
Colonel Shane DietrichJune 6, 2008 [4]
Colonel Michael J. RogersJune 25, 2010 [5]
Colonel David KaczmarskiJune 20, 2012 [6]
Colonel Phillip E. SmallwoodTBD
Colonel Michelle SannerJune 15, 2016 [7]
Colonel Kim ThomasJune 19, 2017 [8]
Colonel Ralph T. BorjaJune 22, 2018 [9]
Colonel Mary O.B. DraytonJune 27, 2019 [10]
Colonel Richard H. Pfeiffer, Jr.June 26, 2020 [11]
Colonel Anthony HughleyJune 30, 2021 [12]
Colonel Justin DeArmondJuly 15, 2022 [13]
Colonel Barry WilliamsJuly 7, 2023 [14]
Colonel Robert BartruffJune 24, 2024
Colonel Jamarcus BrooksJune 27, 2025

References

  1. ↑ 408th Support Battalion Heraldry, The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), Washington, DC. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ↑ About Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 408th Contracting Support Brigade link. Accessed 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Gonzales, Ben (December 19, 2023). "ACC awarded Army Superior Unit Award". US Army.
  4. ↑ Expeditionary Contracting Command accepts first unit, 408th CSB changes hands, Jim Hinnant, 6 June 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Rogers assumes command of the 408th Contracting Support Brigade, Army Contracting Command, 8 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. ↑ @CSMAClarkDavis (20 June 2012). "COL David Kaczmarski receives the colors of the 408th CSB from BG Theodore Harrison during today's Change of Command" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ 408th CSB's Facebook, 17 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "408th Contracting Support Brigade welcomes new commander". U.S. Army Central. Retrieved 2023-08-14.[ dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Army Contracting Leaders Change Command". U.S. Army Central. Retrieved 2023-08-14.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ "408th Contracting Support Brigade Change of Command". www.centcom.mil. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  11. ↑ "Change of Command Ceremony for 408 CSB". DVIDS. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  12. ↑ "408th Change of Command". DVIDS. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  13. ↑ "408th Contracting Support Brigade Change of Command and Responsibility". DVIDS. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  14. ↑ "408th Contracting Support Brigade Change of Command Ceremony". DVIDS. Retrieved 2023-08-14.


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