4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command

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4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command
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Active16 Jan 1952 - 20 Jan 1954
15 Jun 1958 - 23 Jun 1967
21 Dec 1975 - 15 Sep 2007
16 Oct 2008 - Present
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
Branch United States Army Reserve
RoleSustainment
Part of 377th Theater Sustainment Command
Garrison/HQ San Antonio, Texas
Battle honours Operation Enduring Freedom
Commanders
Current
commander		Brigadier General Tomika M. Seaberry
Notable
commanders		Brigadier General Kevin F. Meisler, Major General Susan E. Henderson, Major General Luis R. Visot, Major General Les J. Carroll, Brigadier General Norman B. Green

The 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (4th ESC) is a subordinate command of 377th Theater Sustainment Command. The 4th ESC is located in San Antonio, Texas. The command comprises 54 subordinate units and has command and control of more than 6,500 Army Reserve soldiers throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico. The 4th ESC provides trained and ready forces in support of global contingency operations. On order, the 4th ESC is prepared to deploy and provide command and control to all assigned, attached, and operationally controlled units and will provide sustainment planning, guidance and support to forces in the area of operations.

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In 2011, the USAR described the command's mission as to: "Function.. as an operational command post for a Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), providing operational-level sustainment support. Leads, plans, coordinates, synchronizes, monitors, and controls operational-level logistics within an assigned area of operations." [1]

History

The 4th ESC has over fifty years of history. The journey began when the unit was constituted on 16 January 1952 as the 4th Logistical Command in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Logistical Command. The unit was activated 10 February 1952 at Leghorn, Italy. The command was probably intended to support U.S. Forces in Austria (see Allied-occupied Austria). [2] It was inactivated 20 January 1954 also at Leghorn.

Activated 15 June 1958 in France. Headquarters 4th Logistical Command reorganized and redesignated 24 June 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Logistical Command (original Headquarters Company concurrently disbanded).

On 7 May 1964, it was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Logistical Command, and then was reorganized and redesignated on 24 June 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Logistical Command. It later inactivated on 23 June 1967 at Fort Lee, Virginia.

On 21 December 1975, the unit was redesignated as the 4th Support Center and activated at Fort Hood, Texas.

On 1 March 1989, it was redesignated as the 4th Material Management Center Corps Support Command.

On 1 October 2000, it was reorganized and redesignated as the 4th Support Center. The 4th Support Center was inactivated 15 September 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas.

On 29 November 2007, the unit was withdrawn from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve.

Redesignated 16 October 2008 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Sustainment Command, it was activated at San Antonio, Texas. [3]

The 4th ESC mobilized in the spring of 2011, to provide combat service support for forces during the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021). On 25 July 2011, the unit formally conducted a Transfer of Authority for Joint Sustainment Command - Afghanistan from the 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command. [4]

Organization

The command is a subordinate unit of the 377th Theater Sustainment Command. As of January 2026 the command consists of the following units: [5]

Abbreviations: PLS — Palletized Load System; HET — Heavy Equipment Transporter; POL — Petroleum Oil Lubricants; EAB — Echelon Above Brigade

References

  1. ↑ "4th ESC Homepage". US Army. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ↑ U.S. Army Germany.com (24 January 2026). "4th Logs Command".
  3. ↑ "4th ESC History". US Army. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "4-401st AFSBn host Joint Sustainment Command TOA and Commanders Conference". US Army. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Our units". 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Quartermaster Cadet Brief" (PDF). Quartermaster Corps. p. 10. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Active Duty, National Guard, and Army Reserve Transportation Assignment Locations". Transportation Corps. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 "Texas units". US Army Reserve. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "New Mexico units". US Army Reserve. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 "Arkansas units". US Army Reserve. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Oklahoma units". US Army Reserve. Retrieved 22 January 2026.

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