A Corps Support Group, or CSG, was a brigade-sized unit in the United States Army. A CSG differs from a DISCOM in that it is a corps, not a divisional, asset. Doctrinally, a CSG serves corps units, not division units, but in practice CSGs typically have a close working relationship with a particular division especially in garrison. A CSG's subordinate units also may be parceled out to different commands in theater, thus their wartime organization will normally significantly differ from their garrison organization.
Typically, a CSG and its subordinate units will only deploy as far forward as the Division Support Area. A typical CSG will be organized with a Headquarters Company and a varying number of Corps Support Battalions (CSB's) which may or may not be from the same Fort as the headquarters. The CSG is normally responsible for reinforcing the logistics units of a Division while primarily supporting the non-divisional units such as Corps Artillery, Corps Military Police, and other higher echelon units.
The US Army has been transforming many CSG's into Sustainment Brigades while Corps Support Battalions are becoming Combat Sustainment Support Battalions (CSSBs). Three of the Corps Support Groups are Stationed at Fort Bragg, NC as part of the XVIII Airborne Corps.
Unit | Component | Supported Unit | Location |
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7th Corps Support Group (7th CSG) | Active Army | VII Corps | Crailsheim, Germany |
16th Corps Support Group (16th CSG) | Active Army | V Corps | Hanau, Germany |
24th Corps Support Group (24th CSG) | Active Army | Fort Stewart | |
43rd Corps Support Group (43rd CSG) | Active Army | Fort Carson | |
45th Corps Support Group (45th CSG) | Active Army | Schofield Barracks | |
46th Corps Support Group (46th CSG) | Active Army | XVIII Airborne Corps | Fort Bragg |
64th Corps Support Group (64th CSG) | Active Army | III Corps | Fort Hood |
101st Corps Support Group (101st CSG) | Active Army | XVIII Airborne Corps | Fort Campbell |
501st Corps Support Group (501st CSG) | Active Army | Republic of Korea | |
507th Corps Support Group (507th CSG) | Active Army | XVIII Airborne Corps | Fort Bragg |
593rd Corps Support Group (593rd CSG) | Active Army | I Corps | Fort Lewis |
164th Corps Support Group (164th CSG) | Army Reserve | Mesa, Arizona | |
167th Corps Support Group (167th CSG) | Army Reserve | Londonderry, New Hampshire | |
171st Corps Support Group (171st CSG) | Army Reserve | Garner, North Carolina | |
172nd Corps Support Group (172nd CSG) | Army Reserve | Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | |
363rd Corps Support Group (363rd CSG) | Army Reserve | San Marcos, Texas | |
561st Corps Support Group (561st CSG) | Army Reserve | Omaha, Nebraska | |
917th Corps Support Group (917th CSG) | Army Reserve | Belton, Missouri | |
30th Corps Support Group (30th CSG) | NC ARNG | Durham, North Carolina | |
40th Corps Support Group (40th CSG) | CA ARNG | Long Beach, California | |
122nd Corps Support Group (122nd CSG) | AL ARNG | Selma, Alabama | |
159th Corps Support Group (159th CSG) | MT ARNG | Helena, Montana | |
371st Corps Support Group (371st CSG) | OH ARNG | Kettering, Ohio | |
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