82nd Sustainment Brigade ( United States ) The 82nd Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Bragg , North Carolina . It provides logistical support to all tenant units at the base , and is under the direct command of FORSCOM . Formed out of the Division Support Command of the 82nd Airborne Division , the brigade has a long history of supporting the 82nd in numerous contingencies throughout the world . The sustainment brigade supported the division in operations including Operation Just Cause , Operation Urgent Fury , Operation Power Pack and Operation Desert Storm . Recently , the brigade has seen multiple deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom . The brigade ' s mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan came to an end when responsibility was handed to the 101st Sustainment Brigade during a ceremony at Bagram Airbase on 2 December 2010 . For the first time since the Global War on Terror began in 2001 , with the exception of Delta Detachment , 82nd Finance , all the elements of the 82nd Sustainment Brigade are home in Fort Bragg . Organization . The 82nd Sustainment Brigade is a separate brigade under FORSCOM . This modular sustainment brigade is composed of four battalions : History . Origins . The 82nd Sustainment Brigade traces its lineage to the 82nd Support Group , which was constituted 1 September 1957 at Fort Bragg . It was composed of units with long histories with the 82nd Airborne Division , dating back to World War I and World War II . On 25 May 1964 the unit reorganized as the 82nd Division Support Command , or DISCOM . It was merged with the 82nd Airborne Division ' s band . A year later , the unit deployed to the Dominican Republic with the 82nd Airborne Division in support of Operation Power Pack . The Division was charged with the mission of quelling civil unrest and restoring order to the country , and the DISCOM provided logistical support during this mission . In 1972 , the band was removed from the Division Support Command . In 1983 , the unit again deployed to combat , this time to Grenada in support of Operation Urgent Fury . It provided logistical support to the 82nd Airborne Division as the division deployed in the island , supporting US Special Forces operating within . Then in 1989 , the unit supported the first combat jump since World War II while supporting Operation Just Cause in Panama . It provided logistical efforts to the division once again in the region . In August 1990 , during Operation Desert Shield , paratroopers from the unit protected the XVIII Airborne Corps ' left flank during the subsequent Operation Desert Storm . It then advanced on the western flank of the invasion force along with the 82nd Airborne Division , 101st Airborne Division , and other units of the XVIII Airborne Corps , striking some of the deepest incursions into Iraq of the war . The Division eventually advanced to Tallil while the majority of the attacking force moved into Kuwait . The formation earned its first campaign streamers for this action . The unit returned to combat again in 2003 during the invasion of Iraq , Operation Iraqi Freedom I . The 101st Airborne Division and the 3rd Infantry Division s made the main attacks into Iraq , while elements of the 82nd Airborne Division supported them . The initial push was a rapid success , but the insurgency that followed saw convoys become a primary target for Iraqi insurgents . For the first time , these service and support paratroopers found themselves on the front lines , as supply convoys became the central target of resistance fighters . Hurricane Katrina in 2005 provided a unique and unexpected mission for the paratroopers of the unit , as they were deployed to provide assistance to the citizens of Louisiana . The supporting units were deployed to New Orleans International Airport along with the division ' s 3rd Brigade and division Artillery units , a force of some 5 , 000 soldiers . They conducted security operations and search and rescue missions throughout New Orleans , Louisiana . Activation . On 16 February 2006 the unit reorganized as the 82nd Sustainment Brigade under the Army ' s modular transformation redesign . As a part of this redesign , the brigade was removed from the command of the 82nd Airborne Division and made a separate , independent unit . It would continue to support the 82nd Airborne Division , but it would be able to take on different missions when deployed . Instead , its mission is to support all US Army Forces Command ( FORSCOM ) units stationed at Fort Bragg while generating sustainment capabilities to meet rotational demand and respond to future contingencies . In August 2006 , the newly reorganized unit deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom VI . On 26 September 2006 , it uncased its colors at Tallil Airbase in Iraq , to provide support services for coalition forces and Iraqi security forces in southern Iraq . They took this responsibility from the 16th Sustainment Brigade , which was rotating out of the theater . Throughout the deployment and into 2007 , the brigade ' s medical staff was rotated into hospitals in Baghdad , Iraq for thirty day tours for each unit . The medical staff , including many of the brigade ' s field medics , treated American forces injured in fighting around Baghdad . In August 2007 , the brigade participated in a large coalition athletic competition hosted by the US Air Force ' s 407th Air Expeditionary Group at Ali Air Base , Iraq . The brigade took second place in the competition , in which it competed in various sports against other US military units as well as Australian and Romania n forces . During its deployment to Iraq , the brigade undertook many responsibilities , including providing logistics for airdrop s and major combat operations including Operation Marne Torch . The brigade also created a Combat Logistics Patrol academy , training for combat situations during convoy operations , including improvised explosive device detection and removal , and first aid . The brigade also dispatched optometry teams to soldiers in the region to ensure they had all the eyesight testing they needed . The brigade returned to the continental United States in early 2008 along with the rest of the 82nd Airborne Division , and was recognized by President George W . Bush in a welcome home speech . The brigade received its shoulder sleeve insignia on 19 March 2007 and its distinctive unit insignia on 8 November 2007 . The insignia alludes heavily to the unit ' s history with the 82nd Airborne . On 29 February 2008 the 82d Sustainment Brigade added the 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion as a subordinate unit . The 264th has a long history of supporting the United States Army in a myriad of campaigns dating back to World War II . On 16 December 2007 the brigade was detached from the 82nd Airborne Division and attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps as a separate brigade . One month later , the 507th Corps Support Group , XVIII Airborne Corps , was inactivated and three of its battalions were reactivated under the 82nd Sustainment Brigade . This addition gave the brigade a total of five battalions , making it the largest brigade on Fort Bragg , and one of the largest in the United States Army . New building facilities for the 82nd Sustainment Brigade have been completed . Two new barracks built specifically for the unit are now occupied by the Soldier who spent the past 12 months at Bagram Army Airfield .