168th Brigade Support Battalion ( United States ) The 168th Brigade Support Battalion is a support battalion of the United States Army based at Fort Sill , Oklahoma . It provides logistic support to the 214th Fires Brigade . Activated in September 2006 , the unit is a logistical support battalion capable of a variety of actions . Though assigned to the 214th Fires Brigade on a permanent basis , it is capable of independent operations and taking on subordinate units to fulfill a larger scale sustainment operation for the United States Army . Organization . The 168th Brigade Support Battalion is composed of three organic subordinate units , Headquarters and Headquarters Company , Alpha Company ( Distribution Company ) and Bravo Company ( Maintenance Support Company ) . The battalion has an additional three forward support companies that it provides support to and logistic oversight . These units are , the 696th Forward Support Company , the 609th Forward Support Company and the 578th Forward Support Company . Due to the battalion ' s modular design , it is capable of integrating additional subordinate units upon deployment . History . The unit was constituted on 1 May 1936 in the United States Army as the 39th Quartermaster Regiment ( light maintenance ) . The regiment was then broken up on 1 June 1940 and elements were designated or disbanded as follows : The 1st Battalion was re - designated as 58th Quartermaster Battalion ( Light Maintenance ) . Companies E and F were also re - designated as 202d and 203d Quartermaster Companies , respectively ; with separate lineages . The remainder of the regiment disbanded . The battalion was reactivated a year later at Normoyle Quartermaster Depot , Texas , less organic elements were activated from 1938 – 1940 at various stations . The battalion was next reorganized and re - designated on 1 July 1942 as the 68th Quartermaster Maintenance Battalion and then converted and was re - designated a year later as the 63rd Ordnance Medium Maintenance Battalion ( Q ) . Companies A to D 68th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Battalion ( Q ) were reorganized and re - designated four months later as 3409th to 3412th Ordnance medium Maintenance Companies ( Q ) , respectively ; with separate lineages . The Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 68th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Battalion ( Q ) reorganized and was re - designated once again on 1 Nov 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment , 68th Ordnance Battalion . The battalion was inactivated once again on 9 Dec 1945 at Camp Myles Standish , Mass . Next the battalion was re - designated on 14 Feb 1966 as the Headquarters and Company A , 68th Maintenance Battalion and activated 2 weeks later , 1966 at Fort Campbell , Kentucky . The battalion was once again reorganized and was re - designated on 30 Apr 1968 as Headquarters and Maintenance Support Company , 68th Maintenance Battalion , but was once more inactivated seven months later at Fort Campbell , Kentucky . The battalion was re - designated the 168th Brigade Support Battalion and activated on 16 September 2006 at Fort Sill , OK , with organic elements concurrently constituted and activated . Campaign participation credits . World War II , Rhineland and Central Europe