143rd Sustainment Command ( Expeditionary ) The 143rd Sustainment Command ( Expeditionary ) ( ESC ) ( formerly : 143rd Transportation Command ( TRANSCOM ) , is one of six general officer sustainment commands in the Army Reserve . It has command and control of more than 10 , 000 Army Reserve Soldiers throughout the southeastern United States in Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Louisiana , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Arkansas and Mississippi . It comprises more than 100 Army Reserve units whose missions are diverse and logistical in nature . The mission of the 143d ESC is to provide command and control of sustainment forces and to conduct sustainment , deployment , redeployment and retrograde operations in support of U . S . and multinational forces in the U . S . Central Command area of operations . The mission of the 143d when not deployed is to ensure readiness of the soldiers under its command and control . The ESC is a peacetime subordinate to the 377th Theater Sustainment Command History . The 143rd Sustainment Command ( Expeditionary ) [ referred to as an ESC ] was originally constituted as the 143rd Transportation Command 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve and activated 2 January 1968 in Orlando , Florida In a ceremony 4 August 2007 , the 143rd Transportation Command cased its command colors for the last time signifying the end of the unit ’ s era as a major transportation command headquarters . Immediately following the new 143rd ESC Commanding General , Brigadier General Daniel I . Schultz , uncased the 143rd ESC colors , signifying the standup of this new logistics headquarters and the start of a new era for the 143rd . Six months after the transition ceremony the 143rd ESC received a Department of the Army warning order for mobilization and deployment of the 143rd headquarters . Since receipt of the warning order , the 143rd ESC prepared for deployment by completing various Soldier readiness activities including soldier readiness processing , a sustainment training exercise conducted at Ft . Lee , Virginia and warrior training at the Regional Training Center , Ft . Hunter Liggett , California . In February 2009 , the 143rd ESC deployed in support of the troop buildup in Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom . The 143rd ' s deployment is the first time an ESC has deployed to Afghanistan . The mission of the 143d ESC during this deployment is to provide command and control of assigned forces , and to conduct sustainment , deployment , redeployment and retrograde operations in support of U . S . and multinational forces in the U . S . Central Command area of operations . In December 2009 the 143rd ESC turned over command of the Joint Sustainment Command - Afghanistan to the 135th Sustainment Command ( Expeditionary ) . Lineage . The 143rd Sustainment Command ( Expeditionary ) ( ESC ) was originally constituted as the 143rd Transportation Command 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve and activated 2 January 1968 in Orlando , Fla . In a ceremony 4 August 2007 , the 143rd Transportation Command cased its command colors for the last time signifying the end of the unit ’ s era as a major transportation command headquarters . Immediately following the new 143rd ESC Commanding General , Brigadier General Daniel I . Schultz , uncased the 143rd ESC colors , signifying the standup of this new logistics headquarters and the start of a new era for the 143rd .