13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion ( United States ) 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion ( CSSB ) is a modular , corps - level support organization responsible for providing multifunctional logistics support to maneuver , fires , and effects organizations as well as multifunctional logistics assistance to other support organizations . The 13th CSSB was formerly stationed at Fort Benning , Georgia , and was a subordinate unit of the 3rd Sustainment Brigade . The battalion was deactivated in October 2011 at Ft Benning and reflagged from the former 80th Ordnance Battalion at Joint Base Lewis / McChord . The battalion is now subordinate to the 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command . Mission . 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion is a combat - ready modular organization delivering innovative world - class logistics support to the Warfighter while maintaining unsurpassed quality care to Soldiers and Families . History . The Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment was constituted on 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as part of the 60th Quartermaster Battalion ( Laundry ) and activated on 25 May 1942 at Camp Claiborne , Louisiana . The unit was de - activated on 20 June 1948 in England . On 18 November 1948 , the unit was re - designated as the 13th Quartermaster Battalion and activated 4 January 1949 at Camp Lee , Virginia . The unit was re - designated 1 January 1966 as part of the 13th Supply and Service Battalion , activated 21 October 1977 in Augsburg , Germany and assigned to the 2nd Support Command ( Corps ) . On 30 October 1981 , the battalion was organized under the command and control of the 7th Support Group . On 1 April 1982 , the Headquarters and Headquarters Company relocated from Reese Kaserne , Augsburg to Flak Kaserne , Ludwigsburg , Germany . The unit moved to Fort Benning , Georgia on 15 November 1991 and was attached to the 36th Engineer Group ( Combat ) . The unit participated in World War II in Northern France and Rhineland and in the Korean War . Decorations include : two Meritorious Unit Commendations , embroidered ; the Army Superior Unit Award ; Korea and Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations . The Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment ( HHD ) deployed to Southwest Asia on 11 December 1990 and returned 7 May 1991 . On 16 August 1993 , the unit deployed soldiers to Somalia in support of Operation Continue Hope and returned 22 December 1993 . More recently , the detachment has deployed soldiers to Taszar , Hungary in support of Operation Joint Forge , South America in support of Hurricane Mitch relief efforts , Kuwait and Saudi Arabia with Task Force 1 – 15 for Intrinsic Action . The Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment has recently returned from Kuwait and Iraq where they supported the 42nd Infantry Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom . During Operation Iraqi Freedom III , the HHD , 13th Corps Support Battalion ( CSB ) operated out of FOB Speicher , Iraq providing command and control for 11 subordinate units and attachments while planning and supervising the administration , training , and internal logistical support for the battalion . 13th CSB conducted over 3 , 000 combat logistics patrols logging over 3 million miles , completed over 85 recovery missions , and issued over of fuel . They also completed 3 , 094 direct support level maintenance job orders , processed 56 , 525 material release orders , produced of water , and issued over 4 . 9 million bottles of water and 1 . 9 million meals . On 17 October 2006 , the HHD , 13th CSB reflagged as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company ( HHC ) , 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion ( CSSB ) and attached to the 3rd Sustainment Brigade of Fort Stewart , GA . On 27 June 2007 , the HHC deployed to LSA Anaconda , Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom ( 07 - 09 ) providing command and control to ten subordinate units and attachments . During OIF ( 07 - 09 ) , 13th CSSB executes logistic support to MNC - I forces by operating the major distribution activities at LSAA , including the Corps Storage Area ( CSA ) , Corps Distribution Center ( CDC ) , Central Receiving and Shipping Point ( CRSP ) , Central Issue Facility ( CIF ) , Aerial Delivery , and Mortuary Affairs Collection Point ( MACP ) . 13th CSSB provides reinforcing maintenance , water , and cargo handling support through forward - echeloned team operating at 11 Forward Operating Bases ( FOB ) through the Iraqi theater . 13th CSSB provided CSS training to Iraqi Security Forces to support the transition to national Iraqi control ( Logistics Transition Teams ) . In October 2011 the unit relocated from Fort Benning , GA to Joint Base Lewis - McChord , WA .