401st Army Field Support Brigade

The 401st Army Field Support Brigade is located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) is a small, mission-tuned, modular organisation assigned to the Army Sustainment Command (ASC). The primary role of the 401st AFSB is to facilitate sustainment, property accountability, and general support to the U.S. Army, joint and multinational forces, and other U.S. government agencies across CENTCOM, the unified armed forces command organisation that oversees US military operations in the Middle East. The 401st also provides a strategic logistics link from the national industrial base to the joint warfighter in field operations. The AFSB plays a key role by supporting large-scale combat operations. The 401st AFSB now commands four Army Field Support Battalions (AFSB) operating mostly in the Middle East. The 401st AFSB provides its headquarters, the Army Sustainment Command (ASC), and the Materiel Enterprise partners with a forward presence and missions in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. These include building and sustaining the CENTCOM joint warfighter; providing property accountability; enhancing CENTCOM readiness; and providing strategic depth. The 401st AFSB also manages the Logistics Civilian Augmentation Programme (LOGCAP), which provides essential combat support and combat service support tailored to the requirements identified by battlespace commanders. It is also involved in contracted field support maintenance, the Logistics Assistance Programme, theatre property equipment, Army Preposition Stocks-5, support for foreign military sales, and Life Cycle Management Command reach-back support.

401st Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB)
Active1997 - Present
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnited States Army
TypeSupport brigade
RoleSupport
SizeBrigade
Part ofUnited States Army Sustainment Command
Garrison/HQCamp Arifjan, Kuwait
Commanders
Major GeneralDavid Wilson

History

The 401st traces its history back to the 1997 activation of the Combat Equipment Group-Southwest Asia (CEG-SWA). The command was formed as a result of the chief of staff's decision to expand the AMC’s responsibility for war reserve stocks to include the Persian Gulf region. While the unit created Army prepositioned stock sets in Qatar and Kuwait, it underwent a series of name and organisational changes. CEG-SWA was renamed AMC ForwardSWA on Oct. 1, 2000, when the unit assumed responsibility for the LAP (Logistics Assistance Programme) and LOGCAP in Southwest Asia. AMC Forward began war support operations in Southwest Asia in October 2001, when it began to support U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The headquarters moved from Qatar to Kuwait in the fall of 2002 as part of the ramp-up to Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit was re-designated the Army Field Support Brigade-SWA on October 1, 2004. At the time, the AFSB-SWA consisted of the Brigade Headquarters in Qatar, the Army Field Support Battalion in Qatar, the AFSBn in Kuwait, the AFSBn in Afghanistan, prepositioned watercraft at Kuwait Naval Base, and the Logistics Support Element at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The AFSB-SWA was deactivated on Oct. 16, 2006, when the 401st AFSB was activated. In 2008, brigade headquarters were deployed to Bagram Airfield. The battalions in Kuwait and Qatar transferred to the 402nd AFSB in 2010 to allow the 401st to focus on Afghanistan. In 2015, the 401st moved their headquarters to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, and reintegrated the AFSBns from Kuwait and Qatar back into their command. The 402nd AFSB then redeployed back to Hawaii.

Subordinate Units
  • AFSBn - Afghanistan [1]
  • AFSBn - Kuwait [2]
  • AFSBn - Qatar[3]
  • AFSBn - SWA

References
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