501st Sustainment Brigade (United States)
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{{Infobox military unit , unit_name=2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade , image=501st Sustainment Brigade DUI.png , caption= Distinctive Unit Insignia , dates=16 April 1986 – 7 July 2015 (as 501st)
7 July 2015 - present , country=United States , branch=
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Camp Carroll, South Korea Camp Carroll Army Base ( ko, 캠프 캐럴) is located on the south east portion of the peninsula of South Korea, in the village of Waegwan, approximately 20 km from the city of Daegu. Camp Carroll is bound by urban areas on the northwest, ...
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Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

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of the
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. It provides logistical support to the 2nd Infantry Division, the
Republic of Korea Army The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA; ko, 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國 陸軍; RR: ''Daehanminguk Yuk-gun''), also known as the ROK Army or South Korean Army, is the army of South Korea, responsible for ground-based warfare. It is the l ...
's 8th Infantry Division, and all U.S. Army Units garrisoned on the Korean Peninsula. Formerly the 501st Sustainment Brigade, it was reflagged the 2ID SBDE on 7 July 2015 and became a direct reporting unit to the 2nd Infantry Division.


History

The history of the 501st Corps Support Group began with the activation of the 501st Quartermaster
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. The battalion was activated on 29 July 1944 in England. On 28 October, the battalion was moved to France and later Germany where it earned campaign participation streamer with inscription for the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater. The 501st returned to the United States on 18 July 1945 where it was stationed at
Camp Lee Fort Lee, in Prince George County, Virginia, United States, is a United States Army post and headquarters of the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/ Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE), the U.S. Army Quartermaster Scho ...
,
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. On 20 February 1950, the 501st Quartermaster Battalion joined the
Eighth United States Army The Eighth Army is a U.S. field army which is the commanding formation of all United States Army forces in South Korea. It commands U.S. and South Korean units and is headquartered at the Camp Humphreys,Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
the 501st earned a Meritorious Unit Commendation, a
Republic of Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its ea ...
Presidential Unit Citation, and campaign participation streamers for the second Korean Winter, Korean Summer-Fall 1952, Third Korean Winter, and Korean Summer 1953. On 21 February 1958, the unit was inactivated in the Republic of Korea. It was redesigned on 7 April 1966 as the 501st Field Depot and activated 1 June 1966 at Granite City Army Depot,
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. The 501st Field Depot performed duty with the
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on 8 February 1967 when it was stationed in
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. The 501st Field Depot was inactivated in Thailand on 20 December 1968. On 16 April 1986 the 501st Support Group was reactivated and designated the 501st Support Group (Corps) at Yongsan, Korea. On 28 February 1991 the 501st Support Group (Corps) moved to Camp Red Cloud, Korea. On 13 October 2006 it became the 501st Sustainment Brigade and moved south to Camp Carroll, near the city of Daegu. On 17 Dec 2013 501st Sustainment Brigade was recognized as the best Sustainment Brigade in the entire Korean peninsula.


Subordinate units

*Special Troops Battalion **Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) (Camp Carroll) * 194th Division Sustainment Support Battalion (formerly the 194th Maintenance Battalion) **HHC (Camp Humphreys) **Charlie Company (Camp Casey) (formerly 46th Composite Truck Company) **61st Maintenance Company (Camp Casey) **Alpha Company (Camp Humphreys) (formerly 348th Quartermaster Company) **Bravo Support Maintenance Company (Camp Humphreys) (formerly 520th Maintenance Company)


References


2D Infantry Division/ROK-US Combined Division Sustainment Brigade, official websiteThe Institute of Heraldry: 501st Sustainment Brigade
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501 Military units of the United States Army in South Korea Military units and formations established in 1986