Origin The unit was first constituted on 29 October 1965 in the
Regular Army as the 16th General Support Group. The group returned to the
continental United States and was subsequently inactivated on 19 September 1968 at
Fort Benning, Georgia. On 1 May 2002, the group was re-aligned to include the
181st Transportation Battalion located at
Turley Barracks in
Manheim, Germany, and the 485th Corps Support Battalion, located on
Hutier Kaserne, to increase their combat service support capabilities. In March 2003, the 16th Corps Support Group and its battalions deployed to
Iraq in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. The group provided logistical support to include direct support maintenance, transportation and supply support to all units in the operation. During this deployment they primarily operated out of Camp Dogwood. The group saw a second deployment to Iraq in October 2005 while primarily operating out of Tallil Air Base and Camp Adder near An Nasiriyah Iraq. The 16th CSG also had support personnel located in Kuwait, Mosul, Baghdad and LSA Anaconda, LSA Taji, and other major bases around Iraq. 16th CSG Also provided support to Cedar II, Scania, Camp Charlie, Camp Delta, Camp Echo, Camp Duke and others with an area expanding from the Kuwait Border to LSA Anaconda During this deployment, soldiers of the group executed over 1,500 sustainment convoys which provided over of fuel, 1 million cases of
bottled water and of purified water to allied forces. 36th Infantry Division, and the 34th Infantry Division. One of the other missions of the 16th CSG was their "S5 Section" which was Civil Affairs On 19 September 2006, the group rotated out of Iraq and back to Germany, replaced by the
82nd Sustainment Brigade. The move was part of an overall streamlining of the Command's logistics element, as all major logistics formations were redesigned to be modular and more efficient. The sustainment brigade not only retained all previous logistics functions and responsibilities, but also assumed additional services, like finance, medical and signal capabilities. The brigade was just one of over 20 major units from Europe to deploy to the Middle East in 2008; most of these units came from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command and
V Corps. Throughout the Spring of 2008, the unit prepared for the deployment by conducting training exercises in Germany. In July 2008, the brigade deployed to Iraq for its first tour in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a sustainment brigade. Its mission in the country was to provide sustainment and force protection operations in support of Multi-National Division North with life support and logistical operations. The brigade operated out of
Contingency Operating Base Q-West, which was supported by a dozen Iraqi small businesses. In October 2008, the brigade's leaders attended a conference at
Joint Base Balad. Hosted by the
3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), the conference was attended by the
1st,
7th, 16th,
55th, and
371st Sustainment Brigades, as well as the
76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. They discussed streamlining and coordinating sustainment throughout the region. Among the brigade's operations was a water project in the
Ninewa province. The brigade operated with
US Air Force and
Iraqi Army engineers to repair infrastructure that brought water from the
Tigris River to the entire province, including the base. The brigade has also undertaken several other support duties for units operating throughout northern Iraq. The brigade participated in joint exercises with the
18th Military Police Brigade and other elements of the 21st Theater Support Command in Spring of 2009. The exercises involved extensive battle simulations and role play missions to test the overall effectiveness of the units. In October 2010, the brigade served as the command and control element for Saber Strike 11, a cooperative training effort aimed at improving interoperability and preparing Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian and U.S. troops for upcoming deployments in support of the International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan. In July 2016, 23rd Ordnance Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Command assumed mission command of the logistics for Task Force Warhammer, in
Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania. == Honors ==