Activation The 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion was originally activated on 29 May 1942, at
Fort Dix, as the 264th Quartermaster Service Battalion.
World War II The unit moved to
Camp Kilmer in September 1942, where it was stationed until April 1944. In September 1943, while training at Camp Kilmer, the battalion was reorganized with companies A, B, C, D being reorganized as the 3153rd, 3154th, 3155th, and 3156th Quartermaster Service Companies. The Headquarters was re-designated as the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 264th Quartermaster Battalion. In April 1944, it was transferred to
Camp Lee, where it was assigned to prepare for extended field service. After four months at Camp Lee, the battalion was shipped overseas on board the
RMS Scythia. It arrived in
England in September 1944 and immediately moved to France, where it spent the duration of the World War II. The battalion participated in the
Rhineland Campaign and inactivated in
Paris, France, in June 1946.
Vietnam War The 264th Quartermaster Battalion remained inactive for twenty years. As a result of the buildup of forces in Southeast Asia in the mid 1960s, the unit was activated and re-designated as the 264th Supply and Service Battalion. In Vietnam on 20 July 1966, it was stationed with the 506th Field Army Depot under the US Army Support Command,
Saigon. During its service in Vietnam, it was organized as a general support unit to provide supply and stock control of field Army stocks managed by assigned or attached units. While serving in Southeast Asia, the battalion participated in five campaigns, and was inactivated on 1 September 1968.
1990's On 1 September 1993, the 264th Supply and Service Battalion was activated at Fort Bragg as the 264th Corps Support Battalion and assigned to the
507th Corps Support Group, 1st Corps Support Command. On 16 May 1994, the 264th was reassigned to the 46th Corps Support Group, 1st Corps Support Command. In September 1994, the 264th deployed to Haiti in support of
Operation Uphold Democracy. In December 1998, the battalion deployed a Logistics Task Force to support
hurricane relief efforts in Nicaragua and Guatemala.
21st Century In September 2002, the battalion deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to
Bagram, Afghanistan. The battalion deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to
Baghdad, Iraq in June 2004. Upon inactivation of the 46th Corps Support Group on 15 February 2006 the 264th Corps Support Battalion was reassigned to the 507th Corps Support Group until its inactivation in February 2008. The 264th Combat Support Battalion was redesignated as the 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and assigned to the 82nd Sustainment Brigade on 29 February 2008. The 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to
Al Taqaddum, Iraq in May, 2007 and again in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 2009 to
Tikrit, Iraq. The 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion was most recently assigned to
USARNORTH in support of
NORTHCOM in March 2014. In May 2015, the 264th was relieved of its assignment to the
82nd Sustainment Brigade and assigned to the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command. The 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, as its motto indicates, carries on its tradition of “Support for Victory.” ==Campaign streamers==