United States Army Sustainment Command

Army Sustainment Command
ASC's distinctive unit insignia
Active22 September 2006 – present
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeArmy Command
RoleLogistics support
Part of U.S. Army Materiel Command
Garrison/HQRock Island Arsenal
Motto"On the line"
Websitewww.aschq.army.mil
Commanders
Current
commander		MG Eric P. Shirley

The United States Army Sustainment Command (ASC) is the primary provider of logistics support to units of the United States Army. It is a major subordinate command of United States Army Materiel Command (AMC). ASC is headquartered at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois.

History

On Wednesday, June 10 2026 at the Rock Island Arsenal, a ceremony was held of the Joint Munitions Command colors casing as they become part of United States Army Sustainment Command. The ceremony also served as a farewell for Brig. Gen. Daniel Duncan who departed the installation for a position with Army Materiel Command at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.[1]

Organization

Tactical units

Ammunition locations

ASC operates a nationwide network of installations and facilities where conventional ammunition is produced and stored.

Production and storage

Installation Location
Crane Army Ammunition ActivityCrane, Indiana
McAlester Army Ammunition PlantMcAlester, Oklahoma

Production

Installation Location
Holston Army Ammunition PlantKingsport, Tennessee
Iowa Army Ammunition PlantMiddletown, Iowa
Lake City Army Ammunition PlantIndependence, Missouri
Pine Bluff ArsenalPine Bluff, Arkansas
Radford Army Ammunition PlantRadford, Virginia
Scranton Army Ammunition Plant[36][37]Scranton, Pennsylvania

Storage

Installation Location
Anniston Munitions CenterAnniston, Alabama
Blue Grass Army DepotRichmond, Kentucky
Hawthorne Army DepotHawthorne, Nevada
Letterkenny Munitions CenterChambersburg, Pennsylvania
Tooele Army DepotTooele, Utah

Command authority and the Army Sustainment Command

Four types of command authority affect the United States Army's forces (some apply to the Army Sustainment Command):[38]

  • Administrative control (ADCON) – a relationship where a unit obtains resources, direction on training, methods of morale and discipline, and other functions from a designated higher headquarters (e.g., the Army Transportation Command—distinct from the Army Sustainment Command—is under the ADCON of the Army Materiel Command.[39])
  • Combatant command (COCOM) – the control over military operations, joint training, and logistics matters of a service branch component to a U.S. Department of Defense unit. The Army Sustainment Command—not designated an Army service component command to a unified combatant command (or other joint unit)—is not affected by COCOM authority. (An example of a unit under COCOM authority is the Army Transportation Command. It is under the ADCON of the Army Materiel Command, while under the COCOM of the U.S. Transportation Command, due to it being assigned as its Army service component command.)
  • Operational control (OPCON) – a relationship where a higher headquarters, other than the ADCON-providing headquarters, controls a unit's tasks and upward reporting structure. Typically, operational control is applied to a unit on deployment to a different region, or, on a special mission. In the Army Sustainment Command, the Army field support brigades are assigned to ASC, but are operationally controlled by a theater sustainment command or an expeditionary sustainment command under an Army service component command.[40] (Another example of operational control is when OPCON is held by a unified combatant command over its assigned service branch units. For example, the U.S. Central Command may hold OPCON over the units in I Marine Expeditionary Force on a rotational deployment).[41]
  • Tactical control (TACON) – a lower level of OPCON.[41]

The sustainment of an Army installation, such as Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range, two contiguous but administratively separate military installations, can be tailored to the situation.[42] In the case of geographically remote locations, logistics can be an additional constraint.[43]

List of commanding generals

No. Commanding General Term
Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration
1
Jerome Johnson
Major General
Jerome Johnson		September 22, 2006July 31, 2007312 days
2
Robert M. Radin
Major General
Robert M. Radin		July 31, 2007[44]September 2, 20092 years, 33 days
3
Yves J. Fontaine
Major General
Yves J. Fontaine		September 2, 2009[45]October 28, 20112 years, 56 days
4
Patricia E. McQuistion
Major General
Patricia E. McQuistion		October 28, 2011[46]September 18, 2012326 days
5
John F. Wharton
Major General
John F. Wharton
(born 1957)		September 18, 2012[47]August 21, 20141 year, 337 days
6
Kevin G. O'Connell
Major General
Kevin G. O'Connell		August 21, 2014[48]August 11, 20161 year, 356 days
7
Edward M. Daly
Major General
Edward M. Daly
(born 1965)		August 11, 2016[49]July 25, 2017348 days
8
Duane A. Gamble
Major General
Duane A. Gamble		July 25, 2017[50]August 29, 2019[51]2 years, 35 days
9
Steven A. Shapiro
Major General
Steven A. Shapiro		August 29, 2019[52]June 24, 2020300 days
10
Daniel G. Mitchell
Major General
Daniel G. Mitchell		June 24, 2020[53]May 27, 2021[54]337 days
–
Matthew L. Sannito
Matthew L. Sannito
Acting		May 27, 2021June 15, 202119 days
11
Christopher O. Mohan
Major General
Christopher O. Mohan[56]		June 15, 2021[57]July 19, 20221 year, 34 days
12
David Wilson
Major General
David Wilson		July 19, 2022[58]July 19, 20242 years, 0 days
13
John B. Hinson
Brigadier General
John B. Hinson		July 19, 2024[59]June 12, 2025328 days
–
Dan J. Reilly
Dan J. Reilly
Acting		June 12, 2025[60]July 10, 202528 days
13
Eric P. Shirley
Major General
Eric P. Shirley		July 10, 2025Incumbent1 year, 48 days

References

  1. ↑ Casing of Colors
  2. ↑ "401st Army Field Support Brigade". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Kuwait". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Southwest Asia". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "402nd Army Field Support Brigade". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Alaska". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Hawaii". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "403rd Army Field Support Brigade". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Korea". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Northeast Asia". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  11. ↑ "404th Army Field Support Brigade". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Charleston". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Lewis". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "405th Army Field Support Brigade". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  15. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Africa". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Benelux". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Germany". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Poland". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "406th Army Field Support Brigade". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  20. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Bragg". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  21. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Campbell". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  22. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Drum". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  23. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Stewart". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  24. ↑ "407th Army Field Support Brigade". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  25. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Bliss". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  26. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Carson". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  27. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Hood". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  28. ↑ "Army Field Support Battalion - Riley". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  29. ↑ "279th Army Field Support Brigade". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  30. ↑ "LOGCAP Support Brigade". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  31. 1 2 "Illinois units". US Army Reserve. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  32. ↑ "Virginia units". US Army Reserve. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  33. 1 2 "Alabama units". US Army Reserve. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  34. ↑ "Georgia units". US Army Reserve. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  35. 1 2 "Army Reserve Element". Army Sustainment Command. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  36. ↑ Cite error: The named reference oib was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  37. ↑ Cite error: The named reference scrantonDemo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  38. ↑ Dr. Christopher R. Paparone (November–December 2007) COCOM, ADCON, OPCON, TACON, Support – Do You Know the Difference? Army Logistician another copy can be found here
  39. ↑ "SDDC becomes AMC command while remaining TRANSCOM component - ALOG News | Army Logistician" (PDF). www.alu.army.mil/alog. May–June 2007. pp. 46 / pdf p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2026. SDDC is under the administrative control of AMC ...
  40. ↑ "Command and Control - Army Field Support Brigade Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures" (PDF). www.bits.de. Headquarters, Department of the Army. 22 February 2007. pp. 1-3 / pdf p. 8. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  41. 1 2 Berry, Charles T. Jr (3 May 2010). "Understanding OPCON". www.army.mil. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  42. ↑ "Fort Bliss sustainment mission command". www.army.mil.
  43. ↑ Megan Gully (September 27, 2018) How Army logistics help Soldiers maintain strategic advantage
  44. ↑ "Radin returns to Arsenal, takes over ASC". www.army.mil.
  45. ↑ "Maj. Gen. Fontaine takes reins of Army Sustainment Command". www.army.mil.
  46. ↑ "McQuistion takes reins of Army Sustainment Command". www.army.mil.
  47. ↑ "ASC welcomes new commanding general at assumption of command". www.army.mil.
  48. ↑ "O'Connell returns to Arsenal to take command of ASC". www.army.mil.
  49. ↑ "Daly takes command of ASC". www.army.mil.
  50. ↑ "Gamble returns to RIA to take command of ASC". www.army.mil.
  51. ↑ "Change of command ceremony marks change in leadership, highlights transition in mission". DVIDS.
  52. ↑ "MG Steven A. Shapiro". www.aschq.army.mil. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020.
  53. ↑ "Mitchell returns to the Midwest to take command of ASC". www.army.mil.
  54. ↑ Levesque, Paul (28 May 2021). "Mitchell relinquishes command of ASC, retires from Army". dvidshub.net.
  55. "Major General Christopher O. Mohan - General Officer Management Office".
  56. ↑ "Major General Christopher O. Mohan - General Officer Management Office".
  57. ↑ "ASC welcomes new commanding general along Mississippi River". www.army.mil.
  58. ↑ "MG David Wilson". U.S. Army Sustainment Command. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  59. ↑ Baltos, Corinna (22 July 2024). "ASC welcomes new CG, bids farewell to Maj. Gen. Wilson". U.S. Army. Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois: U.S. Army Sustainment Command Public Affairs. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  60. ↑ Wilson, George (12 June 2025). ASC bids farewell to BG Hinson during Relinquishment of Command ceremony. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
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