408th Support Brigade (United States)
The 408th Contracting Support Brigade is a contracting support unit in the United States Army with headquarters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. It is a unit in the United States Army Contracting Command.
| 408th Contracting Support Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | United States Army |
| Type | Support brigade |
| Role | Arranging Contracts |
| Part of | U.S. Army Materiel Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Camp Arifjan, Kuwait |
| Nickname(s) | 408th CSB |
| Motto(s) | "CONFERRE AB CONFIRMATUS" (Focused and Determined)[1] |
| Website | ACC Homepage |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Michelle Sanner |
| Insignia | |
| Distinctive unit insignia |  |
The brigade provides operational contracting support to United States Army Central (USARCENT) as the Lead Contract Service throughout Southwest Asia. The brigade prepares and coordinates support plans, provides oversight, assessment, policy and acquisition authority to assigned contingency contracting organizations and contracting assets deployed in support of the USARCENT mission.[2]
Commanders
| Commander | Date assumed command |
|---|---|
| Colonel Joseph L. Bass | June 29, 2007 |
| Colonel Shane Dietrich | June 6, 2008[3] |
| Colonel Michael J. Rogers | June 25, 2010[4] |
| Colonel David Kaczmarski | June 20, 2012[5] |
| Colonel Phillip E. Smallwood | TBD |
| Colonel Michelle Sanner | June 15, 2016[6] |
References
- 408th Support Battalion Heraldry, The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), Washington, DC. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- About Expeditionary Sustainment Command Archived 2016-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, 408th Contracting Support Brigade link. Accessed 17 July 2016.
- Expeditionary Contracting Command accepts first unit, 408th CSB changes hands, Jim Hinnant, 6 June 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- Rogers assumes command of the 408th Contracting Support Brigade, Army Contracting Command, 8 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- 408th CSB from BG Theodore Harrison during today's Change of Command, Twitter status update, 20 Jun 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- 408th CSB's Facebook, 17 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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