16th Sustainment Brigade | |
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Active | 16 July 2007 – present |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | United States Army |
Branch | Active duty |
Type | Sustainment Brigade |
Role | Sustainment |
Size | Brigade |
Part of | 21st Sustainment Command |
Garrison/HQ | Baumholder, Germany |
Motto(s) | "Deeds Not Words!" |
Commanders | |
Current commander | COL Matthew H. Alexander CSM Jason P. Towns |
The 16th Sustainment Brigade is a sustainment brigade of the United States Army based at Smith Barracks in Baumholder, Germany. It is a subordinate unit of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command of the Seventh Army.
Activated in the summer of 2007, the brigade traces its lineage to the 7th and 16th Corps Support Groups which combined to form it. As the only sustainment brigade active in US Army Europe, the brigade provides sustainment for all of the forces of US Army's commands for Europe and Africa. It saw two deployments to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the 16th Corps Support Group. It deployed to Iraq for its first tour as a Sustainment brigade from July 2008 to October 2009.