CENTCOM Materiel Recovery Element | |
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Active | 2012–present |
Type | Sustainment brigade |
Role | Retrograde |
Size | Brigade |
Part of | 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) |
Commanders | |
Commander | COL Todd A. Heussner |
Command sergeant major | CSM Anthony A Traylor |
Insignia | |
593rd Sustainment Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia |
CENTCOM Materiel Recovery Element (CMRE) is a military organization tasked with conducting materiel reduction and engineer deconstruction operations in Afghanistan for the purpose of saving valuable military equipment and returning operating bases to local land owners, the Afghan Local Police (ALP), or the Afghan National Army (ANA).