Support Battalions transfer authority on KAF

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN

11.28.2017

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Ben Navratil 

3rd Division Sustainment Brigade

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – The Soldiers of the 746th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, formally transferred their authority and responsibilities to the 30th CSSB in a ceremony on Kandahar Airfield Nov. 28.
Combat Sustainment Support Battalions are tasked with acquiring and distributing supplies like food, water, fuel and ammunition throughout the battlefield to the US and Coalition service members that need them. There are only two such battalions supplying the troops throughout Afghanistan, and both fall under the 3rd Infantry Division Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade.
“There’s planning and hard work that goes into sustaining a unit,” said Col. Jeffrey Britton, commander of the 3rd Inf. Div. RSSB. “It is a complicated, multifaceted faceted mission, and the requirements are constantly changing.”
During their nine-month tour, the 746th CSSB “Cavaliers” managed the storage and distribution of more than 1.6 million cases of bottled water, 6.3 million gallons of fuel and 1,800 tons of ammunition. They had troops spread across eight different locations throughout the country.
The Cavaliers created more efficient methods of safely storing food for longer amounts of time, constructed a new helicopter landing zone, and initiated a fuel savings program that saved 3,000 gallons of fuel.
During the ceremony, the outgoing national guardsmen ceremonially cased their battalion colors, in preparation to be brought back to their home state of California, and the incoming unit, the 30th CSSB of the Tennessee National Guard, uncased their colors.
The new commander, Lt. Col. Brooke C. Grubb, acknowledged the legacy the 746th was leaving behind.
“To the Cavaliers, we say thank you for setting such a high bar for us to meet,” said Grubb, “and we look forward to meeting and exceeding the standard you set.”

• Date Taken: 11.28.2017
• Date Posted: 11.29.2017 02:48
• Story ID: 256709
• Location: KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, AF
• Hometown: HUMBOLDT, TN, US
• Hometown: VAN NUYS, CA, US