Soldiers of 371st Sustainment Brigade return home following deployment to Southwest Asia

Photo By Staff Sgt. Michael Carden | Family and friends of the 371st Sustainment Brigade wave flags and signs at the unit’s welcome home ceremony March 10, 2018, in Springfield, Ohio. About 280 Soldiers returned home from an almost yearlong deployment to Southwest Asia. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Carden)  

SPRINGFIELD, OH, UNITED STATES

03.12.2018

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Ohio National Guard Public Affairs

The Ohio National Guard welcomed home about 280 Soldiers from the 371st Sustainment Brigade, headquartered in Springfield, as they returned from a nearly yearlong deployment in support of operations in Southwest Asia, March 10 at First Christian Church.

The brigade headquarters managed sustainment operations in support of security cooperation, joint exercises and training in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR). Army sustainment brigades manage and supervise the flow of logistics — procurement, maintenance and/or transportation of things such as supplies, services, equipment, ammunition and personnel — throughout a military area of operations (AO).

The brigade handled numerous responsibilities, including oversight of millions of dollars in contracts to provide basic life support services to U.S. personnel serving overseas, management of Soldiers in subordinate units working in more than 10 different countries, and processing and delivering all incoming mail throughout CENTCOM, which totaled more than 11 million pounds during the brigade’s deployment.

• Date Taken: 03.12.2018
• Date Posted: 03.12.2018 16:24
• Story ID: 269070
• Location: SPRINGFIELD, OH, US