CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Afghanistan —The U.S. Army's 100th Brigade Support Battalion stepped foot into a combat zone for the first time Dec. 3, 2008. Those Soldiers made history once again March 28, when they became one of the first Army units to redeploy from Iraq to Afghanistan.
"When you think things have settled, we were out to Helmand province," said Army Lt. Col. Brent D. Bush, commanding officer, 100th BSB.
The Soldiers of the battalion provided logistical support to coalition forces in central and western Iraq until they redeployed to join Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, where they provided combat sustainment to coalition forces serving in Regional Commands South and West of the International Security Assistance Force.
The unit, an active component from Fort Sill, Okla., marked the conclusion to their historic deployment when they transferred control of battle space in Helmand province, Nov. 18, to the 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion from Fort Carson, Colo.
"They were able to accomplish very much with very little," said Lt. Col. Thomas Rivard, commanding officer, 68th CSSB. "They built something out of nothing."
Camp Leatherneck, which was 100th BSB's home for more than eight months, was little more than berms and dirt when they first arrived.
"It all happened so fast," said Master Sgt. Francisco Brizuela, 100th BSB's operations noncommissioned officer. "It's amazing how much this place has changed. Camp Leatherneck was very underdeveloped when we first arrived. But everyone stepped up to the plate to get the job done."
Rivard said the 68th CSSB will continue to build on the successes of the 100th BSB.
"What we are doing is not easy," Rivard said. "What we are doing is dangerous and what we are doing is important."
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