1st Theater Sustainment Command is America’s only permanently deployed Sustainment Command in the Middle East that works alongside host nations and regional security partners providing Army, Joint, and multinational sustainment solutions in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to deliver predictive and precise joint logistics, human resources, finance, health service support, and contracting capabilities to set and sustain the theater for multi-domain operations in competition or crisis.
As Master Sgt. Jillian M. Batista prepares to retire and her son begins his first year in uniform, their shared service inside the same division offers a rare glimpse into how the impact of military tradition, and family ties into the Army evolving mission intersecting link one career coming into a close with another just beginning.
On June 5, 2025, the 4th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, at Fort Carson held a change of command ceremony, formally bidding farewell to outgoing commander Col. Julie A. Maxwell and welcoming Col. Heather M. Reilly in the presence of Maj. Gen. David S. Doyle as the reviewing officer.
