Shield shaped, brass colored coin, 1-1/2 inches wide x 2 inches high. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • Army Sustainment Command
  • Army Field Support Brigade-Iraq
Location
Coin Location: 7N11
Homebase: Iraq
Deployment: Iraq
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C002504

Location: 7N11

Coin: Command - Deployment

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Narrative

Shield shaped, brass colored coin, 1-1/2 inches wide x 2 inches high.

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In 2005, the Army Materiel Command (AMC) redesignated five Europe-based combat equipment units as field support units and established a new field support brigade and subordinate battalion in Iraq.

In a 1 June ceremony, two field support units in Iraq were named. The former AMC Logistics Support Element-Iraq was replaced by the Army Field Support Brigade-Iraq, and the former Equipment Support Activity-Iraq Zone became the Army Field Support Battalion-Iraq. General Benjamin S. Griffin, AMC commander, referred to the new brigade and battalion as the Army's 911 capability--able to respond immediately and deliver logistics power