18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Unit Crest (We Forge Ahead)

18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Unit Crest (We Forge Ahead)

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Part of the 16th Sustainment Brigade, the 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion is the only CSS battalion in Europe and supports operations for U.S. Army Europe and the 21st Theater Sustainment Command. It was originally constituted as the 3rd Ordnance Battalion (Maintenance) and activated on 1 July 1941 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. Redesignated as the 8th Ordnance Battalion on 11 August 1941, the unit was deployed to Europe and, as a component of the 51st Ordnance Group, participated in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns.

It was demobilized on 15 December 1946, but was reactivated as the 89th Ordnance Battalion in Feudenhaven, Germany and was relocated in 1955 to Pioneer Kaserne in Hanau, Germany. It was redesignated the 8th Maintenance Battalion in 1965, and then in July 1993 it became the 18th Corps Support Battalion. It was redesignated as a Combat Sustainment Support Battalion some time in the first decade of the 21st century. In the past few years, the 18th CSSB has served in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, deployed to Hungary to support Operation Joint Endeavor, assisted in NATO operations Allied Force and Shining Hope, and carried out three Kosovo Force rotation stints. “We Forge Ahead,” the Battalion motto, epitomizes the dedication to providing sustainment for forces and organizations in its area of responsibilities.

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