51st Maintenance Battalion Unit Crest (Victory Through Support)

In 1965, the 51st Ordnance Group (Maintenance and Supply) at Pioneer Kaserne ,Hanau, was moved to Sullivan Barracks, Mannheim, and reorganized and redesignated as the 51st Maintenance Battalion (Direct Support under the COSTAR II concept.

In August 1965, the 51st Ord Gp was reorganized and redesignated as the 51st Maintenance Battalion under the CO-STAR II concept. (Some information on the CO-STAR reorganizations will be posted in the near future on the Seventh Field Army Support Command (FASCOM) Page.) The Battalion was relocated to Coleman Barracks, Mannheim-Sandhofen, and attached to the 1st Support Brigade.

The year 1975 brought about many changes to the 51st Maintenance Battalion structure. In February, the Equipment Support Center, Mannheim, was reassigned from the 81st Maint Bn to the 51st Maint Bn. In May, the 546th Maint Co was reassigned from the 51st Maint Bn to the 66th Maint Bn. And, in July, the 81st Maint Bn relinquished the 77th Maint Co to the 51st. At the end of this eventful year, Headquarters Company, Allied Mobile Force (Land Component) was assigned to the 51st Maint Bn.

During June 1976, the 77th Maint Co was deactivated and reformed as the 8908th Civilian Support Group (General Support). In August 1976, the 1st Support Brigade was redesignated as the 21st Support Command.

Currently, the 51st Maintenance Battalion is subordinate to the 21st Support Command headquartered at Panzer Kaserne, Kaiserslautern. The Battalion consists of the following units:
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Sullivan Barracks, Mannheim

Headquarters Comany, Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (Land Component), Sullivan Barracks, Mannheim
512th Maintenance Company, Sullivan Barracks, Mannheim
517th Maintenance Company, Gerszewski Barracks, Karlsruhe
574th Supply and Service Company, Spinelli Barracks, Mannheim
Equipment Support Center, Mannheim, Taylor Barracks, Mannheim
8908th Civilian Support Group, Taylor Barracks, Mannheim
The colors of the 51st Maintenance Battalion carry battle streamers inscribed:
Normandy, Northern France, France, Ardennes and Alsace, Rhineland and Central Europe.