17th Sustainment Brigade (United States)

The 17th Sustainment Brigade (SB) is a U.S. military sustainment brigade of the Army National Guard in Nevada.

17th Sustainment Brigade
Distinctive unit insignia
Founded	2011
Country	United States
Allegiance	Nevada
Branch	Army National Guard
Type	Sustainment Brigade
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Las Vegas, Nevada
Commanders
Current Commander	COL Joseph Claros
Previous Commander	COL Amy Klima
Insignia
Shoulder sleeve insignia and combat service identification badge

Mission

The 17th Sustainment Brigade (17th SB) provides command and control for 3-7 sustainment functional logistics battalions, as well as assigned human resources and financial management companies. Its responsibilities include overseeing theater distribution, supporting redeployment operations, and providing logistical support to joint, interagency, and multinational forces. Additionally, the brigade is prepared to assist civilian agencies when directed.^[1]

History

The Brigade was activated in 2011 to provide command and control for the Special Troops Battalion of the brigade and the 757th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. In June 2012 the brigade was given administrative control of the 1st Squadron, 221st Cavalry.^[2]

Organization

The brigade has the following units during peacetime:^[3]

• Special Troops Battalion, 17th Sustainment Brigade (HQ at Las Vegas)^[3][4]
  • 72d Military Police Company^[3]
  • 100th Quartermaster Company (HQ at Las Vegas)^[3]
  • 593d Transportation Company (Medium)^[3]
  • 1864th Transportation Company^[3]
  • 3665th Ordnance Company (EOD)(HQ at Henderson)^[3]
  • 240th Engineer Company^[3]
  • 777th Engineer Detachment^[3]
• 757th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (HQ at Stead)^[5]
  • 106th Public Affairs Detachment^[5]
  • 137th Military Police Company^[5]
  • 150th Maintenance Company (HQ at Carson City)^[5]
  • 609th Engineer Company (HQ at Fallon)^[5]
  • 1859th Transportation Company^[5]

Commander

Commander and Colonel Joseph Claros was born on December 28,1979 in San Salvador, El Salvador. He immigrated to the United States with his family in the early 1980s.

Claros joined the military in 1998 to pay for college. He graduated from Washington State University in 2002. He deployed to Iraq (2004-5), Afghanistan (2009), South Korea (2013-15), and the Middle East (2016). He is married with two children.

References

1. "17th Sustainment Brigade Homepage". US Army. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011.^{[dead link‍]}
2. "Nevada National Guard Biennial Report, Fiscal Years 2011–2012" (PDF). 30 January 2013. p. 14.
3. "Joint Force Headquarters" (PDF). Nevada National Guard Biennial Report 2017-2018. 11 November 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2020.
4. "Special Troops Battalion, 17th SB".
5. "757th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion" (PDF). Nevada National Guard Biennial Report 2017-2018. 10 November 2019. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2020.

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