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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas – The Army Reserve’s premier logistic sustainment command held their change of command ceremony here on the historical MacArthur Parade field May 3.
Brig. Gen. Norman B. Green relinquished command of the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command to Brig. Gen. Kenneth D. Jones.
Maj. Gen. Megan Tatu, Soldiers, friends and family attended the change of command ceremony, which is a time honored tradition that represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility.
Green took command of the 4th ESC in July 2012 and is transitioning to the 377th Theater Sustainment Command in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Green assumed command just as the 4th ESC returned from a deployment to Afghanistan and rebuilt the command to its current mission ready status.
“The Army Reserve is built on the strength of America’s strongest citizen,” said Green, “a point proven by the warrior citizen here today.”
Green says the Army Reserve Soldiers are a testament that there are people from the community who have the value, character and fortitude that are instrumental to the Army Reserve and total force.
“During the past three years, Soldiers and civilians of the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command have achieved exemplary unit readiness performance levels ascending and attaining the top readiness results within the 79th Sustainment Support Command,” said Green.
Jones, previously the commanding general of the 451st ESC in Wichita, Kansas, is a Texas native from Bryan and graduate of Texas A&M University. Jones joins the 4th ESC as the command prepares to deploy to Kuwait.
“Soldiers in these formations have long established their value and commitment to our nation’s defense,” said Jones.
“We will not settle for being 'good,' but will always strive to be a 'great' military organization,” said Jones, “by sustaining the excellent traditions which this unit was founded upon over seven years ago.”
As the 4th ESC continues their preparation for deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom this summer, Jones will continue the momentum of his predecessor.
“For the headquarters here in San Antonio,” said Jones, “we are once again being called upon and will soon be departing to support current operations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.”
The 4th ESC will once again join the more than 300,000 Army Reserve Soldiers who have mobilized and seamlessly integrated into the active component and the joint force over the past 13 years. This will be the fourth time the 4th ESC headquarters has deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism with the last deployment to Afghanistan in 2011.
“For the Soldiers deploying forward, I know these mobilizations come at a high cost to families and it takes personal sacrifices to get the mission done,” Jones said.
The 4th ESC, a subordinate command of the 79th Sustainment Support Command, conducts distribution management for Army, joint, interagency, and multinational forces when mobilized in support of military operations and supports its four subordinate brigades with collective training, mobilization, deployment, and redeployment.
| Date Taken: | 05.03.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 05.13.2015 18:56 |
| Story ID: | 163249 |
| Location: | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, US |
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