Contingency Sustainment: Deployment Mindset Essential to Success in Expeditionary Sustainment Command

The geographical location of the 3rd ESC is unique because it is the only active ESC on the Atlantic coast, strategically located close to Pope Air Force Base and the Port of Charleston in South Carolina. [...]to support LSCO and overseas operations, the 3rd ESC also must be ready to support the Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) and Northern Command with declared emergencies while working with agencies like the U.S. Agency for International Development, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of State, the Red Cross, and other intergovernmental and non-governmental agencies. The CMRC comprises maintenance and materiel subject matter experts to help identify corps-level trends and problems in order to find materiel solutions for units. In addition to finding solutions for materiel readiness, the CMRC advises and finds solutions for all other commodities to allow units to make informed sustainment decisions regarding Class I, Class IB, Class IIIB, Class V, operational contract support, human resources operations branch, and mobility support operations.