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| - 39th Brigade Support Battalion is an element of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, of the Arkansas Army National Guard. The battalion is headquartered at Hazen, Arkansas. The 39th Support Battalion was constituted on 2 November 1967 from existing units in central Arkansas and assigned to the 39th Infantry Brigade with headquarters in Hazen. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 206th Field Artillery at Hazen was reorganized and redesignated as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 39th Support Battalion. The battalion originally comprised five companies: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD) in Hazen, Company A (Admin) at Ricks Armory in Little Rock, Company B (Medical) in Lonoke with a detachment in DeWitt, Company C (Transportation) in Stuttgart with a d
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| - 39th Brigade Support Battalion is an element of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, of the Arkansas Army National Guard. The battalion is headquartered at Hazen, Arkansas. The 39th Support Battalion was constituted on 2 November 1967 from existing units in central Arkansas and assigned to the 39th Infantry Brigade with headquarters in Hazen. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 206th Field Artillery at Hazen was reorganized and redesignated as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 39th Support Battalion. The battalion originally comprised five companies: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD) in Hazen, Company A (Admin) at Ricks Armory in Little Rock, Company B (Medical) in Lonoke with a detachment in DeWitt, Company C (Transportation) in Stuttgart with a detachment in Hazen, and Company D (Maintenance) in Perryville with a detachment at Fisher Armory in North Little Rock. In 1996 the unit reorganized into only four companies: Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), Company A (Supply & Transportation), Company B (Maintenance), and Company C (Medical). In 2005 the battalion reorganized again into the 39th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) and currently consists of eight companies: HHC, Company A (Distribution), Company B (Field Maintenance), Company C (Medical), Company D (RTSA Forward Support Company), Companies E & F (Infantry Forward Support Companies), and Company G (Field Artillery Forward Support Company). The Forward Support Companies (FSC) are task-organized to the battalion they habitually support, and they fall under the supported battalion's command and control with input from the 39th BSB Commander. Members of the unit supported a 2002 deployment in support of the Multinational Force and Observers mission in Egypt. The battalion has mobilized twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, once in 2003–2005 and again 2007–2008.
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