The 36th Sustainment Brigade has had a close relationship with the 36
th Infantry Division, a division in the Texas National Guard that has been called up for Federal service on numerous occasions, ever since it was first organized as the 11
th Ordnance Company in March 1937. It underwent an almost bewildering number of redesignations and reassignments over the next fifty years, and in 1987 was designated as Company D, 249
th Support Battalion, which was an element of the 49
th Armored Division, another Texas National Guard Unit. The 49
th was redesignated the 36
th Infantry Division in 2004, and four years later the 249th Support Battalion was consolidated with the HHC of 36
th Infantry Division Support Command and redesignated as HHC, 36
th Sustainment Brigade. In 2009, the Brigade was ordered into Federal service.
The 36
th Sustainment Brigade unit patch (Shoulder Sleeve Insignia) features an eye-catching rendering of a phoenix, an appropriate symbol of renewal for a unit that has experienced so many new starts; it also symbolizes the capability of logistics to adopt to ever-changing demands and environments. Above the phoenix is the pole star, an icon of navigation that was used by cattlemen in the unit’s home state of Texas. Two lightning flashes streaking from the pole star stand for the brigade’s quick response abilities, while the wavy white line represents a river—or the flow of logistics to warfighters in need, a task the unit performs without ceasing (SUSTINENDUM IN PAX ET BELLUM, the unit motto, is Latin for "Sustaining In Peace And War").
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