408th Contracting Support Brigade

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| unit_name = 408th Contracting Support Brigade

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| country = United States

| allegiance = United States Army

| type = Combat service support unit

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| dates = 2007 - present

| specialization = Arranging Contracts

| command_structure = U.S. Army Materiel Command - Army Contracting Command (ACC)

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20091015050300/http://www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/acc/ ACC Homepage]

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| garrison = Camp Arifjan, Kuwait/ Shaw AFB, South Carolina

| nickname = 408th CSB

| motto = "CONFERRE AB CONFIRMATUS" (Focused and Determined)[http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=4533&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services 408th Support Battalion Heraldry], The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), Washington, DC. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

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| current_commander = Colonel Barry Williams

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| identification_symbol = 150px

| identification_symbol_label = Distinctive unit insignia

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The 408th Contracting Support Brigade is a contracting support unit in the United States Army with headquarters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is a unit in the United States Army Contracting Command.

The brigade provides operational contracting support to United States Army Central (USARCENT) as the Lead Contract Service throughout Southwest Asia. The brigade prepares and coordinates support plans, provides oversight, assessment, policy and acquisition authority to assigned contingency contracting organizations and contracting assets deployed in support of the USARCENT mission.[https://acc.army.mil/ecc/about/ About Expeditionary Sustainment Command], 408th Contracting Support Brigade link. Accessed 17 July 2016.

Commanders

Commander !Date assumed command
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Colonel Joseph L. Bass	June 29, 2007
Colonel Shane Dietrich	June 6, 2008[https://www.army.mil/article/9705/Expeditionary_Contracting_Command_accepts_first_unit__408th_CSB_changes_hands Expeditionary Contracting Command accepts first unit, 408th CSB changes hands], Jim Hinnant, 6 June 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
Colonel Michael J. Rogers	June 25, 2010[https://www.army.mil/article/42015/Rogers_assumes_command_of_the_408th_Contracting_Support_Brigade Rogers assumes command of the 408th Contracting Support Brigade], Army Contracting Command, 8 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
Colonel David Kaczmarski	June 20, 2012{{cite tweet\|number=215542616320774144\|user=CSMAClarkDavis\|title=COL David Kaczmarski receives the colors of the 408th CSB from BG Theodore Harrison during today's Change of Command.\|date=20 June 2012}}
Colonel Phillip E. Smallwood	TBD
Colonel Michelle Sanner	June 15, 2016[https://www.facebook.com/408thCSB/ 408th CSB's Facebook], 17 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
Colonel Kim Thomas \|June 19, 2017{{Cite web \|title=408th Contracting Support Brigade welcomes new commander \|url=https://www.usarcent.army.mil/News/Features/Article/1231586/408th-contracting-support-brigade-welcomes-new-commander/https://www.usarcent.army.mil/News/Article/1231586/408th-contracting-support-brigade-welcomes-new-commander/ \|access-date=2023-08-14 \|website=U.S. Army Central \|language=en-US}}{{dead link\|date=April 2025\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}
Colonel Ralph T. Borja \|June 22, 2018{{Cite web \|title=Army Contracting Leaders Change Command \|url=https://www.usarcent.army.mil/News/Article/1565344/army-contracting-leaders-change-command/https://www.usarcent.army.mil/News/Article/1565344/army-contracting-leaders-change-command/ \|access-date=2023-08-14 \|website=U.S. Army Central \|language=en-US}}{{dead link\|date=April 2025\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}
Colonel Mary O.B. Drayton \|June 27, 2019{{Cite web \|title=408th Contracting Support Brigade Change of Command \|url=https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/VIDEO-AND-IMAGERY/VIDEOS/videoid/694078/ \|access-date=2023-08-14 \|website=www.centcom.mil \|language=en-US}}
Colonel Richard H. Pfeiffer, Jr. \|June 26, 2020{{Cite web \|title=Change of Command Ceremony for 408 CSB \|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/6253439/change-command-ceremony-408-csb \|access-date=2023-08-14 \|website=DVIDS \|language=en}}
Colonel Anthony Hughley \|June 30, 2021{{Cite web \|title=408th Change of Command \|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/6714715/408th-change-command \|access-date=2023-08-14 \|website=DVIDS \|language=en}}
Colonel Justin DeArmond \|July 15, 2022{{Cite web \|title=408th Contracting Support Brigade Change of Command and Responsibility \|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7320453/408th-contracting-support-brigade-change-command-and-responsibility \|access-date=2023-08-14 \|website=DVIDS \|language=en}}
Colonel Barry Williams \|July 7, 2023{{Cite web \|title=408th Contracting Support Brigade Change of Command Ceremony \|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7900368/408th-contracting-support-brigade-change-command-ceremony \|access-date=2023-08-14 \|website=DVIDS \|language=en}}

References

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Category:United States contract law