25th ID Brigade Special Troops Battalion
Division Support Command (DISCOM)
In FY 2006, as part of the Army's transfomation towards a modular force, DISCOM stood down and the 25th ID BSTB stood up. The objective of this change is to be able to provide brigades with resources formerly on the division level.
The DISCOM's motto is "Lightning Support" and its focus is providing logistics and medical support "forward to the foxhole," to the 25th Infantry Division (Light). The DISCOM conducts theater-wide deployment within 54 hours of notification to perform combat service support and combat health support, in support of the division's combat mission and other missions as directed by the CINC.
The DISCOM is organized with four battalions and two separate companies: 25th FSB, supporting 1st Infantry Brigade at Ft. Lewis, Washington; 225th FSB supporting the 2nd (Warrior) Infantry Brigade; 325th FSB supporting the 3rd (Bronco) Infantry Brigade; 725th MSB supporting the division troops and reinforcing the FSBs, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, and 71st Chemical Company.
The 25th Infantry Division Support Command (DISCOM) was originally constituted on 16 January 1957 and activated in the territory of Hawaii as the 25th Infantry Division Trains with three functional combat service support (CSS) battalions. On 1 July 1963, the division trains and the 25th Infantry Division Band were reorganized and redesignated as the 25th Infantry DISCOM.
The 25th DISCOM deployed to the Republic of Vietnam in 1966 and supported combat operations for the Tropic Lightning Division in country and in Cambodia until 1970 when it redeployed to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. While in Vietnam, the 25th DISCOM earned 12 campaign streamers and five unit citations.
On 5 February 1972, the 25th DISCOM was reorganized with the 25th Division Band becoming a separate unit. In December 1982, the 25th DISCOM provisionally reorganized into a multifunctional CSS organization with two forward support battalions (FSBs) and one main support battalion (MSB). Then in May 1985, the 25th DISCOM returned to the three functional CSS battalion organization. Finally in May 1991, the 25th DISCOM once again was reorganized into a multifunctional CSS organization with three FSBs, a MSB, an aviation intermediate maintenance company, and an attached corps chemical smoke/decontamination company.
Today, the 25th DISCOM consists of the 25th FSB supporting 1st Brigade (Lancer) at Fort Lewis, 225th FSB supporting the 2d Brigade (Warrior), 325th FSB supporting the 3d Brigade (Bronco), 725th MSB supporting the division troops and reinforcing the FSBs, and a Headquarters and Headquarters Company.
