2nd Infantry Division Support Command (DISCOM)
The 2d Infantry Division Support Command provides dynamic support to the Division daily and lives by its motto "Warrior Support".
On order, 2(US) ID DISCOM transitions to war, provides DS CSS to 2ID units and attachments and defeat level I threat in the division area of operations.
The original composition of 2d Infantry Division Support Command units consisted of Headquarters and Military Police Detachment, 2d Ammunition Trains, 2d Supply Trains, 2d Sanitary Trains, and 2d Engineer Trains.
The Division Support Command is first mentioned in the official statement of lineage and battle honors designation on 12 December 1917, when the 2d Division Supply Train (Motor) was redesignated as the 2d Supply Train. Of special note is that during WWI, two 2d Supply Train soldiers designed what has become the Division Symbol-the Indianhead Patch. Later the 2d Supply Train was redesignated as the 2d Division Quarters Company; from this lineage descended the 2d Supply & Transportation Battalion. The present 702d Maintenance Battalion takes its lineage back to the original Motor Repair Section Number 3 in 1921, while 2d Medical Battalion is a direct descendant of the original 2d Sanitary Trains.
All Support Command units have been redesignated several times in the last three decades because of many changes in tactics, organization, and equipment associated with the emergency of the modern Infantry Division. Throughout its history, the Division Support Command has served and supported in both peace and war. The colors, with many campaign streamers, bear testament to the courageous service of the previous units. Their valiant exploits remain as a challenge to the present units, which evolved with the birth of the Pentomic Division, and have been reconfigured over time to keep pace with doctrine. The current support battalion structure supports the Army's Airland Battle doctrine.
