300th Area Support Group
The 300th Area Support Group derives its lineage from the 5435th Quartermaster Training Brigade.
Demonstrating that the Army Reserve is an integral part of active Army operations, 88 logistics soldiers departed Fort Belvoir 12 July 1996 to support Operation Joint Endeavor in Eastern Europe. The 88 deploying soldiers were not the first to depart the 310th. On June 7, the 4th Movements Detachment sent 22 soldiers to Fort Dix, N.J. for deployment as part of Operation Joint Endeavor. In late June, the 201st Public Affairs Detachment left with its five-soldier contingent as did 12 soldiers from the 300th Area Support Group.
The Department of the Army announced 25 April 2001 the relocation of the 9th Detachment (LPAT) from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to Fort Lee, Virginia, effective 17 September 2001. The 9th Detachment (LPAT) is a Logistics Planning Augmentation unit whose mission is to augment the transportation planning capabilities of a corps. During wartime, the unit is assigned to a corps headquarters. The 300th Area Support Group (ASG) at Fort Lee, Virginia, serves as the 9th Detachment's peacetime higher headquarters. Consequently, the 9th Detachment is better positioned when co-located at Fort Lee, Virginia, with the 300th ASG, for the fulfillment of its mission. The addition of 10 military personnel at Fort Lee, Virginia, will not impact the local economy or environment.
The 818th Maintenance Company (Direct Support) was selected twice to represent the 300th Area Support Group during the Army's annual competition for food service excellence (the Connelly Award), and most significantly, the unit was selected as the U.S. Army Reserve's runner-up in competition for the Maintenance Excellence Award in the heavy category.
