782d Brigade Sustainment Battalion
782d Main Support Battalion
"Log Warrior"
On 15 January 2006, as part of the Army's transformation towards a modular force, the title and composition of the 782d Main Support Battalion was changed.
The 782d Main Support Battalion was redesignated on October 22, 1993 with the reorganization of the Division Support Command from a functional to a multifunctional organization. The nucleus of the 782d Main Support Battalion, Bravo Company (Light Maintenance), and Foxtrot Company (Heavy Maintenance), came from the 782d Maintenance Battalion. Additionally, the 782d Main Support Battalion acquired HQ & A Company (Supply), Delta Company (Transport), and Echo Company (Aerial Delivery) from the 407th Supply and Transport Battalion and Charlie Company (Medical), from the 307th Medical Battalion. The Main Support Battalion also has the 95th Calibration, 239th Graves Registration, and the 245th Arid Environment Detachments. Under the reorganization, the 782d Main Support Battalion, whose call sign is "Log Warrior," received the Battalion colors and heraldry from the 782d Maintenance Battalion, thus perpetuating the long, proud history of the battalion.
The 782d Main Support Battalion was organized as the 82d Division Ordnance Section at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana in August of 1942. On September 10, 1942 it was constituted in the Army of the United States as the 782d Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division. Departing for North Africa in April of 1943, the unit began preparation for supporting the 82d Airborne Division's war efforts beginning with assaults on Sicily and Naples.
On June 6, 1944 the 782d Ordnance Company's Commander and three enlisted men went into Normandy with the first wave of glider planes. On June 8, the first sealift with the main body of troops joined them at St. Mere Eglise. From there, the 782d participated in the Holland Campaign, including the fighting at Nijmegen, and subsequently the Rhineland and Ardennes Campaigns. 1945 saw the 782d closing out its tour in Europe moving through France to Bonn, Germany and finally to Berlin.
The Company returned to the United States after finishing occupation duties in December 1945. Between 1946 and 1953 the 782d was occupied with the fielding of new equipment in the Division and participating in major exercises in New York, Texas, and North Carolina.
The 782d was reorganized and redesignated on May 20th, 1953 as the 782d Airborne Ordnance Battalion, at which time it became one of three major branches of the 82d Airborne Division Support Group. In 1965, the 782d participated in the 82d Airborne Division's deployment to the civil war-torn Dominican Republic under the code name "Power Pack." Peace and stability were soon restored and members of the 782d distinguished themselves once again in their duty.
Elements of the 782d later deployed to Vietnam with the 82d Support Battalion of the 3rd Brigade. The 782d once again proved themselves by meeting the challenge in October of 1983 when elements of the Battalion deployed to Grenada to support combat operations on that troubled island.
In December of 1989, the 782d again supported the 82d Airborne Division by sending paratroopers of the Battalion with the initial combat airborne assault during operation "Just Cause" in Panama, and most recently conducted operations in the Middle East during operations "Desert Shield," and "Desert Storm" in 1990-1991.
In February 2003, the 782d Main Support Battalion (now the Brigade Support Battalion) was supporting Operation Eagle Fury in the Baghran Valley, Afghanistan. They provided airborne fuel drops and other operations at that time. Also as of March 2004, the 782d Main Support Battalion was supporting operations near Baghdad, Iraq. Among various activities, the 782d MSB medical providers hosted and participated in a seminar to identify issues in the medical supply system and made recommendations to better care for soldiers.
