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Division Support Command (DISCOM), 2nd Infantry Division
"Warrior Support"

In 2005, as part of the transformation of the 2nd Infantry Division to the US Army's new modular force structure, the Division Support Command (DISCOM), 2nd Infantry Division was inactivated. As part of the modular force structure, support assets previously held at division level were made organic to the division's brigades. Previously these units had only been attached during operations.

The Division Support Command (DISCOM), 2nd Infantry Division provided dynamic support to the 2nd Infantry Division's daily and lived by its motto "Warrior Support". Its mission was to, on order, transitions to war, provide Direct Support Combat Service Support to 2nd Infantry Division units and attachments and defeat level I threats in the division area of operations.

The original composition of 2nd Infantry Division Support Command consisted of a Headquarters and Military Police Detachment, the 2nd Ammunition Trains, 2nd Supply Trains, 2nd Sanitary Trains, and 2nd Engineer Trains.

The Division Support Command was first mentioned in the official statement of lineage and battle honors designation on 12 December 1917, when the 2nd Division Supply Train (Motor) was redesignated as the 2nd Supply Train. Of special note was that during World War I, 2 2nd Supply Train soldiers designed what became the Division Symbol, the Indianhead Patch. Later the 2nd Supply Train was redesignated as the 2nd Division Quarters Company. From this lineage descended the 2nd Supply and Transportation Battalion. The 702nd Brigade Support Battalion (previously the 702nd Main Support Battalion) took its lineage back to the original Motor Repair Section Number 3 in 1921, while the 302nd Brigade Support Battalion (previously the 302nd Forward Support Battalion) was a direct descendant of the original 2nd Sanitary Trains.

All of the units under the Division Support Command had been redesignated several times because of changes in tactics, organization, and equipment associated with the modern Infantry Division. Throughout its history, the Division Support Command served and supported in both peace and war. The colors, with many campaign streamers, bore testament to the courageous service of the previous units. Their valiant exploits remained as a challenge to its units, which had evolved with the birth of the Pentomic Division, and had been reconfigured over time to keep pace with doctrine. The support battalion structure was intended to supported the Army's Airland Battle doctrine.