The 408th Contracting Support Brigade is a contracting support unit in the United States Army with headquarters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait and Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is a unit in the United States Army Contracting Command.
The brigade provides operational contracting support to United States Army Central (USARCENT) as the Lead Contract Service throughout Southwest Asia. The brigade prepares and coordinates support plans, provides oversight, assessment, policy and acquisition authority to assigned contingency contracting organizations and contracting assets deployed in support of the USARCENT mission.About Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 408th Contracting Support Brigade link. Accessed 17 July 2016.
The unit received the Army Superior Unit Award in 2023 for its support of Operation Warp Speed.
Commanders CommanderDate assumed commandColonel Joseph L. Bass June 29, 2007Colonel Shane Dietrich June 6, 2008Expeditionary Contracting Command accepts first unit, 408th CSB changes hands, Jim Hinnant, 6 June 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016.Colonel Michael J. Rogers June 25, 2010Rogers assumes command of the 408th Contracting Support Brigade, Army Contracting Command, 8 July 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2016.Colonel David Kaczmarski June 20, 2012Colonel Phillip E. Smallwood TBDColonel Michelle Sanner June 15, 2016408th CSB's Facebook, 17 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.Colonel Kim ThomasJune 19, 2017Colonel Ralph T. BorjaJune 22, 2018Colonel Mary O.B. DraytonJune 27, 2019Colonel Richard H. Pfeiffer, Jr.June 26, 2020Colonel Anthony HughleyJune 30, 2021Colonel Justin DeArmondJuly 15, 2022Colonel Barry WilliamsJuly 7, 2023Colonel Robert BartruffJune 24, 2024Colonel Jamarcus BrooksJune 27, 2025Colonel Gregory Howard Jr June 18, 2026
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