Transfer of Authority of 1st TSC-OCP from 143d ESC to 13th ACSC
Capt. Michael Ranger and 1st Sgt. Manuel Morales, command team of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command, uncase the company guidon during a Transfer of Authority ceremony from the 143d Expeditionary Sustainment Command to the 13th ACSC at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Sept. 2, 2023. The rotational ESC or ACSC is the 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s permanent forward deployed presence, combined with rotational augmentation from 1st TSC’s Main Command Post at Fort Knox, KY. These two rotational elements combine to form what is known as the 1st TSC Operational Command Post. The OCP is responsible for executing routine sustainment mission command across the U.S. Central Command theater in coordination with the 1st TSC MCP.