In the summer of 2012, the 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) headquarters deployed to Afghanistan to provide mission command of U.S. Central Command materiel retrograde element (CMRE) units supporting the excess equipment reduction and retrograde mission. Complying with the manning requirements they received before the deployment, the battalion and all of its assigned CMRE units deployed without organic maintenance capabilities. Most of the equipment that they took with them supported the retrograde sort yards' mission requirements.
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