Under the command of Major General Mark W. Palzer with a day to day staff of approximately 80 Soldiers and Civilians and 72 Troop Program Unit Soldiers, the 79th SSC executes command and control of the 4th, 311th, 364th, and 451st Sustainment Commands (Expeditionary).
As Operational Command Posts of a Theater Sustainment Command – the ESCs plan, coordinate synchronize,monitor, and control operational- level sustainment operations for Army Service Component Commands, Joint Task Forces and Joint Forces Commands throughout the world.