About

Mission

  • Support the Soldiers of the 13th Sustainment Command
  • Maintain a tribute to the 13th Sustainment Command fallen
  • Help educate the 13th Sustainment Command family
  • Record and maintain the history of the13th Sustainment Command
  • Be the 13th Sustainment Command Veteran connection
  • Link 13th Sustainment Command to the local community

Leadership

Colonel of the Regiment – MG (RET) Rodney D. Fogg

MG (RET) Rodney D. Fogg is a native of Castlewood, Virginia. He received his bachelor’s degree from King College in Bristol, Tennessee, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps from East Tennessee State University in 1987. He is a graduate of the Quartermaster Officer Basic and Advanced courses, Command and General Staff College and the United States Army War College, holding master’s degrees in Logistics Management and Strategic Studies. MG (RET) Fogg retired after 35 years of Selfless Service in December 2022 to the United States Army in the rank of major general while serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff of Logistics and Operations of the United States Army Materiel Command. A highlight of his career was serving as the 13th Sustainment Commander from July 2014 to June 2016.

His operational assignments include OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, Kuwait, DEC 14-AUG15; OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq, JUN 07 – OCT 08; OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, Iraq, FEB 03 – MAY 03; OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY, Haiti, AUG 94 – OCT 94; OPERATION GOTHIC SERPENT, Somalia, AUG 93 – DEC 93; OPERATION HURRICANE ANDREW, MAR 92 – DEC 92.

MG(RET) Fogg’s awards include: Distinguished Service Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster), Bronze Star Medal (with 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster and 1 Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Commendation Medal (with 2 Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and he became a Distinguished Member of the Quartermaster Regiment in 2014.

Sergeant Major of the Regiment – CSM (RET) Mark Joseph

Command Sergeant Major Mark D. Joseph is a graduate from Marion High School and a native of Lake Charles, Louisiana.  He enlisted in the United States Army in June 1981 at Houston, Texas Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS). He attended Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training (Motor Transport Operator) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

His overseas tours include three tours to Germany, Desert Shield/Storm, Alaska, and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom II, Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08, and Operation Iraqi Freedom 09-11).

His assignments includes Charlie Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; HHC, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Forward), Goeppingen, Germany; 150th Transportation Company, and HHD, 28th Transportation Battalion, Mannheim, Germany; HHC, 4th Battalion 68th Armor, and 360th Transportation Company, Fort Carson, Colorado; 51st Transportation Company, Mannheim, Germany; 664th Ordnance Company (MOADS)(PLS); First Sergeant of HHD, 553rd Corps Support Battalion and 418th Transportation Company, Fort Hood, Texas; Senior Movement Coordinator, 172nd Infantry Brigade (Separate), First Sergeant of HHC, and Alpha Company, 172nd Support Battalion, Fort Wainwright, Alaska; ACofS G4 Sergeant Major, 1st Cavalry Division; Command Sergeant Major 115th Forward Support Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas; Command Sergeant Major, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command (DISCOM), Fort Hood, Texas; Command Sergeant Major 15th Sustainment Brigade; and Command Sergeant Major of the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Fort Hood, Texas.

President – LTC (RET) Eric Marratta 

Eric D. Marratta is a Distinguished Military Graduate from Eastern Kentucky University holding a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.  He graduated with a Master of Science degree in Management from Colorado Technical University.  He served in various assignments across the United States, Germany, Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan.  His culminating assignment was with the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) as the Chief of Logistics Training and Advisory Team, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Vice President – MSG (RET) Kirt Collins

MSG (RET) Kirt Collins entered the Army in March 1973 and served in a variety of enlisted leadership positions from Infantry squad leader to a senior enlisted advisor of III Corps G-2. He served in tactical, operational and strategic assignments culminating in his selection to attend and graduate from the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy, Class 43 at Fort Bliss, TX. MSG (RET) Collins retired from the US Army in 1995 and continued to serve the armed forces in many additional positions as a DoD contractor for an additional 17 years. He is the father of three children. He currently resides in Killeen, TX and actively participates in several community organizations and events.

Treasurer – LTC (RET) – Robert “Bob” Parker 

LTC (RET) Bob Parker was commissioned in the Infantry from Texas A&M University in 1980. He served in a variety of Infantry positions at Schofield Barracks, Fort Benning, Fort Hood (1st CAV and 13th COSCOM), Fort Leavenworth, and Korea. In 1998 Bob was selected to serve as an Infantry / Functional Area (FA) 53 Systems Automation Officer. He served in FA 53 positions at Fort Leavenworth, Yongsan, Korea, Fort Hood, and Iraq. Bob had two tours with the 13th COSCOM. The first tour as an Infantry Major serving as the SGS for BG Chuck Mahan and BG Tom Dickinson from 1994 to 1995 and the second tour as FA 53 Officer serving as the G6 for BG Mike Lenaers and BG Jim Chambers from 2001 through 2005. He deployed with the 13th COSCOM as the G6 for OIF II in 2004. LTC Parker retired from the Army in 2006. He has continuously served on the board of the 13th COSCOM Association from its founding, first as the Vice President and moving to the Association Treasurer position in 2010.

Secretary – LTC (RET) Bob Rodefer

Bob Rodefer enlisted into the U.S. Army Reserve in May 1984 as a Supply Specialist upon graduation from High School at Billings, Montana. He graduated from Eastern Montana College in 1989, where he was also commissioned into the U.S. Army. He served in various assignments across the United States, Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan. His culminating assignment was with the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) as the Chief of Staff. His education includes a Master of Science degree in Administration (Human Resources) from Central Michigan University.

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Community Representative and Chairman, Corporate Membership – Mr. Jay Taggart

Jay Taggart was born and grew up in Belton, TX, graduating from Belton High School in 1968.  After graduating from Southwest Texas State University in 1972, he began a long sales career with Xerox Corporation.  Jay currently owns a Xerox Sales Agency in Belton. He and his wife Leah are long-time supporters of the 13th ESC and attached units at Ft. Hood.  They are 2007 inductees in the Ft. Hood Good Neighbor program, and charter members of the 13th COSCOM Association.

Chairman, Individual Membership – MAJ (RET) Erik Enyart

Erik Enyart enlisted into the Army in 1991 as a 19K Armor Crewman, in 1996 he was honorably discharged as a Sergeant and attended West Virginia University as an Army ROTC Cadet. He graduated in 1998 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Aviation Branch and qualified as an AH-64A Apache Pilot, in 2005 he also qualified as a Fixed Wing Pilot. Over the next 19 years Erik served in various assignments in the United States, South Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait. His final assignment was at Camp Resolute Support in Kabul, Afghanistan where he served as the Combined Joint Intelligence Chief of Plans and U.S. Retrograde and Redeployment. Erik retired in 2016. His education includes a Master of Arts degree from Webster University and is currently an FAA Certified Commercial Pilot.