Its mission is to plan, coordinate, synchronize, monitor, and control Logistics Operations within an assigned area of responsibility.

In 1942 the division was again called to active service at Camp Carson, Colorado, until 21 January 1945 when the 89th landed in France at Le Havre, for World War II.

The long and distinguished history of the 89th Sustainment Brigade began 27 August 1917, when it was first activated as an Infantry Division at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas in support of World War I.

In 1942 the division was again called to active service at Camp Carson, Colorado until 21 January 1945 when the 89th landed in France at Le Havre, for World War II.

On 6 April, they took the town of Eisenach, and pushed forward towards their next objective Friedrichroda, core of the vaulted Nazi Redoubt in Thuringia.

The advance was halted on 23 April, and from then until VE-Day the division saw only limited action, engaging in patrolling and general security missions.

The 89th Sustainment Command has since supplied over 12,000 soldiers for Desert Shield/Desert Storm, operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, as well as small scale contingencies around the world.

The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for the 89th Division on 25 October 1918 by telegram but not officially announced by the War Department until 23 June 1922.

The chevronels represent support and also simulate the letter "M" for "Midwest," the geographical source of the division's original personnel.