The Finance Corps traces its foundation to 16 June 1775, when the Second Continental Congress established the office of Paymaster General of the Army.

Hood; to form SSBs at Forts Stewart, Drum and Campbell; and, to combine the two remaining Finance Battalions at Ft.

[6] The General Officer Steering Committee (GOSC) did not support the XVIII consolidations as proposed.

This decision was made without the benefit of the TRADOC force development process which was Phase 2 of the Service to the Soldier Study.

FORSCOM and XVIII Airborne Corps were forging ahead of the Soldier Support Institute study as it was expedient to do so due to the impending force reductions.