THE 6045TH GSU SAYS FAREWELL

Warrior - Citizen, December, 2008 by Wagner, John

SAN JOSE, CALIF.-The 6045th Garrison Support Unit (GSU), which sent two MP companies to Iraq on dangerous missions and deployed within the United States to ready Soldiers for war, folded its flag here in an inactivation ceremony on April 4, 2008.

The 6045th GSU was activated in 1997 and originally provided administrative support to the Soldiers at Fort Irwin, Calif. After the 9-11 attacks, it sent 126 Soldiers from 2003 to 2004 to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., to help process Soldiers for deployment. It also sent the 341st and 381st Military Police Companies, both subordinate units, for duty in Iraq.

The 6045th has continued to conduct readiness processing for units preparing for deployment. In 2006, it began individual Soldier mobilizations and reassignments to fill vacancies...