VII Corps Support Command can trace its roots to the 1958 activation of the Seventh Army Support Command, created in large part because Seventh Army Commander Bruce Clarke felt that the support elements of the command had become so large, diverse, and unwieldy that his technical staff could not exercise effective control over them.
The new organization comprised a chemical battalion, an engineer group, two transportation groups, three medical groups, a military police battalion, a quartermaster group, a signal company, three ordnance groups, and a number of smaller finance, postal, and personnel units. For its Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, the Seventh Army Support Command simply used the 7th Army insignia with a “SUPPORT” tab directly underneath it from 1958 to 1966, when it adopted the insignia seen here.
This insignia features a red chevron, the sign of support in heraldry and the white, five-pointed star used to mark military equipment; it is also a reference to the COSTAR, or Combat Service to the Army, concept. The star's five points allude to Supply, Ordnance, Transportation, Medical, and Military Police services; red and white are used for Army support command flags. Seven blue and yellow areas are for the numerical designation of the Army (subsequently Corps).
Following the subsequent inactivation of the Command, VII Corps Supports Command (COSCOM) was activated in June 1969 to replace the 3rd Support Brigade, Seventh Army Support Command and to assume that Command's responsibilities. Units in the new COSCOM were four Maintenance Battalions, a pair of Supply and Service Battalions, 4th Transportation Battalion, 101st Ordnance Battalion, a Personnel and Administration Battalion, a Special Troops Battalion, and the 6930th Civilian Labor Group.
During the First Gulf War, VII Corps Support Command was responsible for supplying VII Corps, setting up a roughly 15-square mile base named Echo to supply the Corps’ units with food, ammunition, and fuel. The Command inactivated shortly after the end of the Southwest Asia conflict.