The Accessions Support Brigade was initially formed as the US Army Recruiting Command Area Support Group (Provisional), 1 Oct 1997. 
    The mission was to provide a single headquarters for the intermediate command and control of small units providing logistical, operational, and production support to recruiting. The brigade was comprised of the US Army Recruiting Support Battalion, which dispatches its fleet of 18-wheelers around the country telling the Army Story; the Logistics Support Center (LSC), which oversees recruiting support logistics; the US Army Parachute Team, “The Golden Knights,” performing free-fall aerial demonstrations; the Special Operations Recruiting Company (SORC), responsible for recruiting Special Ops soldiers in the Army.    
    Effective 1 October 2002, the US Army Recruiting Support Brigade was officially re-designated the US Army Accessions Support Brigade (ASB). This re-designation came as a part of the overall standup of the US Army Accessions Command, headquartered at Fort Monroe, VA. SORC and the LSC stayed assigned to USAREC. The re-designation also meant a history making mission increase for the ASB, from one traditionally focused solely on supporting recruiters, to now include support for Cadet Command and the Army Training Center at Fort Jackson, SC.