The 10th Combat Support Hospital was originally constituted on 23 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 10th Field Hospital. It activated on 6 July 1942 at Camp Bowie, TX, and inactivated on 4 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, MA.  The unit reactivated on 25 August 1949 in Germany before being alloted on 5 May 1951 to the Regular Army.  It was reorganized and designated on 15 June 1962 as the 10th Evacuation Hospital before inactivating on 16 August 1965 in Germany. The 10th reactivated on 12 July 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, MD. It reorganized and was redesignated on 21 March 1973 as the 10th Combat Support Hospital. It was once again reorganized and redesignated on 16 August 1983 as the 10th Surgical Hospital, and again on 16 December 1992 as the 10th Combat Support Hospital. The mission of the 10th CSH is to provide hospitalization support to U.S. Forces within the theater of operation in support of combat operations or operations other than war.