The US Army Recruiting Command Area Support Group (Provisional) was formed on 1 October 1997. Effective 1 October 1998, the US Army Recruiting Command Area Support Group (Provisional) was officially re-designated the US Army Recruiting Command Area Support Group.

The mission was to provide a single headquarters for the 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, the Logistics Support Center, the US Army Parachute Team (The Golden Knights), and the Special Operations Recruiting Company. On 1 June 1999, the United States Army Marksmanship Unit was attached for all operational and administrative matters.

Effective 1 July 1999, the US Army Recruiting Command Area Support Group was officially re-designated as the US Army Recruiting Support Brigade. On 1 October 2002, the US Army Recruiting Support Brigade was re-designated as the US Army Accessions Support Brigade.

Effective 1 October 2004, the re-designation of the US Army Recruiting Support Brigade to the US Army Accessions Support Brigade (USAASB) became official.

Effective 18 January 2012, US Army Accessions Command was discontinued and the US Army Accessions Support Brigade was officially realigned under the newly established Army Marketing and Research Group, a field operating agency of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

Today, the USAASB provides a single headquarters for the command and control of the US Army Accessions Mission Support Battalion, the US Army Marksmanship Unit, and the US Army Parachute Team (Golden Knights), which, all provide support to the US Army Recruiting Command, the US Army Cadet Command and the Army Marketing and Research Group.