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Colonel William C. Arnold
 

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Kenneth E. Hood III

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The U.S. Army Transportation School trains, educates, and develops Transportation professionals for the total force; and drives change through DOTMLPF-P solutions to sustain large scale combat operations in a multi-domain operations environment.

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Transportation professionals and solutions enable the Army to deploy, fight and win, anytime and anywhere. Mobility equals lethality and survivability!

Fort Leonard Wood Soldier receives Purple Heart, credits U.S. Army training for skilled reaction to IED attack in Afghanistan

Story by Melissa Buckley

January 22, 2026

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Staff Sgt. Paul Schmich received a Purple Heart Jan. 15 after being wounded nearly 14 years ago during an improvised explosive device attack in Afghanistan — a battlefield experience he is adamant about passing on to Soldiers currently training to be motor transport operators at Fort Leonard Wood.

Photo By Melissa Buckley | Staff Sgt. Paul Schmich, Motor Transport Operator Course instructor with the 58th Transportation Battalion, receives a Purple Heart medal from Col. William Arnold, U.S. Army Chief of Transportation during a ceremony Jan. 15 in Fort Leonard Wood’s Lincoln Hall Auditorium.

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We are the only museum dedicated to preserving the history of U.S. Army Transportation.

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