Learn about the United States Army Transportation Corps' involvement in the War on Terrorism. See how advancing technology, from the HMMWV to the MRAP, protects our Soldiers on today's battlefield. Learn how Transportation Corps. Soldiers became front line Soldiers on the roads of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Diorama containing at cargo HMMWV and M915A1 truck at a Transportation convoy rest area in Iraq on display at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
The HSV JOINT VENTURE (US Navy crew) and TSV SPEARHEAD (US Army crew) at Kuwait Naval Base for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Part of the research collection of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
SGT Laurey, container yard non-commissioned officer-in-charge with the 611th Seaport Operations Company, 541st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) uses a Rough Terrain Container Handler to move cargo at the central receiving and shipping point at COB Speicher, Iraq on 18 June 2010.
Soldier with Heavy Equipment Truck Transport (HETT) Platoon, 416th Transportation Company, 168th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, ground guides a HETT loaded with an MRAP out of their motor pool on 26 June 2008 in Iraq. US Army Image.
Informal insignia of 424th Motor Truck Detachment, that was fielded by the USAF and operated M915 tractors for line haul missions from Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in support of the US Army. Part of the artifact collection of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
MAJ Baldwin, the mobility chief for the 1st Sustainment Brigade, looks on as Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment opened the rail gates at Camp Taji from Baghdad on 10 March 2008. US Army Image.
CW3 Senn, vessel master of the Logistics Support Vessel MG Charles P. Gross (LSV 5), briefs MG Walker, Commanding General of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, at the Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait, Feb. 6, 2019. US Army Image.
Sept. 13, 2009 SPC Madueno and SPC Zander, both from 2nd platoon, 62nd Transportation Company, 751st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade pose with their gold medals after winning the international Soccer tournament at Al Asad Airfield in Iraq in September 2009. US Army Image.
These signs used outside Camp Arifjan, Kuwait to direct traffic were put in place sometime early during Operation Iraqi Freedom, but are now part of artifact collection of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
The modified M923 “Ace of Spades” deployed during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM with an installed Livermore gun box on display at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
The original Vietnam era "ACE OF SPADES" M gun truck with three of gunners in the locally produced gun box. Part of the research collection of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
The modern “Ace of Spades”, a modified M923 deployed during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM with an installed Livermore gun circa 2007. Part of the research collection of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
Operation IRAQI FREEDOM returned the U.S. Army to Iraq twenty-two years following Desert Storm. The operation began with the objective of ending the regime of Saddam Hussein and finding and destroying weapons of mass destruction. The operation began on 23 March 2003 and the Iraqi capitol, Baghdad fell on 9 April 2003. The conflict would grow to an effort to seek and destroy terrorist networks in Iraq; deliver humanitarian support to many Iraqi citizens; and secure the oil fields which belong to the Iraqi people and bring about peace for the Iraqi people, but an insurgency grew, fighting the various ethnic groups attempting to influence the new Iraqi government and to remove any occupying coalition forces. Through all of this Transportation needed to continue, but soon the very transportation routes would be the frontline of the insurgency with the widespread adoption of ambushes using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). Transportation convoys increasingly came under attack, so the Transportation Corps would return to its Vietnam roots and revise convoy escort units and equipment again.
The RG33L Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle on display in the Afghanistan gallery of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
A Coast Guard Port Security Unit boat crew, from Fort Eustis, VA, patrols the Hudson River 26 September 2001. Members from the Port Security Units, mostly Coast Guard Reservists, were deployed to New York to provide on-water security after the World Trade Center attack September 11. U.S. Coast Guard Photo.
A M-Gator, a militarized version of the John Deere all-terrain vehicle Gator vehicles. In the early stages of Operation Enduring Freedom, M- Gators would see heavy service in Afghanistan. This M-Gator is part of the artifact collection of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
2LT John Deal, a platoon leader, explains mission using a sand table, under the watch of BG Joseph Votel, CJTF-82 deputy commander of operations May 2007. US Army Image
A U.S. sustainment convoy from the distribution platoon of Echo Company, 148th Brigade Support Battalion reaches Tera pass during a convoy, in Logar province, Afghanistan on 01 March 2010. US Army Image
This International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patch in Army Combat Uniform camouflage pattern was worn by then LTC Joseph Corleto while assigned to the 53rd Movement Control Battalion in support of the 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan. It is now part of the artifact collection of the U.S. Army Transportation Museum.
SSG George Beckett, C Troop, 3-71 Cavalry Squadron, 10th Mountain hooks a conex to a CH-47 to deliver to a combat outpost (COP) in northeastern Afghanistan. U.S. Army Image
E Company, 710th Brigade Support Battalion convoy delivers ammo, food, mail and other supplies to the frontline along the Pech River Road, one of the most dangerous roads in east Afghanistan in 2007. US Army Image.
Unofficial “Rail Team” tab worn by MAJ Scott Meyer while serving on the Afghan Railway Advisory Team (ARAT) in Afghanistan
Afghan Rail Advisory Team (ARAT) documenting parts of the railhead of the Afghan rail system Northern Afghanistan in 2014.
A souvenir toy Afghan ”Jingle Truck” which is on display at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum to highlight the role of civilian transportation used in line-haul operations in Afghanistan.
Jingle trucks maneuver in to place for inspection outside of Forward Operating Base Torkham, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2013. The main supply route is designated to move goods through the Torkham Gate, in and out of Afghanistan and Pakistan. US Army Image
1st Lt Grochmal from the 359th Inland Cargo Transfer Company area poses in front of T-walls on Forward Operating Base Ghazni in Afghanistan circa 2012.
USAF crews load Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) onto a C-17 from retrograde of people and equipment throughout Afghanistan in December 2014. USAF Image.
U.S. Army operation in Afghanistan or Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) began on 7 October 2001 after the September 11 attacks on the United States. For the next twenty years, the U.S. Army would count on the Transportation Corps to sustain operations in Afghanistan. In that time, the U.S. Army would undergo major changes, organization, uniforms, and equipment which would all impact the Transportation Corps. Come to the U.S. Army Transportation Museum to see the three types of camouflage, the new vehicles, and much more about how the Transportation Corps operated during these last twenty years.