Transportation Officer 88A

88A - Transportation Officer

Transportation officers are our Army’s deployment and distribution experts, effectively supporting expeditionary forces. They are trained, innovative, and adaptive transportation and logistics leaders who are grounded in the Army Values and can operate throughout the JIIM environment. Transportation officers enable unified land operations through the application of functional expertise in deployment and distribution.

Upon promotion to Captain (CPT) and completion of the Combined Logistics Captains Career Course (LOG-C3), Transportation Officers become Multi-Functional Logistics Officers (90A), but retain the secondary branch code indicating a Transportation background (90A88)

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Platoon Positions

Movement Control Team (MCT)

Mission:To expedite, coordinate, and supervise transportation support of units, cargo, and personnel into, through, and out of air or water ports, or assigned geographical areas.

Assignment:To a Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) or Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC), attached to a Movement Control Battalion (MCB).

*Lieutenant positions are structured for modularity, depending on the mission can have ONE Squad or ALL

Medium truck Company (Cargo)(EAB Linehaul) 55653K100

Mission:To provide transportation for the movement of containerized, non-containerized, palletized, dry and/or refrigerated cargo, and bulk water products.

Assignment:To a Theater Sustainment Command or Expeditionary Sustainment Command, normally attached to a Transportation Motor Transport Battalion or a Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.

Medium truck Company (PLS)(EAB Tactical) 55643K300

Mission:To provide ground transportation for the movement of dry and refrigerated containerized cargo, and other breakbulk CGO, ammunition, and bottled water on PLS flat-racks. When equipped with tank racks/hippos can transport bulk water and bulk petroleum products.

Assignment:To a Theater Sustainment Command, normally attached to a Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.

Combat Heavy Equipment Transport

Mission:Initial mission is port clearance and force closure, then unit is available to relocate heavy maneuver forces on the battlefield. Once the force is closed, mission is for tactical displacement of heavy brigade combat teams. Also performs recovery and evacuation mission for equipment to higher levels of repair.

Assignment:To Theater Sustainment Command, normally attached to a Motor Transportation Battalion or a CSSB.

Trans Composite Truck Company (Heavy) 1

Mission:Perform Transportation and convoy security support to Sustainment Brigade operations for a Heavy Division. Provides transportation assets for the movement and distribution of dry and refrigerated containerized cargo, general non-containerized cargo, ammunition, bottled water, bulk water (when equipped with tank racks/hippos), heavy equipment, tanks and oversized loads. Performs unit moves, transports personnel, and provides escort services for contracted trucks.

Assignment:To a Sustainment Brigade in support of Division operations, normally attached to a CSSB.

Trans Composite Truck Company (Heavy) 2

Assignment:To a Sustainment Brigade in support of Division operations, normally attached to a CSSB.

Trans Composite Truck Company (Heavy) 3

Assignment:To a Sustainment Brigade in support of Division operations, normally attached to a CSSB.

Trans Heavy Watercraft CO 55823K000

Mission:To perform waterborne transportation of personnel, cargo and equipment during intra-theater lift, water terminal, waterborne tactical and joint amphibious, riverine or Joints Logistics-Over-The-Shore (JLOTS) operations.

Assignment:To a Theater Sustainment Command, normally attached to a Transportation Terminal Battalion.