10th Transportation Battalion (United States) explained

Unit Name:10th Transportation Battalion
Dates:25 Jul 1942 – 31 Jan 1947
2 Sep 1954 – present
Country:United States
Branch:United States Army
Type:Transportation
Role:Terminal Operations
Size:Battalion
Command Structure:7th Transportation Brigade
Garrison:Fort Eustis, Virginia
Nickname:Waterborne Battalion
Motto:"WATERBORNE!"
Identification Symbol Label:10 Transportation Battalion unit insignia
Commander1:LTC Matthew T. Amsdell
Commander1 Label:Commander
Commander2:CSM Darrell D. Buck
Commander2 Label:Command Sargeant Major
Notable Commanders:LTC Lydia Y. Thornton 2018-2020 LTC Natasha S. Stanley 2016-2018LTC Kimberly D. Nash 2014-2016LTC Megan A. Gumpf 2012-2014

The 10th Transportation Battalion is a transportation battalion of the United States Army first constituted in 1942. The 10th Transportation is a subordinate unit of the 7th Transportation Brigade.

Lineage

Constituted 6 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Port of Embarkation

Activated 25 July 1942 at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, California

Converted and redesignated 7 November 1942 as the 10th Port Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Transportation Corps

Inactivated 31 January 1947 in Italy

Redesignated 23 August 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 10th Transportation Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 2 September 1954 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

Reorganized and redesignated 30 November 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Transportation Battalion

Campaign participation credit

World War II: Sicily; North Apennines; Rome-Arno

Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Decorations

External links