| Unit Name: | 11th Transportation Battalion |
| Dates: | 1941–46; 1948–70; 1972–present |
| Country: | United States |
| Branch: | U.S. Army |
| Type: | Transportation |
| Role: | Port management |
| Size: | Battalion |
| Command Structure: | 7th Transportation Brigade |
| Garrison: | Fort Story, Virginia |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Distinctive unit insignia |
The 11th Transportation Battalion ("Over the Shore"[1]) is a transportation battalion of the United States Army first formed in 1936. The 11th Transportation Battalion is a subordinate unit of the 7th Transportation Brigade.
The 11th Transportation Battalion was originally constituted on 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as the 396th Quartermaster Battalion (Port). The Transportation Corps was not established until 1942. On 17 September 1942, the battalion was converted and re-designated as the 396th Port Battalion in the Transportation Corps.
The battalion served with distinction during World War II, participating in the first large-scale Logistics Over The Shore mission during the 1943 invasion of Sicily. Later, the battalion was in charge of several marshaling yards in France and in Germany.
On 29 September 1948, the battalion was re-designated as the 11th Transportation Port Battalion. Later, the battalion was reorganized and re-designated as the 11th Transportation Battalion. During the Vietnam War, the battalion also served with distinction receiving three Meritorious Unit Commendations and numerous campaign credits spanning the period of 1965 through 1970.
Although the battalion headquarters did not deploy to the Gulf War, over 500 soldiers attached to four units were sent to augment the 7th Transportation Group. In the fall of 1994, the battalion deployed to Haiti, in support of Operation Uphold Democracy, and again served with distinction receiving the Army Superior Unit Award. Immediately afterward, the battalion deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Vigilant Warrior. 11th Transportation Battalion Operated LACV-30 Hovercraft from 1983 to 1994.[2]
Since then the battalion has participated in numerous joint and combined exercises both in and out of CONUS. In January 2003 the battalion deployed again to Southwest Asia in support of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedoms.
Today, the 11th Transportation Battalion conducts multi-modal and terminal transportation operations. It consists of over 850 Soldiers who practice 27 different military occupational specialties in Seaport Operations Companies, an Inland Cargo Transfer Company, a Headquarters Detachment, a Harbormaster Detachment, and an Automated Cargo Documentation Detachment in support of the 7th Sustainment Brigade at Fort Eustis, Virginia. The battalion currently has deployment rotations in continuous support of the global war on terrorism.
OEF/OIF Rotation 1, -Kuwait 2002–2003(Shuaiba Port)
World War II: Sicily (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France; Rhineland
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