Story by Julie A Kelemen | 597th Transportation Brigade | 07.14.2021
¬¬¬Rapid port opening elements (RPOEs) provide an expeditionary answer to the challenge of logistics support in contingency response operations for the Department of Defense. The 688th, 689th and 690th RPOEs – all based at Fort Eustis, Virginia – are the first active-duty Army units created specifically to provide surface transportation expertise for the U.S. Transportation Command’s......
Story by Sgt. Marco Gutierrez | 350th Public Affairs Detachment | 06.17.2015
When the Army needs to move supplies and equipment from one location to the next, it is up to transportation specialists to get it done. During Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) Global Lightning 2015 and the Quartermaster Liquid Logistic Training Exercise (QLLEX), it is up to members of the 302nd Inland Continental Transportation Company to move the equipment necessary to operate and......