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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 319 

Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the United States 

Transportation Command on its 20th anniversary. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007 

Mr. DURBIN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the United 

States Transportation Command on its 20th anniversary. 

Whereas the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–433) revoked 

prohibitions on the consolidation of military transportation functions, and President Reagan subsequently ordered the establishment of a unified transportation command within the Armed Forces; 

Whereas October 1, 2007, marks the 20th year anniversary 

of the activation of the United States Transportation 

Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; 

Whereas the United States Transportation Command consists 

of— 

(1) the United States Transportation Command at 

Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; 


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(2) the Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force 

Base, Illinois; 

(3) the Military Sealift Command in Washington, 

District of Columbia; and 

(4) the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; 

Whereas Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert 

Storm provided a wartime test for the United States 

Transportation Command, resulting in a command that 

is fully operational in both peacetime and wartime; 

Whereas the United States Transportation Command has 

continued to prove its worth during United States contingency operations, such as Operation Desert Thunder (enforcing United Nations resolutions in Iraq) and Operation Allied Force (North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

operations against Serbia), and United States peacekeeping endeavors, such as Operation Restore Hope (in 

Somalia), Operation Support Hope (in Rwanda), Operation Uphold Democracy (in Haiti), Operation Joint Endeavor (in Bosnia-Herzegovina), and Operation Joint 

Guardian (in Kosovo); 

Whereas the United States Transportation Command has 

also supported numerous humanitarian relief operations 

transporting relief supplies to victims of natural disasters 

at home and abroad; 

Whereas the United States Transportation Command is a 

vital element in the war against terrorism, supporting the 

Armed Forces around the world; 

Whereas since October 2001, the United States Transportation Command, and its components and national partners, have transported nearly 4,000,000 passengers, 


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9,000,000 short tons of cargo, and more than 

4,000,000,000,000 gallons of fuel in support of the war 

on terrorism; 

Whereas in 2003 the Secretary of Defense designated the 

Commander of the United States Transportation Command as Distribution Process Owner to serve as the single Department of Defense entity to ‘‘improve the overall 

efficiency and interoperability of distribution related activities—deployment, sustainment and redeployment support during peace and war’’; 

Whereas the Quadrennial Defense Review of 2005 recognized 

the importance of joint mobility and the critical role that 

it plays in global power projection; cited the successful investment in cargo transportability, strategic lift, and prepositioned stock; and called for continued recapitalization 

and modernization of the airlift and aerial tanker fleet; 

and 

Whereas the assigned responsibilities of the United States 

Transportation Command include— 

(1) providing common-user and commercial transportation, terminal management, and aerial refueling; 

(2) providing global patient movement for the Department of Defense through the Defense Transportation 

System; 

(3) serving as the Mobility Joint Force Provider; 

and 

(4) serving as Distribution Process Owner for the 

Department of Defense: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) honors the sacrifice and commitment of the 

3 155,000 members of the Armed Forces (including 


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1 the National Guard and Reserve) and civilian em2 ployees and contractors that comprise the United 

3 States Transportation Command and recognizes the 

4 debt of gratitude of the American people; 

5 (2) honors the families of United States Trans6 portation Command members and recognizes their 

7 sacrifices while their loved ones are deployed around 

8 the world; and 

9 (3) recognizes the success of United States 

10 Transportation Command over the last 20 years and 

11 its continuing vital contributions to the war against 

12 terrorism. 

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