IV 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 640 

Honoring the sacrifices and commitments of the men, women, and families 

of the United States Transportation Command, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 

Mr. COSTELLO (for himself, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. ORTIZ, and Mr. SKELTON) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the sacrifices and commitments of the men, 

women, and families of the United States Transportation 

Command, and for other purposes. 

Whereas the passage of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of 

Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99– 

433) revoked the law prohibiting consolidation of military 

transportation functions, and President Reagan subsequently ordered the establishment of a United States 

Transportation Command; 

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

activation of the Transportation Command at Scott Air 

Force Base, Illinois; 

Whereas the Transportation Command is comprised of the 

Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 


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the Military Sealift Command at Washington, DC, and 

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

Whereas the assigned responsibilities of the Transportation 

Command include providing common-user and commercial transportation, terminal management, aerial refueling, global patient movement, and serving as the mobility 

joint force provider; 

Whereas Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert 

Storm first demonstrated the Transportation Command 

as a fully operational command in both peacetime and 

wartime; 

Whereas the Transportation Command has continued to 

prove its worth during many contingency and peacekeeping operations around the world, including United 

Nations operations in Iraq, Rwanda, and Somalia, as well 

as North Atlantic Treaty Organization operations in Serbia and Kosovo; 

Whereas the Transportation Command has supported many 

humanitarian relief operations transporting relief supplies 

to victims of foreign and domestic natural disasters; 

Whereas after terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and 

wounded thousands on September 11, 2001, the Transportation Command became a vital asset in the global 

war on terrorism, supporting members of the Armed 

Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, 

in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and around the world; 

Whereas from October 2001 to September 2007, the Transportation Command, its components, and its national 

partners have transported approximately 4,000,000 passengers, 9,000,000 short tons of cargo, and over 


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

war on terrorism; 

Whereas in 2003 the Secretary of Defense charged the 

Transportation Command with the responsibility of improving the logistics, efficiency, and interoperability of 

distribution-related activities throughout the Department 

of Defense; and 

Whereas the 2005 quadrennial defense review 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: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) honors the sacrifices and commitment of the 

3 approximately 155,000 men and women who com4 prise the United States Transportation Command, 

5 including active and reserve components, civilian em6 ployees, and contractors; 

7 (2) honors the families of the United States 

8 Transportation Command and their sacrifices while 

9 their loved ones are deployed around the world; 

10 (3) owes the men, women, and families of the 

11 Transportation Command a debt of gratitude; and 

12 (4) honors the achievements of the Transpor13 tation Command during the global war on terrorism. 

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