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 subse-
quently 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 Com-
mand at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; 
Whereas the assigned responsibilities of the Transportation 
Command include providing common-user and commer-
cial transportation, terminal management, aerial refuel-
ing, 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 peace-
keeping operations around the world, including United 
Nations operations in Iraq, Rwanda, and Somalia, as well 
as North Atlantic Treaty Organization operations in Ser-
bia 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 Trans-
portation 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 Trans-
portation Command, its components, and its national 
partners have transported approximately 4,000,000 pas-
sengers, 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 im-
proving 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 in-
vestment in cargo transportability, strategic lift, and pre- 
positioned stock, and called for continued recapitalization 
and modernization of the airlift and aerial tanker fleet: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the sacrifices and commitment of the 
approximately 155,000 men and women who com-
prise the United States Transportation Command, 
including active and reserve components, civilian em-
ployees, and contractors; 
(2) honors the families of the United States 
Transportation Command and their sacrifices while 
their loved ones are deployed around the world; 
(3) owes the men, women, and families of the 
Transportation Command a debt of gratitude; and 
(4) honors the achievements of the Transpor-
tation Command during the global war on terrorism. 
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