Accession Number:
AD1111643
Title:
Defense Primer: United States Transportation Command
Descriptive Note:
[Technical Report, Congressional Report]
Corporate Author:
Congressional Research Service
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2020-03-31
Pagination or Media Count:
3
Abstract:
United States Transportation Command USTRANSCOM or TRANSCOM is a Department of Defense DOD functional combatant command responsible for providing air, land, and sea transportation to meet national security needs. TRANSCOMs assigned mission is to conduct globally integrated mobility operations, lead the broader joint deployment and distribution enterprise, and provide enabling capabilities to project and sustain the Joint Force. It is the centerpiece of the Defense Transportation System, which comprises U.S. military, U.S. commercial, and foreign transportation resources.
Descriptors:
- united states transportation command
- congress
- national security
- unified combatant commands
- department of defense
- united states
- combatant commanders
- maritime industry
- deployment
- surface transportation
- transportation
- united states government
- aircrafts
- natural disasters
- shipping
- supply chain management
- air force
- freight transportation
- governments
- logistics
Subject Categories:
- Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
- Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies