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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Transportation Command
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|Mission=To provide air, land, and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, both in peace and war, to meet national security needs and support global military operations.
|ParentOrganization=Department of Defense
|TopOrganization=Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation=National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987
|Employees=140000
|OrganizationExecutive=Commander
|Services=Air mobility; Sea lift; Land transportation; Patient movement; Logistics support
|HeadquartersLocation=38.53778, -89.86517
|HeadquartersAddress=508 Scott Drive, Scott Air Force Base, IL 62225, USA
|Website=https://www.ustranscom.mil
}}
{{Short description|Unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces}}

{{United States Armed Forces sidebar}}
The '''United States Transportation Command''' ('''USTRANSCOM''') is one of the eleven [[Unified combatant command|unified commands]] of the [[United States Department of Defense]]. In both times of peace and war, USTRANSCOM's role is to provide the Department of Defense with air, land, and sea transportation. USTRANSCOM was founded in 1987 and is based at [[Scott Air Force Base]] in Illinois.

The USTRANSCOM commander is Air Force [[General (United States)|General]] [[Randall Reed]].<ref name="USTRANCOM Leadership">{{cite web |title=USTRANSCOM Leadership |url=https://www.ustranscom.mil/cmd/leadership.cfm |website=USTRANCOM Leadership Page |publisher=USTRANSCOM |access-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>

==Components==
USTRANSCOM coordinates missions worldwide using both military and [[commerce|commercial]] transportation resources. It is composed of three service component commands: The [[United States Air Force|Air Force's]] [[Air Mobility Command]], the [[United States Navy|Navy's]] [[United States Military Sealift Command|Military Sealift Command]] and the [[United States Army|Army's]] [[Surface Deployment and Distribution Command]].  The [[Joint Enabling Capabilities Command]], which was part of the former [[U.S. Joint Forces Command]], is now part of the U.S. Transportation Command. Some of the various missions of the different branches of the [[United States Armed Forces]] at the USTRANSCOM headquarters include: 

===Air Force===

[[Air Mobility Command]] (AMC) is also located at [[Scott Air Force Base|Scott AFB]]. The AMC fleet provides refueling and cargo and personnel transport capability. Aircraft of the command include: [[C-17 Globemaster]] III, [[C-5 Galaxy]], [[C-130 Hercules]], [[KC-135 Stratotanker]], and [[KC-10 Extender]]. Additional long-range airlift aircraft are available if a [[National Emergencies Act|U.S. national emergency]] is declared through the [[Civil Reserve Air Fleet]], a fleet of commercial aircraft committed to support the transportation of [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military forces]] and material in times of crisis.

===Navy===

[[Military Sealift Command]] (MSC), USTRANSCOM's [[sealift]] component, provides sea transportation worldwide for DoD in peace and wartime. Headquartered in [[Norfolk, Virginia]]. MSC uses a mixture of government-owned and commercial ships for three primary functions: surge sealift, principally used to move unit equipment from the United States to theaters of operations all over the world; prepositioned sealift, which comes under USTRANSCOM's command once the ships have been released into the common-user fleet; and sustainment sealift, the lifeline that keeps deployed forces continuously supplied. [[List of Military Sealift Command ships|MSC]] assets include Fast Sealift and [[List of Military Sealift Command ships|Ready Reserve Force]] ships. In addition, MSC charters and books space on commercial ships.

[[File:USNS Red Cloud 2.jpg|thumb|The [[Military Sealift Command]] large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR 313) participates in Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (CJLOTS) 2015 at Anmyeon Beach, Republic of Korea.]]

===Army===

[[Surface Deployment and Distribution Command|Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command]] (SDDC), located at [[Scott Air Force Base]], [[Illinois]], is the commercial surface lift component and primary surface distribution manager for USTRANSCOM. SDDC provides global surface deployment command and control and distribution operations. SDDC has a presence in 24 water ports worldwide. In an average year, SDDC manages and directs the movement of 3.7&nbsp;million [[measurement ton]]s (4.2&nbsp;million m³) of ocean cargo, 500,000 personal property moves, 600,000 domestic freight shipments, 72,000 privately owned vehicles and 518,000 passengers. SDDC assets include 10,000 [[Intermodal container|containers]] and 1,350 [[railroad car]]s. Within the United States, the SDDC works with the [[Federal Highway Administration]] to designate the [[National Highway System (United States)|Strategic Highway Network]].

[[Joint Operational Support Airlift Center]] (JOSAC) specializes in the airlift of senior defense officials within the continental United States. JOSAC is located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.

[[Joint Enabling Capabilities Command]] (JECC) supervises quickly deployable planning, communications, and public affairs elements. JECC is located at [[Naval Station Norfolk]], Virginia and is divided into three subordinate joint commands that provide capabilities across seven unique functional areas. It aims to bring tailored, mission-specific forces to a joint force commander within hours of notification. The JECC subordinate joint commands are: 
* Joint Planning Support Element (JPSE) – Provides specialists whose task is to accelerate the formation and effectiveness of newly formed joint force headquarters. JPSE is co-located with the JECC headquarters at [[Naval Station Norfolk|Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. ]]
* [[Joint Communications Support Element]] (JCSE)<ref name=jcse >[https://www.army.mil/article/215221/communication_is_key_and_could_be_the_difference_between_life_or_death Petty Officer 1st Class Kiona Miller (December 17, 2018) Communication is key, and could be the difference between life or death]</ref> – Provides rapidly deployable, en-route, early entry and scalable command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities across the full spectrum of operations in order to facilitate rapid establishment of joint force headquarters and bridge joint C4ISR requirements. JCSE is located at [[MacDill Air Force Base]], Florida.
* Joint Public Affairs Support Element (JPASE). JPASE is located in [[Suffolk, Virginia]].

==History==
[[File:C-54landingattemplehof.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Berliners watch a [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]] land at [[Tempelhof Airport]], during the [[Berlin Airlift]] in 1948.]]
[[World War II]], the [[Berlin Blockade|Berlin blockade]], the Korean War, and the Vietnam War all demonstrated that the United States needed to maintain a capable and ready transportation system for national security. In 1978, however, [[military exercise]] "Nifty Nugget" exposed great gaps in the understanding between military and civilian participants: mobilization and deployment plans fell apart, and as a result, the United States and its [[NATO]] allies "lost the war". Two major recommendations came out of Nifty Nugget.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pearson |first1=David E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AIBRdaeLeXMC |title=The World Wide Military Command and Control System evolution and effectiveness |year=2000 |publisher=DIANE Publishing |isbn=978-1428990869 |access-date=3 February 2016 }}</ref> First, the Transportation Operating Agencies (later called the Transportation Component Commands) needed to have a direct reporting chain to the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (JCS). Second, the JCS should establish a single manager for deployment and execution. As a result, the JCS formed the Joint Deployment Agency (JDA) at [[MacDill Air Force Base]] in Florida in 1979.

Despite its many successes, the JDA could not handle the job. Although the JDA had responsibility for integrating deployment procedures, it did not have authority to direct the Transportation Operating Agencies or Unified and Specified Commanders in Chief to take corrective actions, keep databases current, or adhere to milestones. According to several independent studies on transportation, the Department of Defense (DOD) needed to consolidate transportation. Consequently, President [[Ronald Reagan]] on 18 April 1987 ordered the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] to establish a Unified Transportation Command (UTC), a directive made possible in part by the [[Goldwater-Nichols Act|Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986]], which revoked the law prohibiting consolidation of military transportation functions.

The UTC Implementation Plan (IP) outlined the new unified command's responsibilities, functions, and organization. Christened United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), its mission was to "provide global air, sea and land transportation to meet national security needs". It had three transportation component commands—the Air Force's Military Airlift Command (replaced by Air Mobility Command in 1992), the Navy's Military Sealift Command, and the Army's Military Traffic Management Command, (renamed Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command in 2004). The JDA's missions and functions transferred to USTRANSCOM on 18 April 1987, when the agency became the command's Directorate of Deployment. Additionally, the IP located the command at Scott AFB, to take advantage of Military Airlift Command's expertise in command and control. On 22 June 1987, the President nominated Air Force Gen. [[Duane H. Cassidy]] as the first Commander, USTRANSCOM, and on 1 July the Senate confirmed the recommendation, thus activating the command at Scott. The commander of USTRANSCOM received operational direction from the [[National Command Authority (United States)|National Command Authority]] (NCA) through the [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]].

USTRANSCOM appeared, at first glance, to be the long sought-after remedy for DOD's fragmented and often criticized transportation system. Its establishment gave the United States, for the first time, a four-star, unified combatant commander to serve as single-point-of-contact for Defense Transportation System (DTS) customers and to act as advocate for the DTS in DOD and before Congress. But it soon became apparent that, in reality, the nation's newest unified command was created half-baked. The IP allowed the Services to retain their single-manager charters for their respective transportation modes. Even more restrictive, the document limited USTRANSCOM's authorities primarily to wartime.

[[File:Simultaneous operations no problem for Beaumont battalion 131212-A-TQ663-773.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, 597th Transportation Brigade, 842nd Trans. Battalion, orchestrates simultaneous terminal operations for the loading of unit equipment headed overseas and the offloading of cargo returning from Afghanistan at the [[Port of Beaumont]] and at [[Port of Port Arthur]], Texas, 8–20 Dec 2013.]]
As a result, during peacetime, USTRANSCOM's component commands continued to operate day-to-day much as they did in the past. They controlled their industrial funds and maintained responsibility for service-unique missions, service-oriented procurement and maintenance scheduling, and DOD charters during peacetime single-manager transportation operations. They also continued to have operational control of forces. It took a wartime test by fire, the [[Invasion of Kuwait]] and the subsequent [[Gulf War]], to bring to maturity a fully operational, peacetime and wartime, USTRANSCOM.

The strategic deployment for Desert Shield/Desert Storm ranks among the largest in history. USTRANSCOM, in concert with its components, moved to the [[United States Central Command]] area of responsibility nearly 504,000 passengers, 3.7&nbsp;million [[Ton|measurement tons]] (4.2&nbsp;million m³) of [[Cargo|dry cargo]], and {{convert|6100000|ST}} of petroleum products in approximately seven months. This equated roughly to the deployment and sustainment of two Army corps, two Marine Corps expeditionary forces, and 28 Air Force tactical fighter squadrons.

The DOD learned much from the deployment to the [[Persian Gulf]], and foremost among those lessons was that USTRANSCOM and its component commands needed to operate in peacetime as they would in wartime. Consequently, on 14 February 1992, the Secretary of Defense gave USTRANSCOM a new charter. Stating the command's mission to be "to provide air, land and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, both in time of peace and time of war," the charter greatly expanded the authorities of the USTRANSCOM commander. Under it, the Service Secretaries assigned the components to the USTRANSCOM commander in peace and war. In addition, the military departments assigned to him, under his combatant command, all transportation assets except those that were service-unique or theater-assigned. The charter also made the USTRANSCOM commander DOD's single-manager for transportation, other than service-unique and theater-assigned assets.

In 1995, USTRANSCOM supported 76 humanitarian missions and 94 [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] exercises, visiting approximately 80 percent of the 192 countries.

Since Desert Shield/Desert Storm, the Command has continued to provide transport support in contingencies—such as Desert Thunder (enforcement of UN resolutions in [[Iraq]]) and [[Operation Allied Force]] (NATO operations against Serbia)--and peacekeeping endeavors—for example, [[Operation Restore Hope]] ([[Somalia]]), [[Operation Support Hope|Support Hope]] ([[Rwanda]]), [[Operation Uphold Democracy|Uphold Democracy]] ([[Haiti]]), [[Operation Joint Endeavor]] ([[Bosnia-Herzegovina]]), and [[Operation Joint Guardian|Joint Guardian]] ([[Kosovo]]). It has also supported numerous humanitarian relief operations transporting relief supplies to victims of natural disasters at home and abroad. After the [[11 September 2001 attacks]], it became a vital partner in the United States' [[War on Terrorism|Global War on Terrorism]] supporting U.S. forces in [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] ([[Afghanistan]]) and the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. From October 2001 to the present, USTRANSCOM, its components, and its national partners have transported over 2.2&nbsp;million passengers and nearly {{convert|6100000|ST}} of cargo in support of the war on terrorism.

[[File:Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel passes the command flag to Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, the incoming commander of U.S. Transportation Command, during the change-of-command ceremony on Scott Air Force Base, Ill 140505-D-NI589-764c.jpg|thumb|Defense Secretary [[Chuck Hagel]] passes the TRANSCOM command flag to incoming combatant commander General [[Paul J. Selva]] in a change of command ceremony on 5 May 2014.]]
On 16 September 2003 Secretary of Defense [[Donald H. Rumsfeld]] designated the Commander, USTRANSCOM as the Distribution Process Owner (DPO) to serve "as the single entity to direct and supervise execution of the Strategic Distribution system" in order to "improve the overall efficiency and interoperability of distribution related activities—deployment, sustainment and redeployment support during peace and war." With the most capable and ready air, land, and sea strategic mobility forces in the world, and with the authorities as the DPO, USTRANSCOM will continue to support the United States and its allies, in peace and war.

==Current activities==
[[File:Exercise Turbo Distribution.jpg|thumb| A [[West Virginia Air National Guard]] C-130 Hercules prepares to offload cargo at [[Camp Shelby]] Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., during Exercise Turbo Distribution, 28 October 2015.]]

Cyber threats remain a major concern for USTRANSCOM. Nearly 90 percent of USTRANSCOM missions are executed over unclassified and commercial networks because of its extensive use of commercial capabilities. USTRANSCOM's Joint Cyber Center (JCC) uses a process known as the Cyber Staff Estimate to assess risk, adjust defensive posture, and adopt operational or technical mitigations in performance of key missions. USTRANSCOM integrates cyber security language into a majority of its commercial contracts and co-chairs the National Defense Transportation Association Cybersecurity Committee.

===Airlift and Aerial Refueling===

[[Airlift]] forces move critical cargo and people to the point of need, while [[air refueling]] capabilities enable projection of forces across great distances to any location at any time. The Air Force's primary airlift workhorse, the [[Boeing C-17 Globemaster III]], remains the backbone of the United States' strategic airlift capability. To continue the C-17's airworthiness and meet [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) 2020 mandates, the Air Force has planned a series of modifications for the early 2020s and is pursuing a mitigation plan to restore 16 of their C-17 aircraft from Backup Aircraft Inventory to Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory.

The [[Lockheed C-5 Galaxy]] fleet is currently undergoing a Reliability Enhancement and Reengining Program modification through April 2018, which will extend service life past 2040.

Additionally, USTRANSCOM is building partnership capacity with other nations possessing air refueling competencies. Greater interoperability among nations will strengthen coalition partnerships and provide additional capability to the combatant commands.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

===Surface===

Civil sector transportation infrastructure enables the movement of military forces. The Defense Personal Property Program (DP3), administered by SDDC, enables the movement and storage of service member, DoD employee, and [[U.S. Coast Guard]] (USCG) employee personal property and privately owned vehicles. DP3, in collaboration with Transportation Service Providers (TSP), manages over 550,000 personal property shipments for DoD and USCG customers at an annual cost of $2 billion.

The Defense Personal Property System (DPS) and its associated Program Management Office provide a centralized, web-based, single-point interface system for worldwide shipment of personal property. The DPS is a self-service system, offering real-time access for government, industry and customer users to input and retrieve data supporting the entire movement process – from pick-up to delivery of household goods.

===Sealift===
[[File:USNS Shughart gangplank.jpg|thumb|right|[[USNS Shughart (T-AKR-295)|USNS ''Shughart'']], a non-combatant RORO vessel, unloading [[Stryker]] armored vehicles]]

[[Sealift]] moves roughly 90 percent of all DoD cargo and maintaining the readiness of the entire strategic sealift portfolio, both commercial and organic, is a top priority for USTRANSCOM.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Per the National Sealift Policy, USTRANSCOM relies upon the U.S.-flag commercial shipping industry, to the extent it is available, to provide sealift in peace, crisis and war, and the government-owned organic fleets to provide unique national defense capabilities not resident or available in sufficient numbers in commercial industry. USTRANSCOM's relationships with its U.S.-flag commercial sealift partners are formalized through agreements such as the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA), the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and the Voluntary Tanker Agreement (VTA).

USTRANSCOM has expressed concerns that the U.S.-flag commercial international trading sector is declining. In the past year, fourteen U.S.-flag internationally trading vessels within the VISA program were either reflagged to a foreign country or scrapped without replacement due, in large part, to the reduction in demand. This loss of U.S.-flag vessels represents a net decrease of over 327,000 square feet of [[roll-on/roll-off]] force projection capacity and over 600 U.S. merchant mariner jobs. The reduction of U.S.-flag vessels is forcing USTRANSCOM's commercial sealift partners to make adjustments to the services they provide by either removing liner capacity or expanding alliances with other carriers to take advantage of larger vessels.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Government-owned organic fleets are also facing challenges. Due to the age of vessels in the [[United States Maritime Administration]]'s (MARAD) [[Ready Reserve Force]], this fleet will begin to lose capacity in the mid to late-2020s, with significant losses in the 2030s.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==Combatant Commanders==
{{Main|Leadership of the United States Transportation Command}}
[[File:2024 U.S. Transportation Command Change of Command 241004-F-AL160-1583.jpg|thumb|Gen [[Randall Reed]] (''center right, saluting'') assumes command of U.S. Transportation Command on October 4, 2024.]]
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|-
! rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! colspan=2| Commander
! colspan=3| Term
! rowspan=2| Service branch
|-
! Portrait
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Term length
|-
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Duane H Cassidy.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Duane H. Cassidy]]
| officeholder_sort = Cassidy, Duane H.
| born_year         = 1933
| died_year         = 2016
| term_start        = 1 July 1987
| term_end          = 21 September 1989
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1 July 1987|21 September 1989}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 2
| military_rank     = General
| image             = General Hansford Johnson, official military photo, 1990.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Hansford T. Johnson]]
| officeholder_sort = Johnson, Hansford T.
| born_year         = 1936
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 22 September 1989
| term_end          = 24 August 1992
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|22 September 1989|24 August 1992}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 3
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Gen Ronald R. Fogleman, USCINCTRANS.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Ronald R. Fogleman]]
| officeholder_sort = Fogleman, Ronald R.
| born_year         = 1942
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 25 August 1992
| term_end          = 17 October 1994
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|25 August 1992|17 October 1994}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 4
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Robert L Rutherford.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Robert L. Rutherford]]
| officeholder_sort = Rutherford, Robert L.
| born_year         = 1938
| died_year         = 2013
| term_start        = 18 October 1994
| term_end          = 14 July 1996
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|18 October 1994|14 July 1996}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 5
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Walter Kross.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Walter Kross]]
| officeholder_sort = Kross, Walter
| born_year         = 1942
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 15 July 1996
| term_end          = 2 August 1998
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|15 July 1996|2 August 1998}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 6
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Charles T Robertson Jr.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Charles T. Robertson Jr.]]
| officeholder_sort = Robertson, Charles T. Jr.
| born_year         = 1946
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 3 August 1998
| term_end          = 5 November 2001
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|3 August 1998|5 November 2001}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 7
| military_rank     = General
| image             = John w handy (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[John W. Handy]]
| officeholder_sort = Handy, John W.
| born_year         = 1944
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 5 November 2001
| term_end          = 7 September 2005
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|5 November 2001|7 September 2005}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 8
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Norton A. Schwartz.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Norton A. Schwartz]]
| officeholder_sort = Schwartz, Norton A.
| born_year         = 1951
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 7 September 2005
| term_end          = 11 August 2008
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|7 September 2005|11 August 2008}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = –
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| image             = Ann E. Rondeau.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Ann E. Rondeau]]
| officeholder_sort = Rondeau, Ann E.
| born_year         = 1951
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 12 August 2008
| term_end          = 5 September 2008
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|12 August 2008|4 September 2008}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Emblem of the United States Navy.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]
| acting            = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 9
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Mcnabb dj5.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Duncan J. McNabb]]
| officeholder_sort = McNabb, Duncan J.
| born_year         = 1952
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 5 September 2008
| term_end          = 14 October 2011
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|5 September 2008|14 October 2011}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 10
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Fraser TRANSCOM HighRes.jpg
| officeholder      = [[William M. Fraser III]]
| officeholder_sort = Fraser, William M. III
| born_year         = 1952
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 14 October 2011
| term_end          = 5 May 2014
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|14 October 2011|5 May 2014}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 11
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Selva Transcom.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Paul J. Selva]]
| officeholder_sort = Selva, Paul J.
| born_year         = 1958
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 5 May 2014
| term_end          = 31 July 2015
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|5 May 2014|31 July 2015}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = –
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| image             = VICE ADMIRAL WILLIAM A. BROWN.JPG
| officeholder      = [[William A. Brown (admiral)|William Brown]]
| officeholder_sort = Brown, William
| born_year         = 1960
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 31 July 2015
| term_end          = 26 August 2015
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|31 July 2015|26 August 2015}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Emblem of the United States Navy.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]
| acting            = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 12
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Dew 2015 HiRes.JPG
| officeholder      = [[Darren W. McDew]]
| officeholder_sort = McDew, Darren W.
| born_year         = 1960
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 26 August 2015
| term_end          = 28 August 2018
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|26 August 2015|28 August 2018}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 13
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Gen. Stephen R. Lyons (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Stephen R. Lyons]]
| officeholder_sort = Lyons, Stephen R.
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 24 August 2018
| term_end          = 15 October 2021
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|24 August 2018|15 October 2021}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Military service mark of the United States Army.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Army]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 14
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Gen Jacqueline D. Van Ovost (3).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Jacqueline D. Van Ovost]]
| officeholder_sort = Ovost, Jacqueline Van
| born_year         = 1965
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 15 October 2021
| term_end          = 4 October 2024
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|15 October 2021|4 October 2024}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 15
| military_rank     = General
| image             = Gen Randall Reed (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Randall Reed]]
| officeholder_sort = Reed, Randall
| born_year         = {{circa|1967}}
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 4 October 2024
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|4 October 2024}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:U.S. Air Force service mark.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
}}
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|United States}}
*[[Military logistics]]
*[[U.S. Merchant Marine Academy]]

==Sources==
''This article includes text from the [[public domain]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20060919184023/http://www.transcom.mil/ USTRANSCOM Official Homepage].

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