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Tag: Railroad

Thomas DeRosier, 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Transportation section, utility rail branch locomotive engineer, operates a switch on a rail line at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 15, 2019. The U.S. Army closed the military occupation specialty to active duty and now only has Army Reserve and civilian railway operations crewmembers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)

Feb. 27, 2019

Aging technology that never fails

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website — Throughout the Civil War leading up to the Korean War, the U.S. Army relied heavily on the success of railroad operations, and that still rings true today at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.