Fort Eustis
Fort Eustis is located on the James River at the northern tip of Newport News and only minutes from Williamsburg, Virginia. It is collocated with HQ TRADOC and the Joint Warfighting Center at Fort Monroe and Air Combat Command at Langley AFB. Across Hampton Roads is Atlantic Command at Norfolk Naval Base. Fort Eustis is the home of the US Army Transportation Corps, which includes the Transportation Center and School, the Aviation Logistics School, and the Non-commissioned Officer Academy.

Fort Story, a major sub-installation of Fort Eustis, is located at Cape Henry, at the juncture of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the prime location and training environment for both Army amphibious operations and Joint Logistics-Over-the-Shore (LOTS) training events.

The U.S. Army Transportation Center, Fort Eustis, is an 8,300-acre facility in southeastern Virginia, within the City of Newport News. Fort Eustis is the Transportation Corps Training Center, providing training in rail, marine, and amphibian operations and other modes of transportation. Fort Eustis began operations in 1918 as a training camp and became a permanent installation in 1923. Approximately 17,500 military personnel and civilians work, live, or train at Fort Eustis.

Fort Eustis, located in Newport News, Virginia, was established in 1918. The original purpose was to serve as a point of concentration, organization, training and embarkation for the troops of the Coast Artillery Corps intended for duty abroad as heavy field artillery, trench mortar batteries, and antiaircraft artillery units. Since 1918, Fort Eustis has served a number of purposes, including an Army training facility for artillery and artillery observation, a prison for prohibition law offenders, and a work camp for the Works Progress Administration. Beginning in the World War II era, the primary mission of Fort Eustis has been Army transportation training, research and development, engineering, and operations, including aviation and marine shipping activities. The post is currently under the command of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

The Transportation Center, which includes Forts Eustis and Story, is always on the move, playing a critical role in deployments by providing transportation services to the Army, Department of Defense, and other government agencies in peacetime and war. In addition to training military and civilian transporters for Active Army, Reserve, National Guard, and Department of Defense, the Transportation Center is responsible for providing the only training center in the Army for Logistics-Over-the-Shore (LOTS) training. LOTS training conducted at Fort Story ensures mission readiness to work in areas with no existing port.

Fort Eustis is home to the 7th Transportation Group (Composite), the Army's most deployed unit. The 7th Group supported Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Operation Restore Hope, Operation Provide Hope, and Operation Vigilant Warrior, as well as operations in Rwanda, Haiti, and Bosnia.

Fort Eustis has approximately 8300 acres of land with 2000 acres of cantonment area. The training areas total 6081 acres distributed throughout the installation, including 1000 acres for small arms ranges. Training areas are located on both improved and unimproved grounds. The improved grounds include the Third Port facility and Felker Army Airfield. There is also a Fast Sealift Ship training ship located at Lambert?s Point in Norfolk, Virginia. Felker Army Airfield specializes in helicopter flight training. There are 77 miles of paved road and 15 miles of unpaved road that allow access to remote sections of the installation. There are 31 miles of railroad track used for rail training on the installation. The unimproved training areas include forests, wetlands and open plains field to provide the soldiers realistic terrain to train on.

With fewer U.S. forces permanently stationed overseas, the military services must increase the capability to move forces abroad. This means that troops, equipment, and supplies must travel even greater distances, so deployments must be accomplished more efficiently than ever. With the reduction of funds available for training, the use of Forts Eustis and Story for future training exercises is more important than ever. Ongoing training exercises are critical to the success of the 7th Transportation Group; troops need to maintain their edge to accomplish missions as quickly and efficiently as possible. However, training for rapid deployment without compromising the environment requires strategic planning and coordination. Strategic planning for environmental issues such as National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation and environmental training (particularly spill and pollution prevention) for troops has remained a challenge.

Fort Eustis employs a workforce of about 9,600 military and 4,150 civilian personnel. There are about 1,350 housing units on-post, with 1,100 military personnel and 2,700 dependents in residence. On-post dormitories house about 1,600 military personnel. Additionally, there is an average of about 600 short-term military personnel on-post for training.

Fort Eustis is located within the city of Newport News, Virginia. The area around the post is used for a combination of rural, residential, commercial and industrial activities. The post is bounded by the James River to the west and south and the Warwick River to the east. These rivers are commonly used for recreational boating and fishing activities. Commercial fishing also occurs in the vicinity of the post.

Fort Eustis was proposed for the EPA National Priorities List in January 1994, and listed in December 1994. The post encompasses an area of about 8,300 acres. For remedial activity purposes, Fort Eustis has delineated 22 Installation Restoration Program areas, consisting of landfills, waste holding ponds, leaking underground storage tanks and fuel spills, maintenance and fuel storage areas, and fire fighting training areas.