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7th TBX mariners return from deployment

Oct. 13, 2020

Safely ashore: 7th TBX mariners return from deployment

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Soldiers from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), along with two logistics support vessels, have returned home after spending more than nine months at sea providing maritime logistics to U.S. forces in the Middle East.

A participant at the Fort Eustis Fall Fest hands gifts to a child at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Oct. 25, 2019.

Oct. 30, 2019

Trick-or-treaters celebrate the spooky season

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Service members and their families attended the 10th annual Night at the Transportation Museum Halloween event and the Fall Fest at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Children dressed in costumes trick-or-treated, toured the museum’s live exhibits, walked through a haunted hangar and a Chinook helicopter, played games and made crafts.

An event attendee wears a shirt in remembrance of her son, U.S. Marine Sgt. Charles Strong, 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion critical skills operator, during the Gold Star Mothers and Families Day luncheon at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 29, 2019.

Oct. 7, 2019

Gold Star Family Day; honoring their sacrifice

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The Fort Eustis Survivor Outreach Services Program hosted a Gold Star Mothers and Families Day luncheon at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 29, 2019. This year’s theme was “A Moment in Time” and was meant to honor the sacrifices of Gold Star mothers and families.

The Virginia WWI and WWII Commemoration Commission's Profiles of Honor Mobile Tour is scheduled to be on display at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Virginia, March 9 - 10, 2018. The exhibit contains artifacts and replicas, and also gives visitors a chance to bring personal photos or documents to be archived and featured throughout the tour. (Courtesy Photo)

March 7, 2018

Eustis honors WWI and WWII veterans with mobile exhibit

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — To honor the legacy and sacrifice of World War I and World War II veterans, the U.S. Army Transportation Museum has partnered with The Virginia WWI and WWII Commemoration Commission to display the Profiles of Honor Mobile tour exhibit at the museum on Fort Eustis, scheduled for March 9 - 10, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For the past few weeks, a C-7A Caribou has grabbed most of the Fort Eustis community’s attention as a restoration team returns the aircraft to its former glory—a U.S. Army Golden Knights plane.

Nov. 9, 2017

Restoration project preserves Army aviation history

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — For the past few weeks, a C-7A Caribou has grabbed most of the Fort Eustis community’s attention as a restoration team returns the aircraft to its former glory—a U.S. Army Golden Knights plane.

Pirates, superheroes and princesses swarmed the U.S. Army Transportation Museum on Fort Eustis during its 8th annual Night at the Transportation Museum event, Oct. 23, 2017.

Oct. 25, 2017

‘Night at the Transportation Museum’ spooks, excites community members

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Pirates, superheroes and princesses swarmed the U.S. Army Transportation Museum on Fort Eustis during its 8th annual Night at the Transportation Museum event, Oct. 23, 2017.

Retired U.S. Army Col. Tom Reeves, Legion of Valor member, waits to tour U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., April 21, 2017. Members of the Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Inc., are recipients of either the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, Congressional Medal of Honor or the Air Force Cross. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kaylee Dubois)

April 26, 2017

History, heroes walk among us

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Twelve members from the longest running military service organization in the United States, the Legion of Valor, toured Joint Base Langley-Eustis, April 21, 2017. Founded originally as the Medal of Honor Legion in 1890, the Legion of Valor was later chartered by an act of Congress in 1955, adding U.S. Air Force Cross recipients to the organization. Legion of Valor members are recipients of the nation’s highest recognition for heroism in combat, either receiving the Distinguished Service Cross and Navy Cross to the Congressional Medal of Honor or Air Force Cross, and are honored through the organization.