Fort Eustis Based News Today

A U.S.-built temporary pier used to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza was damaged by rough seas and has temporarily suspended operations.

The Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 1,800-foot-long causeway was built by Fort Eustis-based 7th Transportation Brigade soldiers.

Army Col. Tanya McGonegal was 25 when she experienced the first “only” in her military career. She was the sole woman in the June 1999 graduating class at Virginia State Officer Candidate School.

Army Col. Tanya McGonegal was 25 when she experienced the first “only” in her military career. She was the sole woman in the June 1999 graduating class at Virginia State Officer Candidate School. The graduation set the tone for McGonegal’s 25-year career with the Army National Guard, where she continues paving the way for future generations of military leaders. “I don’t wake up in the morning ...

Army Col. Tanya McGonegal was 25 when she experienced the first “only” in her military career. She was the sole woman in the June 1999 graduating class at Virginia State Officer Candidate School. The graduation set the tone for McGonegal’s 25-year career with the Army National Guard, where she continues paving the way for future generations of military leaders. “I don’t wake up in the morning ...

The Air Force is putting new focus on preparing airmen for tasks outside their specialties.

The service has a new focus on preparing airmen for tasks outside their specialties and to move the force to a mindset more like the expeditionary units at the Navy’s Little Creek base, the Marines who board Norfolk-based amphibious ships and the Army’s Fort Eustis-based 7th Transportation Brigade.

(Tribune News Service) — Walking through the  Atlanta airport on the first day of Block Leave last month to see how getting 45,000 young soldiers home for the holidays was going, Major  Gen. Lonnie Hibbard spotted one wide-eyed and looking a bit lost. “I asked if I could help him find what he was looking for, and he said ‘No sir, I’ve just never been in an airport before. It’s really cool,’ ” Hibbard said. “It’s easy to forget ... for many of our soldiers, traveling this...