497th Transportation Company

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 497th Transportation Company


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dates=March 25, 1967 - Present
country=United States
allegiance=
branch=United States Army
type=Transportation Company
role= Transportation
size= Company
command_structure= 57th Transportation Battalion, 593rd Sustainment Brigade, I Corps, Forces Command (FORSCOM)
garrison=Fort Lewis
garrison_label=
nickname=Fo' Nasty
patron=
motto= Rock Steady, Ready to Roll
colors= Brick Red and Gold
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march=
mascot=
equipment=
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battles=
anniversaries=
decorations= Meritorious Unit Commendation for Southwest Asia, Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997
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commander1= CPT Patrick T. Lyons
commander1_label= Company Commander
commander2= 1SG Quillar L. Ransom II
commander2_label= First Sergeant
commander3=
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notable_commanders=The 497th Transportation Company is a Transportation Company of the United States Army.

History

Constituted 1 July 1936 in the Organized Reserves as Company B, 478th Quartermaster Truck Regiment

Ordered into active military service 25 October 1942 and organized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3842d Quartermaster Truck Company

Inactivated 3 February 1946 in India

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3842d Transportation Corps Truck Company

Redesignated 18 March 1947 as the 497th Transportation Corps Truck Company

Activated 3 April 1947 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Redesignated 14 October 1947 as the 497th Transportation Truck Company

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Inactivated 15 March 1952 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Redesignated 1 December 1958 as the 497th Transportation Company

Activated 29 January 1959 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Location changed 1 April 1959 to Tulsa, Oklahoma

Inactivated 25 February 1963 at Tulsa, Oklahoma

Withdrawn 7 February 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 25 March 1967 at Fort Lewis, Washington [http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/trans/0497trco.htm]

References

* [http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/trans/0497trco.htm 497th TC Lineage]