A single unit handles the Army’s rail needs. It was cut from 600 to 180 soldiers
By Todd South
Aug 30, 02:17 PM
If the Army got into a large-scale war, it has only one unit of its own to run all rail operations — the 757th Expeditionary Rail Center. But rail support has already been flagging in peacetime, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
More than two-thirds of Army equipment is moved by rail to port for shipment overseas. Once it arrives, especially in Europe, it’s often continuing via rail, as well.
But in 2015, the Army cut the 757th ERC from 600 soldiers down to 180, instead relying on civilian employees to pick up the rest of the work. That might not have been the best move.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/08/30/a-single-unit-handles-the-armys-rail-needs-it-was-cut-from-600-to-180-soldiers/
