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NewsNovember 7, 2001

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Gen. John W. Handy has taken over as commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, which moves the nation's military worldwide. The Transportation Command, headquartered at this base amid cornfields 20 miles east of St. Louis, manages the movements of each service branch's troops and equipment to wherever they are deployed...

The Associated Press

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Gen. John W. Handy has taken over as commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, which moves the nation's military worldwide.

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The Transportation Command, headquartered at this base amid cornfields 20 miles east of St. Louis, manages the movements of each service branch's troops and equipment to wherever they are deployed.

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