812th Transportation Battalion
In January 1999 an improved version of the Army's containerized tent city known as the "Force Provider" was erected at Fort Polk to train units that will run it in future theaters of operation. The 812th Transportation Battalion, an Army Reserve unit from Charlotte, NC, is the first unit to use the Polk Force Provider. Soldiers from the 812th used the tent city this week along with fellow troops from transportation companies in St. Louis, Charlotte and Beaumont, Texas. The transporters used Force Provider as a base of operations as they moved 101st Airborne Division equipment from the port of Beaumont, Texas, to Fort Polk, while a brigade of the 101st was undergoing a JRTC rotation.
The 812th Transportation Battalion was constituted 29 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 286th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile. Activated 29 October 1944 in Italy. Inactivated 12 November 1945 in Germany. Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 286th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion. Redesignated 12 August 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 812th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 14 September 1948 at Charlotte, North Carolina. Redesignated 27 July 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 812th Transportation Truck Battalion. Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve. Redesignated 5 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 812th Transportation Battalion. Redesignated 19 January 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 812th Transportation Battalion.
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