643rd Transportation Detachment

643rd Transportation Detachment
643rd Transportation Detachment
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Transportation
Size	Company
Garrison/HQ	Fairchild Air Force Base
Nicknames	Northwest Stags "Buck up & Move Out!"
Commanders
Current; commander	unknown
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

Last updated January 17, 2026

The 643rd Transportation Detachment also known as the 643rd Auto Cargo Documentation Detachment is a subordinate unit of the 1395th Transportation Battalion, 1394th Transportation Surface Brigade.

It may be connected to the Deployment Support Command, but according to the United States Army Center of Military History, is not a direct lineage descendant of the DSC.^[1]

History

Constituted 10 January 1967 in the Regular Army as the 643d Transportation Detachment.^[2]
Activated 1 March 1967 at Fort Story, Virginia
Inactivated 18 March 1968 at Fort Story, Virginia
Activated 1 January 1969 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 30 September 1971 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Withdrawn 5 March 1998 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
Activated 16 September 2001 at Spokane, Washington
Ordered into active military service 15 October 2009 at Spokane, Washington; released from active military service 18 November 2010 and reverted to reserve status with location at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington

The deployment in 2009-10 was to Kuwait.<ref> "Unit headed to Kuwait for a year's deployment".

References

↑ (CMH), U.S. Army Center of Military History. "643d Transportation Detachment - Lineage and Honors - U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)". History.army.mil. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
↑ CMH Lineage

"U.S. Army Reserve - Command -Functional - 377th TSC - DSC - DSC units". www.usar.army.mil. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

This United States Army article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

This article about a specific American military unit is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] (CMH), U.S. Army Center of Military History. "643d Transportation Detachment - Lineage and Honors - U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)". History.army.mil. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

[2] CMH Lineage

[1]

[2]