Underwent numerous designation changes to its present activation as the 57th Transportation BN, stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington.

The 57th Transportation Battalion officially inactivated on 15 September 2011 at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Stationed in Mannheim, Germany on Grenadier Strasse at an ex-Wehrmacht kasserne designated Turley Barracks by the U. S., the 40th Transportation Company (Medium Truck, Petroleum) operated during the Cold War in general support of 7th Army.

& E. included 60ea 5 ton tractors and 120ea 5,000 gallon semi-trailers, which enabled the unit to perform shuttle operations, dropping a full trailer and pulling away an empty to be refilled.

Stanford, a U. S. Army Airborne Ranger, went on to qualify as an aviator who flew Mohawk aircraft on missions in Viet Nam.