It is known and referred to as "the most deployed unit in the Army" because of its continuous mission to provide logistical support to all branches of the service for both training and war-time activities.

During the Grenada evacuation operation, elements of the group deployed on two separate occasions to discharge and load cargo by sea and air.

The command was called upon again during Operation Just Cause in Panama, where it deployed to provide airfield and control group support and functional services.

During the period of 1990 and 1991, the 7th Transportation Group played a key role in the success of Operations Desert Shield, Storm and Farewell.

Little more than a year after the return from Saudi Arabia, the group became involved in the deployment of over 1,100 soldiers in support of Operation Restore Hope in December 1992.

The last rotation of soldiers departed the Port of Mogadishu in April 1994 after the United Nations assumed command of the humanitarian operation.

In September 1994, at the onset of Operation Uphold Democracy, the group deployed over 1,500 soldiers to Haiti, providing transportation support to U.S. and allied forces.

Back at Fort Eustis, 24th Transportation Battalion soldiers began moving a token number of their vehicles and equipment to Lambert's Point in Norfolk, Virginia.

There other 7th Group soldiers and U.S. Army Transportation School students uploaded the materials, via another causeway pier, onto a fast sealift ship.

Later in the exercise, during operations at a secondary port at the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base at Virginia Beach, the smaller craft came alongside a second LSV to offload cargo.

The District of Columbia National Guard Armory served as the operations center, with soldiers from 6th Battalion, 7th Transportation Command, Fort Eustis, Virginia, mainly involved in the mission.

The Army and Navy conducted a joint logistics over-the-shore (JLOTS) operation at MCB camp Pendleton, California, as part of Exercise Turbo Patriot in September 2000.

The ship's steering wheel and the blue scroll allude to the organization's mission to command units employed in the operation of water terminals.

The name is derived from the Persian word "rokh", meaning a soldier, and is used to represent the military troops and equipment being transferred from one mode of transportation to another at the organization.