Located
in Newport News, VA, Fort Eustis houses the chief of Army
Transportation, Army Transportation School, Army Aviation
Logistics School and Army Training and Doctrine Command's
Deployment Process Modernization Office.
For more than 70 years, first as a camp and later as a post, Fort Eustis has had a proud heritage of supporting our nation's combat forces.
Fort Eustis was known in colonial times as Mulberry Island. It was the residence of John Rolfe, husband of Indian Princess Pocahontas.
On March 7,1918, the Army bought Mulberry Island and the surrounding acreage for $538,000 in response to World War I. Camp Abraham Eustis was established as a coast artillery replacement center for Fort Monroe and a balloon observation school. It was named for Brevit Brigadier General Abraham Eustis, the first commanding officer of Fort Monroe.
It became Fort Eustis and a permanent military installation in 1923. It was garrisoned by artillery and infantry units until 1931, when it became a federal prison, primarily for bootleggers. Prohibition's repeal forced a prisoner decline and the post was taken over by various other military and non-military activities.
Fort Eustis was reopened as a military installation in August 1940 as the Coast Artillery Replacement Training Center. In 1946, Fort Eustis became home to the newly-formed Transportation School which moved here from New Orleans. Training in rail, marine, amphibious operations and other modes of transportation was consolidated at Fort Eustis.
Today Fort Eustis is one of 16 Training and Doctrine Command Installations.
Main
phone numbers: Commercial (757)878-1212 or
DSN 826-1212
Mailing
address: Fort Eustis, VA 23604
Population:
5,205 active duty; 23,043 family members; 4,266
civilians
Housing: 112
officer family units; 828 enlisted family units; 67
unaccompanied personnel units; up to six-month wait
(757)878-2506
Temporary
lodging: 554 transient units (757)878-5807
Army
Community Service: (757)878-3638
Schools: None
on post
Child
Care: Center for 138, up to three-month
wait; 26 approved homes (757)878-3294
Health
care: 30-bed hospital. Appointments
(757)314-7500; benefits (757)314-7957; Tricare
(800)931-9501
Fort
Eustis has a very large size commissary -
(757)878-5608,
a large exchange, a mall, and one shoppette and annexes
(757)887-0293. Recreation at Fort Eustis includes bowling,
library, auto hobby, recreation facilities, golf, gym,
tennis, swimming, outdoor activities, fishing, and
stables.
