Army Strategic Logistics Activity Charleston (Goose Creek, South Carolina)

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US Army Strategic Mobility Logistics Base

A major US Army logistics & especially vehicle transit depot, located on part of the Charleston Naval Weapons Station, Goose Creek,next to the Polaris Mssle Fac. Atlantic (POMFLANT) now closed. It is also used for Homeland Security training & exercises.

The Army implemented a “power projection logistics” strategy in 1993 to pre-position ships at sea with Army equipment and supplies. These pre-positioned ships allow Army units and soldiers to rapidly deploy worldwide in support of any contingency or humanitarian effort.

As part of the strategic vision, a provisional organization was established at Naval Weapons Station Charleston in May 1994. The concept, approved in September 1994, established a government owned, contractor operated facility, where Army equipment and supplies are loaded aboard Navy ships, and the ships are pre-positioned at strategic locations around the world.

The Army Strategic Logistics Activity Charleston was then activated at Naval Weapons Station Charleston in October, 1995, to perform this mission. The Army invested $37 million in modifications and new construction to the former Polaris Missile Maintenance Facility. Another $16 million went into modifications of the staging area pad and the 25-acre Wharf Alpha site so it could accommodate the Army’s $1.8 billion upload and download equipment inventory.

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