MARIAM FORCEY

The Royal Australian Corps of Transport (RACT) plays a pivotal role within the distribution network of the Australian Army. The men and women of the RACT plan and deliver the required personnel, stores and equipment, combat service support (CSS) through the distribution process utilising road, rail, sea and air transportation.

RACT has many tasks to perform, including operating the Army fleet of landing craft and amphibious vehicles, all forms of road transport, distribution centres and specialist units that prepare, pack and dispatch supplies dropped from the air. To perform these tasks, RACT is equipped with a large selection of vehicles including motorcycles, Land Rovers, light trucks, heavy cargo and specialist vehicles (Mack MC3 and Mack 

Fleet Liner MC2), 60-tonne semi-trailers, amphibious and small landing craft.

The Royal Australian Corps of Transport motto is ‘Par Oneri’, which is Latin for ‘Equal to the Task’.

 The role of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport is to control and operate Army owned surface transport, other than unit transport, and to provide movement control, terminal, postal and Army aspects of air logistics support.