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  2. Refuel on the move - Wikipedia

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    For the Army, 'refuel on the move' is part of the sustainment [3]: Chapter 9 planning of the commander, who is responsible for the unit, say a brigade combat team (BCT). [3]: Refuel on the Move In contrast to Napoleon, who led the disastrous invasion in 1812, brigade commanders, their staff, and personnel have a responsibility to ensure that ...

  3. 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy - Wikipedia

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    1919 "Trans-Continental Motor Truck" [1] The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy was a long distance convoy (described as a Motor Truck Trip with a "Truck Train" [1]) carried out by the U.S. Army Motor Transport Corps that drove over 3,000 mi (4,800 km) on the historic Lincoln Highway from Washington, D.C., to Oakland, California and then by ferry over to end in San Francisco.

  4. Transcontinental Motor Convoy - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Army truck convoy in Mexico, 1916. The Transcontinental Motor Convoys were early 20th century vehicle convoys, including three US Army truck trains, that crossed the United States (one was coast-to-coast) to the west coast. The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco used the incomplete Lincoln Highway.

  5. How a U.S. Army veteran went from battlefields to mushroom ...

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    Former U.S. Army convoy commander Stephen Robinson is part of a new crop of "urban farmers": veterans turning to farming after fighting.

  6. American logistics in the Northern France campaign - Wikipedia

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    A US jerrican weighed 10 pounds (4.5 kg) empty, and 40 pounds (18 kg) when filled with MT80, so 56 filled cans weighed one long ton (1.0 t). [40] For Overlord, 11.5 million jerricans were provided. Of these, 10.5 million were manufactured in the UK and supplied to the US Army under Reverse Lend-Lease, while the rest came from the US. [41]

  7. Red Ball Express - Wikipedia

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    Military policeman and sign posted along the Red Ball route. The Red Ball Express was a famed truck convoy system that supplied Allied forces moving quickly through Europe after breaking out from the D-Day beaches in Normandy in 1944. [1]

  8. Timeline of United States military operations - Wikipedia

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    After the Iran–Iraq War (the Tanker War phase) resulted in several military incidents in the Persian Gulf, the United States increased U.S. joint military forces operations in the Persian Gulf and adopted a policy of reflagging and escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf to protect them from Iraqi and Iranian attacks.

  9. Exclusive: Department of Transportation warns that trucker ...

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    The Department of Transportation warned that truck convoy protests planned across the United States could disrupt the national highway system and other critical transportation infrastructure ...