I am a Navy veteran and retired Army 1SG. While stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY., I was sent to load planner school. We learned all about every possible vehicle and figuring center mass and weights for loading “mostly” on C5’s and C17’s but also onto Chinooks. As well as Railcar, flatbed trailers and ships. I also attended schools constantly for hazmat. My MOS was strange for units to deal with, so I received a lot of schools to stay busy. My unit was an extreme rapid deployment unit and I had to use that education frequently. Yes, the US military is very good at logistics and transport.

The US military has, really without question, the world's best logistical operations of all the world's militaries, and it's not even close. Superior weapons and superior training and superior numbers and inferior logistics means YOU LOSE. US armed services are fundamentally expeditionary by design. We devote MOST of our training to preparing to fight in other countries. Fighting on our own soil is not what we plan to do, but we sure do train a lot on our own territory, so if we did have to fight the enemy on our own land, we'd be sure to make it brief, exciting, and lethal for the enemy.

Being in the tank corp looks glamorous but take it from an old tank veteran, it’s far from what you think. Constant maintenance, constant cleaning, constant noise, constant training, constant dirt, constant repairs. Hopefully the modern tanks are far better than my experiences with the M48 Patton.