U.S. military equipment like this will have to be removed from Iraq over the next year. (Courtesy of the Pentagon)U.S. Shift From Iraq To Afghanistan Presents Massive Logistical Operation For Army -- Washington Post
As the United States draws down troops in Iraq and reinforces them in Afghanistan, the Army is pushing to complete the largest movement of military materiel since World War II, a massive logistical operation involving nearly 3 million pieces of equipment.
The operation, dubbed Nickel II after the code name for Gen. George S. Patton's celebrated repositioning of an entire Army corps during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge, began last June and is now about 35 percent complete, said Lt. Gen. William G. Webster Jr., commander of the Third Army, Patton's former unit.
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More News On The Logistics Involved In Leaving Iraq
Iraq, Afghan wars biggest logistical effort since WWII: US general -- AFP
Army moves troops, gear from Iraq to Afghanistan -- AP
Army Has Removed 35 Percent Of U.S. Equipment From Iraq -- Talk Radio News Service
Army Command Sustains Logistics for Warfighters -- US Department of Defense
US Army shifts resources from Iraq to Afghanistan -- China Daily
Army Command Sustains Logistics for Warfighters -- DVDSHub
My Comment: This is one hell of a huge job.
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