Transportation
Transportationis the key to successful military operations in peace and war. At both the strategic and the tactical level—on land and sea and in the air—transportation provides the essential means for assembling men, equipment, and supplies at the critical time and place. Military transportation includes planning and executing the movement of personnel, equipment, and supplies to the theater of operations (strategic transportation), within the theater (operational transportation), and on the battlefield (tactical transportation). Effective and efficient transportation involves movement control and the use of all modes of transportation: human and animal, transoceanic and inland water transport, rail, motor, air, and such other methods as pipelines and aerial tramways.
Movement control encompasses the planning, coordination, and supervision of military movement of all types and includes such subfunctions as scheduling...
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