The other services used the same lift (air and sea) as the Army -except a few amphib ships that did not carry all the Marine stuff. Rummy tinkered with the Centcom TPFDL to move other services first. Nice cheapshot, but wrong.
"The other services used the same lift (air and sea) as the Army -except a few amphib ships that did not carry all the Marine stuff. Rummy tinkered with the Centcom TPFDL to move other services first. Nice cheapshot, but wrong."
I highly doubt he personally messed with TPFDL. You did not answer post #20. Maybe a staff officer.
What was in the ARMY's WRM from '90-91 back to '78 in the AOR? Anything useable? Was it being maintained? The Army had all the time from '91 on to stock up and get ready. It had almost 2 years post 9/11. Army senior leadership needs to buy a clue. This is 2005 not 1945.
Who messed with the TPFDL for Kosovo? It was WUs Clark the EU commander who bogged the airlift down moving Helicopters and munitions to Albania, that's who. How long did it take to get the Apaches to Kosovo for the big push there?
Months, not days. You can't airlift 100 ton M1 tanks with C5's and C17's in mass quantities. You have to sealift and preposition. That takes months. If you do you preempt all the other missions by using the Airlift.
The Army's lack of equipment and readiness was brought on solely by the lack of foresight of it's internal branch's senior leadership. There was a blank checkbook for them post 9/11. So you cant say they were underfunded.