Interesting. Perhaps you can comment on why most of the casualties in Iraq came about over ambushes and bombings of US forces on highways. Most US military vehicles have been designed for several decades to have cross country mobility capacity. Why then did motor vehicle echelon movements always used highways. In some cases, the line of communication from the Green Zone to Baghdad International Airport for instance, there was no choice as it was totally through an urban landscape. However, much of the operational area was open and often semi-arid or desert terrain. Using the highways for most missions made US forces highly visible targets. Am I wrong in this perception, or, if I m correct , was was such a tactical MO embraced?
You are dead on target as this was idiotic. Never did I ride in any vehicle on a road in Vietnam, much less in Cambodia. Why not fly supplies and REMF troops in choppers and fixed wing like 130’s and 123’s. I would never put any US soldier on any MSR.