1-Build strong convoys; arm the vehicles, provide escorts, etc so the convoys can fight their way thru.
2-Secure the route; outposts, patrols, etc so the convoys just roll right thru.
3-Go after the bad guys until they are all killed, captured, running away, or have given up the fight.
The last is the best & decisive way, but is also the hardest to achieve. We are doing a combination of all three methods based on the specific route, the enemy, the friendly forces available, etc.
This is a good idea, but if there's not the killer instinct to use these wepons, or the skill to use them effectively, then what's the point? Hell, the 507th Maintenance Company couldn't bring its one 50-cal to bear becasue it was dirty and jammed! Giving weapons to REMFs is about as effective as a mosquito net condom.
"3-Go after the bad guys until they are all killed, captured, running away, or have given up the fight."
This is what I'd like to see more of, but unfortunately, we don't have the manpower to do it. Hell, that should have been accomplished during the first phase of the war! What did we accomplish by disarming the surrendering SOBs, then telling them to "go home, we're not fighting you, we're fighting Saddam's government". Crap! We should have kicked the living sh** out of the entire country, knocked the wind out of their sails, sealed the borders, then told Iran, Syria, Jordan, Saudi, Egypt, etc., that they're next unless they start singing "God Bless America". Of course, you have to have enough manpower to do that, and we don't. Unless and until we re-build our fighting strength, our enemies will continue to play musical chairs, and dodge us all over the globe.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!