This study investigates the use of rail transportation as a method to simultaneously transport military personnel and equipment from a unit's home station to the Joint Readiness Training Center or the National Training Center. It describes the problems associated with current methods of transportation available for military force projection and explains why the military Auto Train can fill a transportation niche unique to deploying Army units. The study identifies five sample transportation modes, including the military Auto Train, and evaluates them using performance and equipment criteria. Rail transportation has an important place in the force XXI Army. This thesis explores the reasons why the Military Auto Train is an important alternative to modes of transportation presently in use and describes the configuration and characteristics of a military Auto Train, and the benefits it provides to Army unit commanders. This study concludes that the military Auto Train can provide a more time efficient form of transportation than the sample transportation modes. Furthermore, the thesis provides a base plan in the event the United States Army decides to embrace this innovative transportation concept.


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    Title :

    Military Auto Train


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    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    106 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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