The Transporter

Transportation is a precise business
--The Transporter (2002)

You work a forty hour week for a livin',
just to send it on down the line
This is for the one who drives the big rig,
up and down the road
--40 Hour Week, Alabama
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Today at lunch Ranger met a Reservist/National Guard Army type and we discussed Iraq. The soldier had 1 1/2 years in country with the Transportation Company from Marianna, Florida.

A transportation company is just that -- it transports things. Simple and easy. So what did this Transport Company do while in theatre? They received armored-up Humvees and they provided convoy security for contractors who were transporting things.

What a strangeness. This company is trained and equipped to move things down roads, yet they become security for big buck contractors.

Is this any way to run a military operation? Is anybody in charge? Who would authorize such a misuse of assets?

This is mind-boggling.