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I’m surprised by the numbers because I was combat arms focused. Started as a 12B (combat engineer), went to 34D (garden variety MI), and then to 11B (straight leg infantry, though in Iraq my battalion was converted to motorized). Oddly enough, I’ve never stopped to ask about transportation TO&E. The size of a platoon is comparable to the size of an infantry platoon. There are just so many more vehicles!

Rae, I’m on the second draft of a piece on gun trucks in northern New England. I’ve been fleshing out the details on the Vermont State Guard Civil Defense Brigade in regards to motor transport. The transportation company that supports the Green Jackets Regiment, which is the combat component of the VSGCDB, is a post-1998 organization. The mobilization of resources for the Southwest and the Pacific Northwest left Vermont with very little for her own needs. Civilian vehicles, including cargo trucks, now comprise the entirety of the motor transport of the VSGCDB. (Montpelier and Manchester did a swap in 1999 in which the remaining military trucks of Vermont and spare parts went to Manchester in exchange for civilian vehicles.) In most ways, pre-war TO&E doesn’t matter. However, I wanted a starting point that matched reality.