By air and sea, pretty much like you transport anything else. The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command is responsible for transporting equipment and supplies via sea, and it operates a large fleet of ships for that purpose. You put just about anything on these cargo ships – tanks, planes, artillery, ammunition, fuel…etc. Ships can carry far more equipment are are much more efficient so this is the preferred method of transport unless you need something to be somewhere fast.
You can also move equipment by plane. The Air Force Air Mobility Command operates a fleet of massive transport planes like the C-5 Galaxy or the C-17 Globemaster that can move large equipment around the world quickly, although obviously a plane can’t carry as much stuff as a ship, and these large plans can’t deliver the equipment directly to the battlefield. There are also smaller planes like the C-130 that can actually deliver equipment directly to forward operating bases.
The military has very high tech machines that have crazy good stabilization for trading in the open ocean also used for cargo ships to trade cargo mid sea instead of packing enough fuel for the whole trip
Air travel they stop island to island to refuel thus why the island fights in Japan were so important during the war
Source: I use to manage the property of Tim and Joyce Foresman since 12 smart people teach you stuff
* Pre-positioned equipment: there are stocks of equipment setup in Europe, Diego Garcia (in the Indian Ocean) and other places waiting for the US to use them.
* The [Military Sealift Command](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Sealift_Command)and the [US Merchant Marine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine): ships that the US military either owns or can use to get cargo into the fight.
* The USAF Air Mobility Command: all the “airlifters” of the USAF, mostly the C-5, C-17 and C-130 cargo planes.
* The [Civil Reserve Air Fleet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Reserve_Air_Fleet) – US flagged airlines that get contracting deals commit to making a percentage of their fleet available to the military. However, this is mostly for troops and spare parts.
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