Gearing Up For War

The Military Traffic Management Command spent more than $400 million to ship equipment and supplies to troops by land and sea from January to March - a 65 percent increase over the $239 million spent during the same period in 2002.

Fiscal Year 2003 2002
TRUCK $158,631,861 $92,817,607
AIR $115,749,262 $69,774,838
OCEAN $76,843,214 $52,132,607
RAIL $47,798,262 $20,287,061
BARGE $5,316,011 $3,924,984

Source: Military Traffic Management Command

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