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'The surge'.

Between February and April 2004, an Army-Navy task force, Task Force 385, supervised the movement of equipment through the port of Ash Shuaiba, Kuwait, during the transition from Operation Iraqi Freedom I to Operation Iraqi Freedom II. This transition, called "the surge," generated the largest, most rapid movement of military equipment in modern history. The Army component of the task force was the 385th Transportation Battalion, an Army Reserve unit from Tacoma, Washington. The Navy component was Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Force (NAVELSF) Forward Alpha, which was made

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