December 11, 2025: The primary advantage U.S. forces have in wartime is logistics. Since World War II American forces have prevailed largely because there were always enough supplies, especially bombs, bullets, rockets, missiles, shells and all other implements of destruction. American forces did not win every battle, but the enemy always took a beating.

During the 1950-53 Korean War, 1,283,000 U.S. soldiers and marines served. Calculating fuel consumed per day is impossible to calculate because no precise records were maintained that would allow for calculating how many L/Liters per day each soldier and marine required.

During the 1965-1975 American involvement in the Vietnam War, American soldiers and marines consumed 33.4 L per day

The 1990-91 Gulf War American ground forces consumed 38 L per man per man daily.

The 2001-21 War in Afghanistan US ground forces consumed 57 L per man per man daily, almost all of which had to be delivered by thirsty aircraft.

During the two wars in Iraq, the 1991 war was to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. During that war U.S. troops consumed 37 L of fuel per day for each soldier.

In 2003 American forces invaded Iraq to overthrow the government of Saddam Hussein. During that war U.S. troops consumed 55.5 L of fuel per day for each soldier.