Editing Motorized infantry (section)

== Present day ==
[[File:MATV Kuwait.jpg|thumb|An M-ATV in Camp Buehring, Kuwait in a live fire exercise on 30 August 2017.]]
After the [[Vietnam War]], the US military saw the need for light squad based transportation. This project became the [[Humvee]] which was used extensively by the [[United States Army|Army]] and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] in the [[Gulf War]], [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Early War in Afghanistan]], and [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Early Iraq War]]. The latter two conflicts resulted in a large scale [[insurgency]] and saw the increase in use of [[Improvised explosive device|IEDs]]. This soon became the largest source of casualties to NATO forces.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/20/pentagon-report-ied-casualties-surge-in-afghanistan/ |title=Pentagon Report: IED Casualties Surge in Afghanistan |last1=Winter |first1=Jana |first2=John |last2=Kester |website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US |access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref> The result was a shift away from lightly armored vehicles to more mechanized vehicles or more heavily armored [[MRAP]]s. During the duration of the Humvee's use in Iraq and Afghanistan and before the roll-out of MRAPs, it slowly became more heavily armored with larger turret shields, bulletproof glass and extra plating on its doors and components. Less armored but faster and lighter MRAPs were developed under the [[Joint Light Tactical Vehicle]] program, which is now phase in the [[Oshkosh L-ATV]] and [[Oshkosh M-ATV|M-ATV]]. It has been described as "the first vehicle purpose-built for modern battlefield-networks".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/223482/army_approves_jltv_full_rate_production|title=Army approves JLTV Full-Rate Production|publisher=United States Army|language=en|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref> These vehicles have seen deployments in [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Rojava]], [[Syria]] in [[Operation Inherent Resolve]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/46ac439f-bc49-4b0d-b443-0419b956eb59|title=Officials in Syria's Manbij say both Russia and US now patrolling|last=Kurdistan24|website=Kurdistan24|language=en|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref>

For transportation outside of combat, the US military fields a variety of trucks including the [[Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement|Medium Tactical Vehicles replacement]] for the Marine Corps and the [[Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles]] for the Army. The [[United States National Guard|National Guard]] and other reserve units also field older models such as the [[M939 series 5-ton 6x6 truck|M939 5-ton 6x6]].