Locations - AL SHUAIBA PORT, KUWAIT. Dates Shot - AUGUST 31, 2010 Story As US troops continue to make their way out of Iraq, the equipment that has sustained and protected them for the past seven years is being moved out as well. Tons of gear and equipment are being moved by the US forces from Joint Base Balad (JBB), north of Baghdad as US operations in the country drawdown. As US troops mark the end of their combat operation in Iraq on Tuesday (August 31), across the border in neighboring Kuwait the biggest logistical operation since WWII, according to the military, is underway. Much of the materiel is being moved through al-Shuaiba port. Logistical operation coordinator, NCO John kelly, said al Shuaiba would be handling 12 to 15 ships a month. "On this particular vessel we're loading almost 1200 pieces of equipment; its a good cargo mix of trucks, track vehicles, containerized cargo, and construction equipment." Just under one million items worth $151 million, ranging from SUVs and Humvees to air conditioners, have been deemed surplus to US requirements and donated to Iraqi security forces. Every day over the few past weeks, convoys of 40 or more trucks and troop carriers have rumbled south through hundreds of kilometres (miles) of desert to Kuwait. The convoys prefer to roll at night, to have clear roads and reduce the threat of roadside bomb attacks, mainly carried out in the south by Shi'ite militia, but with so much tonnage to be moved they have also been running at <b>...</b>