rewrite: Reverse logistics in military operations requires the involvement of civilian counterparts to ensure mission success. Since the inception of the Civil War, less sophisticated measures were implemented that demanded the use of handguns, knives, and horses with carriages that imposed more manual labor to retrieve after the completion of the war in comparison to the modern military operations we use today. Military leaders acknowledged the need for reverse logistics that further examined the procedures of reverse logistics in global conflicts such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. The role of The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) combines the military and civilian sectors and serves as the nucleus for all supply chain management operations. Large scale operations involving land, air, and sea transportation poses internal and external challenges in reverse logistics for military operations that requires resource management and strategic calculations