Along with various medium to large cargo planes and the world's supply of flagged cargo carriers. I'm not sure there's that many "troops and other things" that require more transport, maybe heavy ammunition. Most of the military power sails or flies places.
During the Falklands War, the Royal Navy requisitioned a lot of civilian ships at short notice, the Atlantic Conveyor being the most famous after it was sunk.
The US Navy would likely do the same, the biggest issue could be retaining enough crew.
There's a lot of stuff in the US military that's somewhat aged. The aircraft carrier Nimitz is still in service and was commissioned 50 years ago. The B-52 has been in service for longer than that (in fairness the design is that old; the actual airplanes, presumably not). The A10 Warthog was first released in 1977 and is still in use. The AR-15, embodied in the M16 and M4 goes back to the 1960s and the Browning M2 goes back to 1933.
Something I learned from trying to learn how military equipment works is that "fifty-year old" and the likes aren't necessarily synonymous with "obsolete".
The B-52 will likely reach a century of service. It's really good at what it was designed to do and any wholesale replacement would be extremely expensive for not a lot of benefit.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 28.4 ms ] threadI notice that there is a very large Car Carrier in Norfolk Drydock getting painted white to grey.
Looks like they are converting commercial vessels to military use.
I can't imagine how they handle in big winds. A giant sail like surface.
Flickertail State Crane Ship was recently out doing testing. It is old but capable.
Gaza Pier help was a bust. Those piers are not meant to be installed long term. We looked like clowns. Not Omaha Beach.
The US Navy would likely do the same, the biggest issue could be retaining enough crew.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War_order_of_battle:...