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A ride on the Panama Canal Railway reveals the track repairs, engine overhauls and dangerous searches involved in keeping vital freight runs rolling.

Original Air Date: Jul 29, 2023

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S2, EP8 "Philadelphia Transit"
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S3, EP7 "US Navy Hovercraft Overhaul"

S3, EP7 "US Navy Hovercraft Overhaul"

Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission.

S3, EP6 "Sealing Nevada's Abandoned Mines"

S3, EP6 "Sealing Nevada's Abandoned Mines"

Nevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers. Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites. Alongside biologists, they explore and document wildlife. Reaching these isolated mines requires barges, helicopters, and bulldozers.

S3, EP5 "Fixing For A Fight: U.S. Army Mega Repair Base"

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Mike works with the U.S. Army in Germany inside the massive fix facility The MAK, Maintenance Activity Kaiserslautern, as teams repair over one hundred Bradley fighting vehicles, then embeds with troops in a massive two week long battle exercise.

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Original Air Date: Jul 29, 2023
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