Third Army Moves Mine Resistant Vehicles to Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – Third Army has shipped over 1,000 vehicles to Afghanistan, since the President’s announcement to increase forces there. Approximately 350 vehicles are in transit with 650 on the ground at Kandahar and Bagram, ready for issue to troops deploying to Afghanistan as part of the build-up.
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Pentagon Officials Remain Confident in MRAPs Despite First Casualty
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Servic
WASHINGTON — Defense Department officials’ confidence in mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles is unshaken after a deadly roadside bomb in Iraq marked the first time a U.S. servicemember was killed while traveling in one of the armored vehicles.
An Army gunner [...]
