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- Pentagon wants to bulk up vehicles
- WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is rushing to develop added protection for its new Mine Resistant Armor Protected MRAP vehicles from the deadliest roadside bombs, military contract records show. A Pentagon solicitation released Monday calls on contractors to detail their armor solutions "as soon as possible." The...
- Research articles 2007-08-30
- Humvee doors can trap troops
- WASHINGTON -- The Army is fixing the doors of every armored Humvee in combat in Iraq because they can jam shut during an attack and trap soldiers inside, Pentagon records and interviews show. The door trouble, the latest in a series of problems with the Humvees...
- Research articles 2007-05-07
- Humvee deaths on the rise despite armor upgrades
- WASHINGTON -- Although the Pentagon has strengthened the armor on more than 50,000 Humvees and other military vehicles throughout Iraq and Afghanistan, roadside bombs have killed more U.S. troops this year, Pentagon records show. Most are dying in their Humvees, the workhorse vehicles the military scrambled to armor as...
- Research articles 2006-05-03
- Report: Military errors held up armor in Iraq
- Miscalculations and problems in the military supply pipeline created delays in armoring the Army's truck fleet in Iraq, leaving soldiers at greater risk from lethal explosions, according to a new government study. When insurgents started targeting U.S. troop convoys with hidden bombs, commanders asked for more armor for humvees...
- Research articles 2006-03-24
- Most Marines killed in Iraq could have been saved by body armor
- WASHINGTON AFP — A secret Pentagon study reportedly found that as many as 80 percent of Marines killed in Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor. "Such armor has been available since 2003, but until recently the Pentagon...
- Research articles 2006-01-06
- Pentagon looking at replacing Humvees
- The Pentagon is accelerating its search for a replacement for the Humvee after two years of roadside bombs and suicide attacks in Iraq that have killed hundreds of soldiers in a vehicle that wasn't designed for front-line urban combat. Before the war in Iraq, a Humvee successor wasn't...
- Research articles 2005-08-24
- Humvee vulnerabilities raise doubts on future
- WASHINGTON -- Even the most heavily armored Humvees may be inadequate to protect U.S. troops from ever-changing insurgent tactics, the Marine Corps' second-ranking general told lawmakers Tuesday. New vehicle designs, however, would take years to develop. The House Armed Services Committee questioned Gen. William Nyland, assistant commandant of the...
- Research articles 2005-06-22
- The invention militia: amateur engineers are asking what they can do for the Pentagon
- On a recent, chilly day in upstate New York, I found myself riding shotgun in a black Chevy Trailblazer with a small arsenal of assault weapons in the trunk. The driver, Dave Warren, a 39-year-old Vietnamese-born ex-Marine and veteran of Desert Storm, was a man on a mission. An inventor...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Gas Pains
- The Department of Defense now has about 27,000 vehicles in Iraq—and every one of them gets lousy gas mileage. To power that fleet the Defense Logistics Agency must move huge quantities of fuel into the country in truck convoys from Kuwait, Turkey, and Jordan. All that fuel gives American soldiers...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Shields of steel: U.S. army leaders contemplate options to improve truck armor.
- In fits and starts, the Army so far has outfitted more than 22,000 trucks with protective armor for troops in Iraq. While Army officials cite this accomplishment as proof that depots and suppliers can be mobilized rapidly it times of need, they also view it as a...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- News transcript from the United States Department of Defense.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 January 2005-US DOD: News transcript from the United States Department of DefenseC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01042004 DoD News Briefing Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dallas, Ft. Worth Q: It is an honor on News Talk 820...
- Research articles 2005-01-06
- 'We're On the Right Track'
- Major-General Ray Odierno was commander of the 4th Infantry Division, whose soldiers captured Saddam Hussein in a "spider hole" just outside of Tikrit a year ago. Major-General Odierno, now assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to NEWSWEEK's Eve Conant about the Iraqi insurgency, the shortage...
- Research articles 2004-12-20
- 'Hillbilly Armor'
- Predators know to hunt the weakest animal in the herd. So do the Iraqi insurgents. It is an essential truth about the Iraq war that's ingrained in soldiers like Pvt. Daniel Rocco, a Humvee gunner with the Second Battalion of the 82nd Field Artillery Regiment. Rocco's unit is an artillery...
- Research articles 2004-12-20
- Pentagon works to send more armor
- WASHINGTON -- Iraqi insurgents are growing more effective, and it will take time to get U.S. troops the $4 billion in armor they need for protection, defense officials said Wednesday. "This is not Wal- Mart," one general said. Officials rejected growing criticism that armor shortages in Iraq reflect...
- Research articles 2004-12-16
- Army steps up production of armored Humvees, trucks.
- By Stephen J. Hedges, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 16--WASHINGTON -- Pentagon officials, confronting a growing furor that has thrown the military on the defensive, have begun firing back at those questioning whether it has supplied enough armored vehicles...
- Research articles 2004-12-16
- Regiment fortifies armor
- The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment will be even more armored when it goes to war in Iraq early next year. The regiment is undergoing a crash program to add armor to 500 wheeled vehicles now at Fort Carson designed for use away from battle lines. Prefabricated kits...
- Research articles 2004-12-11
- Army presses for faster armored Humvees production: official
- WASHINGTON AFP — Amid a growing controversy over armor for troops in Iraq, the US Army pressed its sole supplier of armored Humvees to step up production after the maker said it had capacity to spare, a senior army spokesman said. Army Secretary Francis Harvey called Armor Holdings Inc....
- Research articles 2004-12-10
- Military fires back on armor
- WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration moved swiftly to quell criticism from troops Thursday by outlining plans to protect all military vehicles used in Iraq. But two companies under contract to the Pentagon said their offers to boost production went unheeded. President Bush said he understood the troops' concerns and...
- Research articles 2004-12-10
- Former Middletown, Ohio, resident will lead effort to armor military vehicles.
- By Erica Ryan, Middletown Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 19--MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- During the presidential debates, Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry remarked that many of the military's ground transportation vehicles in Iraq are lacking armor -- a problem that...
- Research articles 2004-10-19
- Maintaining Momentum In the War on Terrorism
- Third U.S. Army/Army Forces Central Command ARCENT remains a fully committed Army service component command in the continuing campaign against terror, supporting nearly 36 months of continuous combat operations, or support to combat operations, as a forward deployed headquarters. As an operational-level headquarters, the command has again reinforced the importance...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
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