In 1984, the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (also known as the Humvee) replaced the U.S. Army's tried and true tactical vehicle, the M151 Jeep. It first served in Operation Just Cause ...

MRAP vehicles–mine resistant ambush protected–are all the rage, and for good reason. The Pentagon plans to purchase as many as 8,000 of the vehicles, from as many as nine different suppliers, for ...

US Army soldiers attached to the 2nd platoon, C-Coy. 1-23 Infantry based at Zangabad foward operating base in Panjwai district are silhouetted in a dust cloud after detonating Anti Personell Obstacle ...

As long as there have been societies, there have been wars. They were fought on foot and horseback for most of recorded history, but the industrial revolution gave way to mechanized warfare, and ...

Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan’s recent article, “The MRAP Boondoggle,” raised questions about the cost and effectiveness of mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles in combat. Rohlfs and ...

Famous for saving lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon’s blast-deflecting, improvised explosive device (IED)-stopping Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAP) are headed to Ukraine. The ...

In “The MRAP Boondoggle,” Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan argue that mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles are a colossal waste of money. To be sure, the MRAP program is a big, almost irresistible ...

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Fire, flying metal fragments and burning hot explosive materials could not stop them… despite being on the receiving end of a massive roadside bomb attack did not kill soldiers at times riding in the ...

Geez, this is unusual. I find myself in nearly complete agreement with one of the bloggers at TAPPED, the group blog run by the American Prospect. Robert Farley posts there today with a really ...