Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Marines Waited 18 Months to Get Requested Bomb-Proof Vehicles

According to a Marine Corps document provided to DANGER ROOM, the request for over 1,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles came in February, 2005. A formal call to fulfill that order did not emerge until November, 2006. "There is an immediate need for an MRAP vehicle capability to increase survivability and mobility of Marines operating in a hazardous fire area against known threats," the 2005 "universal need statement" notes.


This news, along with the monumental cave by Dems today, has me more depressed than is healthy.

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