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 ...

A more primitive mosque or community structure in rural Afghanistan. These are the better landscape photos I took through the window of our mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP).

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan -- The Army Field Support Battalion-Afghanistan, 401st Army Field Support Brigade, fielded more than 150 new MaxxPro A4 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP ...

MRAP rollover simulator saves lives in Afghanistan By Spc. Elisebet Freeburg, Joint Sustainment Command-Afghanistan July 7, 2009 ...

Disposing of excess MRAPs is part of an enormous $5-billion to $7-billion moving job that involves shipping U.S. vehicles, weapons, gear and equipment out of Afghanistan.

The MRAP replaced the Humvee as the ideal military vehicle in Iraq. But the MRAP isn't suited for war in Afghanistan. Enter its smaller sibling, the M-ATV.

The MRAP program has produced more than 16,000 vehicles in two years. This month, the Pentagon is expected to finalize a contract that would put more than 2,000 M-ATVs in Afghanistan – some by ...

KABUL, Afghanistan - While it can be easy to get caught up in the people, the landscapes, the villages, the cities and the children that appear out the window as you travel through Afghanistan ...

The latest MRAP model, an all-terrain version made for the rough roads of Afghanistan, has been retrofitted with new armor plating for its underside and bigger wheels to raise its bottom away from ...

Many months and many billion dollars after they were declared a top priority, the the Mine Resistant Ambushed Protected vehicle, or MRAPs, are starting to hit the road in serious numbers. In ...

MRAPs did their job saving the lives of thousands of troops from roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - Faced with an epidemic of deadly roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. military officials ordered up a fleet of V-hulled 16-ton armored behemoths in 2007 to help ...