MRAP variants must be programmed and planned for non-recurring engineering requirements over time, aligned with the network, mission command and tactical data radio modernization strategy.

But these items are not equal—an MRAP is not a blanket. We should also be realistic about the ability of training to solve the problem of militarized policing. The report correctly notes that many ...

It costs about $12,000 to crunch and dispose of a single MRAP here, said Mark E. Wright, a Defense Department spokesman. To ship one back to the U.S. and rebuild it to current standards would cost ...

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 ...

MRAP team members are not required to have a combat Military Occupational Specialty, or MOS, "because we will make them combat Soldiers," Curiel said.

The Defense Department says that its $45 billion MRAP program saved the lives of 40,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. But according to a study of restricted Pentagon data, that number is a ...

An MRAP Is Not a Blanket Kara Dansky, Former Senior Counsel, ACLU Center for Justice. Share This Page. December 2, 2014. This August, Americans watched in horror as the police descended on peaceful ...

"Without MRAP, personnel loss rates are likely to continue at their current rate." In spring 2005, he would have a chance to argue his case before top generals.

The $650,000, 5-mile-to-the-gallon MRAP, and this armored Humvee, came free of charge through a defense department program that transfers surplus equipment to state and local police departments.

The vehicle saved soldiers in Iraq. Now it's getting a $2 billion makeover for Afghanistan.

Are Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles the answer to Explosively Formed Penetrators, the armor-piercing bombs that are becoming increasingly common in Iraq? The vast majority of IEDs ...