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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first of four new emergency egress vehicles, called Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protection, or MRAP, vehicles arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the U.S. Army Red River Depot More

Spc. David Moore, a cavalry scout from Roanoke, Ala., watches troop movements from the inside of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle by using a Joint Battle Command-Platform system during Network Integrat More

Spc. Laszlo Tarsoly, a cavalry scout from Washington, deployed with 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, rotates the wheel of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected military v More

First Lt. Robyn Moore, a native of El Paso, Texas, platoon leader and convoy commander assigned to the 51st Transportation Company, 77th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade.

Spc. Joesiff Rowan, an M1 Abrams tank system maintainer with Company E, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, uses hand gestures to guide the driver of an M8 More

The World War I-era ambulance at the Marine Corps Mechanized Museum aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., has been restored as one assigned to the Second Army Division, which included the 4th Marine Brigade, known for More

U.S. Army Sgt. Carl Logan, a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle operator, or Husky, from the 59th Mobility Augmentation Company, 8th Engineer Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas, poses next to his Husky before a n More

A Soldier playing the role of opposition forces watches from the roof of a building as Marines disembark from a U.S. Marine Corps Assault Amphibious Vehicle in a combat training engagement during Network Integr More

Capt. Chris LeCron conducts cargo inspections on new mine resistant ambush protected vehicles in preparation for their upload to a commercial chartered vessel sailing to Central Command, August 2007.

WEST POINT, Miss. (Nov. 14, 2007) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter takes a test drive of an Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP) during a tour of the International Mil More

ASH SHU\'AYBAH, Kuwait (Jan. 13, 2008) Mine resistant ambush protected vehicles (MRAP) are offloaded from the Military Sealift Command roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Pililaau (T-AKR 304) onto the pier. More than 20 More

The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Heavy Armored Ground Ambulance is the newest vehicle in a new fleet of MRAP being fielded into Iraq.

Christopher Collins (left), a retired Marine staff sergeant, oversees a section that works nonstop equipping six mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles for shipment to deployed troops. Collins described his More

Staff Sgt. Michael Cambridge, 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, non commissioned officer in charge of special handling, spots a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle into the cargo yard at an More

New mine resistant ambush protected vehicles are staged in the seaport staging area in Charleston, S.C., Feb. 15, 2008. These MRAPs will be shipped via vessel to the Middle East.

An Iraqi C-130 cargo plane carrying equipment for the Iraqi army and Iraqi police lands at Forward Operating Base Marez, Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 16. The equipment load was organized by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense a More

A new Mine resistant ambush protected vehicle assigned to 2nd Platoon, Supply and Transportation Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment waits to roll out on its first mission with the More

Army Capt. Chris LeCron, seaport deployment operations officer for Surface Deployment Distribution Command, conducts a shipside operations meeting with Tom D'Agostino, director of ship operations for Military S More

A brand new mine resistant ambush protected vehicle is staged on the cargo pier before loading onto a Navy cargo ship for transport to Operation Iraqi Freedom at the strategic seaport of Charleston, S.C., Mar. 11, 2008.

The aerial view from the Navy cargo ship weather deck of new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles ready for sealift to U.S. Central Command while staged at the strategic Charleston seaport March 2008.

A Marine from Beach and Terminal Operations Company Bravo, 4th Landing Support Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., also known as the "Savannah Marines", directs mine resistant ambush protected vehicles onto t More

SeaPort Support Activity team members of the Army's 841st Transportation Battalion supervise the loading of MRAP vehicles onto a cargo ship, Charleston, S.C., March 2008.

Coast Guard Sector Charleston provides waterside security during an OIF mine resistant ambush protected vehicle upload by the army seaport unit, 841st Transportation Battalio, Charleston, SC, March 2008.

Contracted longshoremen lash mine resistant ambush protected vehicles inside a Mlitary Sealift Command chartered vessel, Charleston, S.C., March 2008.

A mine resistant ambush protected vehicle is loaded on a commercial ship headed for Central Command with up-armored Humvees in the foreground, Charleston, S.C., Apr. 14, 2008.

The Marine Corps is celebrating a decade of saving countless lives on the battlefield against underbody mines, improvised explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire with Mine Resistant Amb More

Marine Cargo Specialist Craig Messervy checks the vehicle dimensions of a new MRAP vehicle on the seaport pier in Charleston, S.C., Sept. 16, 2008. Maj. Chris LeCron, public affairs officer, watches as the veh More

U.S. Marines with Military Police Company, Maintenance Battalion, drive a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle at Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2008. The Marines went through an MRAP course, offered by F More

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles sit in the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Group Quick Response Force parking area at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct 7, 2008. Air Force security forces personnel here h More

An Iraqi army mine resistant ambush protected vehicle equipped with an interrogator arm, a long extending metal arm with a two pronged blade at the end and a video camera, searches a pile of debris for a simula More

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles used by Marines with Motor Transportation Company Combat Logistics Battalion-3, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Afghanistan, keep a safe distance from eac More

U.S. Army Sgt. Hsiaotsung Chao from Austin, Texas, of 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry 4th Brigade Combat Team,10th Mountain Division, inspects equipment on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle during weekly veh More

U.S. Army Col. Mark Dewhurst, commander of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, listens to Lt. Col. Gregory Baine (not shown), Battalion Commander of 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Briga More

U.S. Army Sgt. Donna Quinn of the 95th Military Police Battalion gives instructions to her Soldiers securing an area to be used for a temporary medical clinic during a Cooperative Medical Engagement in Muhallah More

Omar Al Jibouri (right), Iraqi sheikh, leader of the Iraqi National Tribal Gathering meets with U.S. Army Col. Timothy McGuire (left), commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Mountain Division on Forward Ope More

U.S. Army Col. Craig Collier (right), commander of 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, stands with his Squadron Command Sgt. Major Emmett Maunakea, during a ceremony to More

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Luis Reyes of B Troop, 5th Cavalry, 73rd Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to conduct a convoy briefing on Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Beladiyat, eastern More

Iraqi national police Sgt. Major Ali of 8th Brigade (Falcon Brigade), 2nd Division, Iraqi national police, talks to a group of Iraqi national policemen waiting to receive Humvee familiarization training at Join More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 3 dismount a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle during improvised explosive device lane training at Kandahar Air Field, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Nov. 17, 2008 More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Troy Mozingo from Chester, Va., 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducts a convoy briefing, prior to departing from Fo More

U.S. Army Sgt. Frank Koulalis (left) from New Hampton, N.H., of F Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, talks with another Soldier while wai More

Iraqi national police Col. Bashir of 8th Brigade (Falcon Brigade), 2nd Division, Iraqi national police, smiles while meeting with U.S. Soldiers of F Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3r More

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Dec. 08, 2009) Members of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74 convoy security element use mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles to set perimeter security f More

Iraqi soldiers with the 23rd Iraqi Army Brigade march in formation during a training exercise at Camp Taji, Iraq, July 29, 2015. The soldiers were marching to a training exercise hosted by coalition forces. Mov More

Arsenal employees preparing the final shipment of armor kits leaving the Watervliet Arsenal in 2010, thus ending a $100 million order that save countless lives.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Jun. 03, 2010) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, center right, speaks with Pete Ward, lead project engineer of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, at the Min More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, walked away from their first improvised explosive device attack unharmed when their MRAP was hit during a routine personnel convoy July 27, during combat operati More

Members of Nangarhar Provincial Reconstruction Team participate in mine resistant ambush-protected vehicle egress training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Aug. 23. Much of the training received by the Nangarhar PRT me More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Painter, platoon leader, Company E, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Division, and Sgt. 1st Class Byron Flakes, platoon sergeant, talk throug More

The remote manipulator arm, operated by Pfc. Nicholas Bolchak, combat engineer, Company Echo, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Regiment, flips over a plastic pallet an More

Pfc. Jenny Cueva, with 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, ground guides a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle 5 as part of an operator's course to keep the brigade up-to-date on equipment used i More

Cpl. Justin Liden, general support security specialist, Headquarters & Service Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, guides a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle in order to tow an immobilized vehicle Oct. More

An Afghan man stands on the top of his vehicle while on a convoy halt Oct. 8, 2010 in Helmand province, Afghanistan. U.S. Marines with Combat Logistic Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) (not sho More

The terrain in the city of Ghazni ranges from flat plains to mountainous. Ghazni, Afghanistan, Nov. 18. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Howe)

An Afghan National soldier advances the patrol while a Polish soldier pulls security in the city of Ghazni, Afghanistan. Afghan troops, and uniformed police are stepping up their involvement and taking a more a More

An Afghan family lives in a tent in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Many families in Afghanistan are very poor and forced to live in poverty, Nov. 20. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Howe)

Spc. Wolber, 510th Clearance Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, takes a look around during a security halt while conducting a dismounted clearance patrol in the outskirts of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. (Photo by More

A Polish soldier pulls overwatch security in Zezelah, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2011. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

The sun sets behind the mountains west of Route Duck, Dec. 21. With an unobstructed 360-degree view of the surrounding area, MRAP gunners are the eyes and ears of the truck, providing overwatch for the personne More

Santa arrives to the Christmas party in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle.

Soldiers in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle maneuver across rough terrain while on patrol in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Howe)

A Polish soldier pulls security out of the back of a Rosomak vehicle during a patrol in Espandi, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2010. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

Polish infantry soldiers prepare to dismount to begin Cordon and Search operations, Jan. 5, in Waghez, Afghanistan. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Cesaitis uses an extinguisher to put out a fire on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle after the brakes on the vehicle ignited during a return mission from Shinkay, Afghanistan, Jan More

Polish Army Cpl. Maritik searches a suspected insurgent, while another Polish soldier pulls security, Jan. 7, in Ghazni, Afghanistan. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

U.S. Army Spc. Derek Farrington (right), from Ames, Iowa, uses a pry bar to remove a tow bar from the hitch of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected - all terrain vehicle Jan. 8 at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam More

Polish army Cpl. Stocztek watches a suspicious vehicle from a distance. Jan. 10, Espandi, Afghanistan. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

Lt. Col. John Mckee of Brooklyn, N.Y., hands out candy to local children during a patrol to Godele, Afghanistan Jan. 16, 2011. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

Afghan uniformed policemen await a briefing on the Guardians of Peace program at the police headquarters in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Jan. 16, 2011.

Polish soldiers take off for a dismounted patrol near Zargar, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2011. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. William P. Brickman, a turret gunner with Personal Security Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Regimental Combat Team 2, adjusts the gunner belt of La More

An Afghan National Army soldier patrols while dismounted in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2011. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

Afghan National Army soldiers on mounted patrol, Espandi, Afghanistan, Jan. 24.

Pfc. Juan Aldan (left), a mechanic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and a More

Petty Officer 1st Class Manuel Perez, construction electrician, a Seabee with the 25th Naval Construction Regiment from Gulfport, Miss., exits a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle trainer while preparing t More

A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle from Company D, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), moves out on a convoy escort mission. Many ho More

Maintenance Management Chief, Staff Sgt. Martha Avellanet, physically inspects a recently repaired Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle February 23. The Wauconda, Ill., native is taking over as the maintenan More

Cpl. Adrian Alcorta, an assistant instructor team leader with division licensing, teaches Marines from various division units about the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle at the Division Licensing compound More

These Defense Contract Management Agency Northern Iraq team members are responsible for conducting final inspections and acceptance for a series of upgrades to the current mine resistant ambush protected vehicl More

Cpl. Scott Mayer, a machinist of the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, and native of Lubbock, Texas, demonstrates the use of a universal key on More

I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, motor transportation, recently received two Mine Resistant Ambushed Protected vehicles with an independent suspension system. The MRAP is designed to protect Mar More

The M1249 military recovery vehicle is on display during its debut at Bagram Air Field, March 14. The U.S. military has ordered 250 of these wreckers to replace the current wrecker in Afghanistan. The MRV has t More

Spc. Joshua Burgess, an Idaho Falls, Idaho, native, and an mine resistant ambush protected vehicle driver assigned to Company G, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 77th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expedition More

Capt. Noah Siple, the commander of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 77th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and a native of Caldwell, Idaho, washes a Mine Resista More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Vargas assigned to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, operates the Global Positioning System for the new Command and Control on the Move vehicle at COS Kalsu, Iraq, April 9, 2011. The C2OMT More

Soldiers from 1st “Rhino” Platoon, Bravo Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Idaho National Guard, prepare Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles for an evening run fr More

Soldiers from 1st “Rhino” Platoon, Bravo Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, Idaho National Guard, prepare Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles for a run from Forwar More

Cpl. Quinntin T. Smith, from Atlanta, the tire shop non-commissioned officer in charge with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), installs a new tire on a rim June 6, 2011, aboard More

A soldier with the 1st Iraqi Army Division mans the turret of a Humvee as a convoy leaves its base in Fallujah, Iraq, June 11, 2011. Paratroopers with 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise More

Locals are farming in the distance, sometimes these are not farmers but observers for the Taliban. Romanian army soldiers clear culverts and crop fields while conducting route clearance procedures on Highway 1, More

A mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle, or MRAP vehicle, barrels down a dirt road at the Task Force Warrior off-road driver training course at Camp Roberts, Calif., June 26, 2011.

Pfc. Clifton Myers, a radio telephone operator for the 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and Houston, Texas, native, performs maintenance on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected veh More

An aerial shot of Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 22, 2011, shows the city lights of local businesses, the Afghan citizens homes, and the countries' potential to flourish with growth.

The sun sets over Camp Virginia, Kuwait, where the Battling Bastards of 1-194 AR (CAB) are beginning operations in support of Operation New Dawn, the drawdown phase of the war in Iraq. The 1-194 AR is based out More

Spc. Michael Sanders, 240B gunner attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, attaches a marking panel to his vehicle prior to rolling out on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in Ali More

USACE’s Kandahar-based MRAP team hoists Lt. Col. Douglas Hoenig into an all-terrain vehicle during a training exercise where Hoenig is the simulated casualty.

Soldiers and contractors from the 401st Army Field Support Battalion-Kandahar gave a tour to Maj. Mohammad Zahir and his coalition mentors of the maintenance facility where Humvees that are being turned over th More

Staff Sgt. Shawn Beazley, a senior mechanic with Task Force 183, 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and a Blackstone, Va., native, performs a More

The new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Egress Trainer is moved into place aboard the Air Station Sept. 8. The 33,000 pound trainer simulates a 360 degree rollover, which helps prepare service members for deployment.

Anthony Hamilton, the logistics management specialist for Ground Combat Tactical Trainers and Randy Mingledorff, Station Training Administrator remove moving straps from the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Egre More