Pentagon contract for M-RAPS is ahead of schedule

By Laurel Adams

A Pentagon contract with Oshkosh Corp. to make mine-resistant vehicles to protect Army and Marine Corps soldiers in Afghanistan is ahead of

Leaked report details failure to get armored vehicles to Marines in Iraq

By Nick Schwellenbach

The report featured in USA Today. When Marines in Iraq urgently asked for armored vehicles particularly resistant to improvised explosive d

Lack of armored protection for troops

By The Center for Public Integrity

The U.S. military didn't give troops enough armor because they assumed troops wouldn't face an insurgency