KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Sept.1, 2011 -- They come from all walks of life and all sorts of backgrounds. They're driven by the call to serve and willingly put their lives on the line every day.

The military credits its new crop of hulking armored vehicles with saving hundreds of soldiers' skins. But these Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) behemoths come with all kinds of problems, as ...

The entire Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program has been a success story for the U.S. military and its defense acquisition system. Faced with the asymmetric threat of Improvised Explosive ...

Beginning in May 2007 when the Secretary of Defense established the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program as the highest priority of the Department of Defense acquisition program, Red River ...

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 ...

It took Davis years to get an MRAP ­­­vehicle from the federal government, but less than a week to lose it. Woodland was quick to cash in on what had become a political issue, and the vehicle is now ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

The new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles will not provide protectionagainst explosively-formed projectiles (EFP), the roadside bombs that fire a high-velocity metal slug. So contractors ...

San Diego Unified Police Chief Michael Marquez said his department has no plans to acquire surplus military equipment now that President Donald Trump has reinstated a program that transfers combat ...

Johnson County Sheriff Brad Kunkel intends to keep the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protection vehicle, or MRAP, after the Johnson County Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal to buy a smaller armored ...