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...Better Late than Never You reported that the U.S. army has ordered trucks designed to deflect improvised-explosive-device blasts [March 26]. Where has the Pentagon been for the past 30 years? As a member of the South African Defense Force in 1979, I rode in vehicles shaped exactly how you described. They were most effective in diverting mine blasts away from passengers and thereby saving their lives. That the U.S. military has only now caught on makes it appear it does not have the lives of its soldiers at heart. Wayne Pringle,MATRATIELE, SOUTH AFRICA
Monday's announcement by the Pentagon that it may call up to 13,000 National Guard troops for duty in Iraq was something of a milestone. Several thousand of these troops would be going to Iraq for a second time - the first return trip for large units of the National Guard since the war began...
...military officials from Baghdad to the Pentagon have made it clear that by Labor Day Washington should have a good handle on whether or not the surge plan championed by Army General David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, is working. The 30,000 extra troops, largely dedicated to Baghdad, are designed to secure the capital and let the political process take root. While the Guard deployment announced Monday is not part of the surge, by the time those soldiers board airplanes bound for Iraq it should be apparent whether or not the surge is working. Older...
...while the active-duty force is pinned down elsewhere. Even supporters concede the Guard has been so stretched - and has left so much gear behind in Iraq - that they would now be hard-pressed to perform their stateside duties. (The active duty army is feeling the strain too; the Pentagon is considering a plan to extend the tours of up to 15,000 troops currently in Iraq by up to three months...
...reported that the U.S. Army has ordered trucks designed to deflect improvised-explosive-device blasts [March 26]. Where has the Pentagon been for the past 30 years? As a member of the South African Defense Force in 1979, I rode in vehicles shaped exactly how you described. They were most effective in diverting mine blasts away from the passengers and thereby saving their lives. That the U.S. military has only now caught on makes it appear it does not have the lives of its soldiers at heart...