New MRAP Vehicles Expected To Protect Troops In Baghdad

Pfc. Dustin Napier (L) of Cincinnati, Ohio and Army Chaplain Jonathan Knoedler of Portland, Oregon, both in the 3-89 Cavalry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division, sit in a new Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle while traveling the streets of east Baghdad May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.  MRAPs, specially designed with V-shaped hulls to withstand the blasts of roadside bombs, are considered by the military to be their safest vehicle, and have been rolled out in force to soldiers in Baghdad recently.
Pfc. Dustin Napier (L) of Cincinnati, Ohio and Army Chaplain Jonathan Knoedler of Portland, Oregon, both in the 3-89 Cavalry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division, sit in a new Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle while traveling the streets of east Baghdad May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. MRAPs, specially designed with V-shaped hulls to withstand the blasts of roadside bombs, are considered by the military to be their safest vehicle, and have been rolled out in force to soldiers in Baghdad recently.
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Soldiers exit a new Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle at Forward Operating Base Loyalty May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.  MRAPs, specially designed with V-shaped hulls to withstand the blasts of roadside bombs, are considered by the military to be their safest vehicle, and have been rolled out in force to soldiers in Baghdad recently. Army Chaplain Jonathan Knoedler of Portland, Oregon of the 10th Mountain Division walks in front of a new Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.  MRAPs, specially designed with V-shaped hulls to withstand the blasts of roadside bombs, are considered by the military to be their safest vehicle, and have been rolled out in force to soldiers in Baghdad recently. Soldiers exit a new Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle at Forward Operating Base Loyalty May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.  MRAPs, specially designed with V-shaped hulls to withstand the blasts of roadside bombs, are considered by the military to be their safest vehicle, and have been rolled out in force to soldiers in Baghdad recently. A gunner sits in the well of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protective (MRAP) vehicle as it moves on the streets of east Baghdad May 12, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq.  MRAPs, specially designed with V-shaped hulls to withstand the blasts of roadside bombs, are considered by the military to be their safest vehicle, and have been rolled out in force to soldiers in Baghdad recently.
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