Operational bosses at U.S. Central and U.S. Special Operations commands, in concert with Pentagon leaders, have in recent weeks allocated the Army nearly 60 percent of the total number of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle fleet ordered to date, according to Pentagon officials. The Joint Allocation Decision Board, created earlier this summer to coordinate a plan for fielding newly minted MRAP vehicles, has assigned the Marine Corps 31 percent of the blast-proof trucks on order, the Navy 4 percent and...
