Amid widespread concern about Army casualties in Baghdad, the Pentagon is diverting 1,200 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles ordered by the Marine Corps to the Army. The Pentagon's Joint Allocation Decision Board approved plans last week to redirect 1,200 MRAPs ordered by the Marine Corps to the Army, said Marine Corps System Command spokeswoman Lt. Geraldine Carey. The Army has $1.2 billion available for MRAPs from the fiscal year 2007 war supplemental. Industry sources said some of that money is...
