The Defense Department is considering diverting a portion of the 2,800 Mine Resistant Ambush vehicles ordered by the Marine Corps to the Army, a course correction that could provide blast-resistant vehicles to parts of Iraq where roadside bombs present the greatest threat to U.S. personnel, according to Pentagon officials. Vice Adm. Stephen Stanley, the Joint Staff director for force structure, resources and assessment, today convened the first meeting of the Joint Allocation Decision Board in the Pentagon. The panel was...
