Logisticians at U.S. Transportation Command are working alongside acquisition officials to ensure that when newly minted batches of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles roll off the factory floor, aircraft are on hand to rush the blast-protected vehicles, which offer improved protection against roadside bombs, to Iraq. To date, a handful of C-17 flights have ferried two-dozen vehicles -- built as part of the MRAP program launched last fall by the Marine Corps -- on the three-day trip from South Carolina...
