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Afghan troops could and did fight with air support and intelligence from the US and allies. Biden is giving false choice and is a lying sack of sh!t.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2009 – Army officials are creating a new way to field force-protection products, such as mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, to speed their delivery to deployed soldiers in Iraq. Army Pfc. Joshua Hunter, a quick reaction force gunner with the 10th Mountain Division, speaks with a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle driver during training at Camp Victory, Iraq, Jan. 1, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Emery  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. As equipment comes available, it’s shipped to Iraq immediately and tested to see how it incorporates with the mission, officials said. The “fieldings” are geared...

http://www.petitiononline.com/mrktrfrm/petition.html If you care about the HONESTY of the stock market AND/OR our troops, please sign this petition to stop the process of naked shorting stocks in the market. Force Protection (FRPT) builds the best armored vehicles in the world that protect our troops. They have been on the Reg SHO list for a LONG time with 17m shares naked shorted. This is counterfeiting stock. Just like counterfitting money. Should be equally illegal, but it's not apparently, as the SEC will not enforce the rules. One wonders if the powers behind this have ulterior motives past driving a company into...

Headquartered on a sprawling campus near Charleston, South Carolina, Force Protection, Inc. has become the nation's leading center for blast protection technology and counter improvised explosive device (IED) research. Force Protection manufactures the world's most advanced ballistic- and mine-protected vehicles. These specialty vehicles incorporate state-of-the-art technology with off-the-shelf American commercial automotive components that protect soldiers against attacks from IEDs, land mines, roadside bombs and hostile fire in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and other hot spots around the world.

Code word compromise The Joint Staff at the Pentagon last week ordered an investigation into the compromise of several programs that were revealed in a book by author William Arkin. According to a Jan. 25 cable from the Joint Staff to 14 military units, most of them involved in special operations, Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has asked for an "opsec" or operational security assessment of possible national security damage to special access programs and other "operational compromises" in the book, "Code Names." The U.S. Special Operations Command will be the lead...

It looks like a cross between a Brinks armored truck and a Light Armored Vehicle, and pretty soon it’ll head to Iraq for some of the Corps’ most dangerous duties. Late last year, officials with Marine Corps Systems Command signed a deal with Ladson, S.C.-based Force Protection Inc. to build 27 heavily armored vehicles for use by explosive ordnance disposal teams and combat engineers. Those teams dispose of land mines and improvised explosives — common weapons on the Iraqi battlefield. The trucks, which range in size from seven to 14 tons, are not only built to survive a direct hit...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 12, 2004) – The Army continues to meet its Operation Iraqi Freedom force protection equipment requirements in a timely manner and Congress is helping to do that, the Army’s top leadership recently told some of the nation’s top lawmakers. Acting Secretary of the Army Les Brownlee and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker appeared before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations – Defense to give testimony March 10 on the 2004 Army Posture Statement, the Army’s blueprint of what it wants to accomplish in the coming year with appropriated funds. “Many of...

BALAD, Iraq — While most soldiers in Iraq cringe at the thought of encountering an IED, Army engineers are making it easier for them to do just that. As part of Task Force Right of Way, Company C, 489th Engineer Battalion is clearing vegetation and debris from Iraqi Highway 1, known to troops as Main Supply Route Tampa. Enemy insurgents have attacked troops along the route with the improvised explosive devices, crude bombs detonated on command. The engineers want to give passing troops a fighting chance to spot IEDs by flattening medians and shoulders along the thoroughfare. “It makes it...

U.S. soldiers take off helmets and armored vests as security in Kosovo improves Tue Jul 30, 6:50 PM ET By GARENTINA KRAJA, Associated Press Writer VITINA, Yugoslavia - U.S. troops were permitted to patrol the streets of Kosovo without helmets and bulletproof vests for the first time Tuesday — a sign of the improved security climate as the United States prepares to scale back its military presence in the province. Pvt. Anthony Fugle of Cut Bank, Montana, said leaving behind his flak jacket and helmet felt odd, but he hailed it as a sign of the success of the NATO...

Today: July 13, 2002 at 10:10:14 PDT U.S. Says Iraq Would Target Troops ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON- The threat from Iraq's chemical and biological weapons is primarily to U.S. troops and to enemies of President Saddam Hussein inside and near Iraq rather than to civilians in the United States, defense and intelligence officials say. Iraq is believed to have biological weapons including anthrax spores and botulinum poison, which causes botulism. As for chemical agents, Iraq is thought to possess mustard, tabun, sarin and possibly VX gases, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Those are what U.N. inspectors had...

Defense Week Daily Update May 20, 2002 Navy Buys 1,000 explosives-detection systems for Force Protection on ships and at bases Navy Buys Gear That Detects Explosives WASHINGTON—The Navy is buying more than 1,000 explosives-detection systems for $36 million to protect ships and bases from terrorist attacks around the world, the company that makes the equipment said today. "Explosive-detection equipment is an important tool in the fight against terrorism," said Nicholas Lakis, Logistics Man-ager for Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)/Chief of Naval Operations N34 Force Protection Division, in a statement. "The addition of this technology will continue to improve the Navy's...