Geez, this is unusual. I find myself in nearly complete agreement with one of the bloggers at TAPPED, the group blog run by the American Prospect. Robert Farley posts there today with a really ...

When the U.S. military went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, it quickly became apparent that its arsenal of armored and up-armored vehicles was susceptible to dangerous improvised explosive devices ...

Brian Castner commanded two Explosive Ordnance Disposal units in Iraq, where his team disabled roadside IEDs and investigated the aftermath of... 'The Life That Follows' Disarming IEDs In Iraq This ...

MRAP vehicles–mine resistant ambush protected–are all the rage, and for good reason. The Pentagon plans to purchase as many as 8,000 of the vehicles, from as many as nine different suppliers, for ...

Makeshift bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three times as many coalition troops in the first two months of 2009 compared with the same period last year, USA Today reported Monday. Improvised ...

The Pentagon celebrated its Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected vehicle program at the Pentagon on Monday, but the biggest question was left hanging: did the nearly $50 billion investment in MRAPs make ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A retired U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal colonel dedicated his three-decade career to eradicating explosive threats to the American people and the warfighters who defend ...

Pentagon report reveals military leaders knew about IED dangers prior to war. Dec. 9, 2008— -- WASHINGTON — Military leaders knew the dangers posed by roadside bombs before the start of the Iraq ...

Meet the newest vehicle in the arsenal of the San Diego Unified School District, a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, more commonly known as an MRAP, or the US military’s answer to the ...

The extraordinary briefing in the Green Zone pointed a finger but it wavered. The sophisticated bomb technology behind some of the deadliest improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq came from ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran has made a conscious effort to restrain Iraqi Shi'ite militias from attacking U.S. and Iraqi forces in recent months, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Thursday. U.S. Army ...