1st Sustainment Brigade The gunner of the convoy escort team (CET) sits on a three by one- foot board covered with a thin layer of padding, manning a .50-caliber machine gun. Ever vigilant, he stands ...

The towering trucks that give U.S. troops the best protection against roadside bombs and enemy bullets also make them vulnerable to routine hazards like sharp turns, rutted roads and rickety bridges.

HOHENFELS, Germany (Sept. 14, 2009) -- The blast shakes the ground and sends up a cloud of dirt and leaves. A convoy of Soldiers has just been hit by an improvised explosive device, or IED. Moments ...

The towering trucks that give U.S. troops the best protection against roadside bombs and enemy bullets also make them vulnerable to routine hazards like sharp turns, rutted roads and rickety bridges.

The soldiers of Blue Ridge 1-6 start their workday just before midnight in a wide-open field of gravel and baked dirt. They picked this place for a reason: It’s big enough to stage the three-mile-long ...

Here's a great first-person review of the MRAP from my good friend who posts as "Slab" on OpFor. In January, my team traded out our well-worn M1114 Up-armored HMMWV for a 4X4 JERRV, one of the models ...

Pat Caldwell photo Staff Sgt. Tony Cox, Redmond, walks toward a line of trucks as the sun begins to set at a forward operating base in central Iraq. Cox, the commander of Fighter 41, already served ...

CAMP ADDER, Iraq - Scott Turner cracked open the door of the newest vehicle in his motor pool and the sharp, warm smell of a new car flooded the night air. "We just took the plastic off the seats," ...

Running convoys in Iraq is dangerous business. Our job is made even more dangerous by long hours of tedious driving through featureless desert, a political climate and policy that has shifted from ...