European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 stars and stripes june 2007 report Pentagon tests new armoured vehicles makers of the Bull say they Are ready for immediate production stars and stripes a new armoured vehicle Capa ble of protecting troops against the deadliest Roadside bombs in Iraq has been successfully tested by the Pentagon and could go into production immediately Usa today reported citing its manufacturer and a Sena the known As the has proven effective at repelling blasts from explosively formed or Usa today these Roadside bombs can Pierce even heavily armoured Marc vice presi Dent of Armor operations at Cera Dyne the vehicles Man fac told the paper that the bulls method for defeating these bombs is the army declined to com ment to Usa today because it has not issued contracts to Pur Chase the said Dave Fos an army spokesman at the the marines Are evaluating the marines spokes Man Bill Johnson Miles told the the Pentagon has ordered mine resistant ambush protected map and manufacturers Are scrambling to fill those Usa today previously reported that those vehicles might need additional Armor to counter according to the Joseph criticized the Pentagon for not moving fast enough to Field both chairman of the Senate foreign relations recently wrote a letter to defense Secretary Robert Gates calling on the Secretary to look into de lays and bringing the Bull to his i strongly support your Deci Sion to make mine resistant am Bush protected map vehicles the military top acquisition Pri Gates Gates i wish to Call your attention to an other vehicle that May provide needed Protection against explosively formed last i Learned about a vehicle that came out of the bal Listic Protection Experiment and is now commercially referred to As the the Bull was funded by the joint improvised explosive device defeat organization through the army rapid equip Ping Force to demonstrate that technology exists that can defeat both Fps and i urge you to include the Bull in your evaluation of new vehicles needed for Iraq and inform Glik Courtesy of Geradyne this illustration shows a prototype of the Bull troop a new Type of armoured vehicle designed to withstand blasts from the most powerful Roadside bombs in use in Congress if additional funding is required for these King said the Bull had passed limited government including most tests for the vehicle can be configured to transport troops or haul he told Usa King envisions the Bull to be a complement to the it can perform against the most lethal threats on the Battlefield at a High probability of he the Bull would Cost about per Usa today by the most common version of the a Mored humvee costs the Cost of the maps ranges from to de pending on the King told Usa today that his company could produce 100 vehicles per but the Pentagon has not ordered stripes Pat Dickson contributed to this report from warring factions see common enemy in by Teri Weaver stars and stripes Iraq word went out among soldiers patrolling this Small City just East of the euphrates River they had lost the one Soldier they thought they never Bruce was the one who always said who always made time for the one along with his Erin who hosted cookouts for his the 127th military police company out of Horner was a victim of an upsurge of Vio Lence in a Small shiite City that lies at a Crossroads of sectarian militia soldiers and coalition forces South of he was shot by Small arms fire while on a Mission to find three fort drum based soldiers who went missing in Early May after an Earl morning ambush South of the military police unit works alongside the 1st 501st Parachute infantry and when the regiment first arrived in the area last the mood was but As the Mahdi army has grown Stron Ger and sunni shiite tensions have me battalion has fought Back with raids and that Effort has turned those warring factions toward a common enemy in the area officers with the battalion its also highlighted the control that the Mahdi army has in the the mus Sayid town Council is run by Mahdi the iraqi police in the area run Check but they never find says Eric of the commander of company the people in town Are put they never give up Lawless his soldiers recently searched the House of a suspected Mahdi member and found a special basically a has sle they kill the police who take action against Lawless but were their favorite the increase in violence in the area also comes As the surge of american troops in Baghdad said Michael Gar commander of the 4th brigade com Bat team 25th infantry which oversees the 501st As troops focus on insurgents have spread North straight into the units patrol they own the City says Craig of Silver some of the worst Guys Are on the City the company he went to a few City Council meet Ings last when the battalion first came to the he was asked not to come last he tried to make a Surprise visit to the saturday afternoon he found the municipal building empty a nearby iraqi police officer said the Council has stopped meeting there was an encouraging Point a few weeks though one full of tragedy for the a group of local residents found the body of Joseph Anzack of one of the missing it was Lawless the iraqi men took the body to a local Hospital and called the iraqi who then called the the local men thought they had seen two other bodies there Are still two soldiers missing from the the police and the local men used their own boats to comb the but they found i thought they were respectful of the whole Whiteside email Teri Weaver at Bryan a medic from Virginia talks to an iraqi boy who uses a wheelchair in gis Are Welcome Here american soldiers with Apache 6th 9th cavalry regiment handed out toys and other gifts in the iraqi Village of gaze Elja in Dyala province during a visit gaze Elja is almost exclusively and troops maintain excellent relations with its visiting frequently to gather information on insurgents and carrying out humanitarian photos by Drew and stripes an iraqi girl smiles shyly As other children play with soldiers in outstretched hands wait for gifts being Given out by see More photos on
