<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9f4668a3-9170-4b52-bc80-47e2cfd7f2a9/9BEF4849-16C0-4B2A-8B64-124FFB29A5B4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/FrontPage%20Stories/More%20Mine%20Resistant%20Ambush%20Protected%20Vehicles%20Shipped%20to%20Middle%20East.aspx" href="http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/FrontPage%20Stories/More%20Mine%20Resistant%20Ambush%20Protected%20Vehicles%20Shipped%20to%20Middle%20East.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">www.centcom.mil</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/FrontPage%20Stories/More%20Mine%20Resistant%20Ambush%20Protected%20Vehicles%20Shipped%20to%20Middle%20East.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.centcom.mil/img/6DF80AEC-599B-47D9-A4CD-B28291BBDC3D" alt="A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle is loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy aircraft Aug. 16 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Air Mobility Command assists with the movement of MRAP vehicles to U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility as directed by the National Command Authority, the Joint Staff and U.S. Transportation Command. Photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/FrontPage%20Stories/More%20Mine%20Resistant%20Ambush%20Protected%20Vehicles%20Shipped%20to%20Middle%20East.aspx"> - U.S. troops serving in Iraq will have a little more protection soon, as two of the military's newest armored vehicles are on their way to the theater.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/FrontPage%20Stories/More%20Mine%20Resistant%20Ambush%20Protected%20Vehicles%20Shipped%20to%20Middle%20East.aspx">It typically takes two days to airlift the MRAPs to Iraq</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/FrontPage%20Stories/More%20Mine%20Resistant%20Ambush%20Protected%20Vehicles%20Shipped%20to%20Middle%20East.aspx"><DIV>As of Aug. 9, Transportation Command had shipped 701 MRAPs and MRAP-like vehicles to the Central Command area, Ms. Bauer said. The command will continue to ship the vehicles as military commanders in theater request them, she said.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom2/FrontPage%20Stories/More%20Mine%20Resistant%20Ambush%20Protected%20Vehicles%20Shipped%20to%20Middle%20East.aspx">The troops who participated in loading the vehicles yesterday told local media that they feel their job is important, because the MRAPs have been proven to save lives in combat. "It's absolutely critical. It saves lives every day when they have them," Air Force Master Sgt. 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