Getting armor to troops will take time, Army officials say
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WASHINGTON -- Iraqi insurgents are growing more effective and it will take time to get US troops the $4 billion in armor they need for protection, defense officials said yesterday. ''This is not Wal-Mart ,&quot; one general said.
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The Army, strained by unrelenting violence in Iraq and operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere, is considering ways it can speed up the creation of two combat brigades while shifting personnel and equipment from other military units.
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The U.S. Army is showing growing   signs of strain as it tries to sustain troop levels in Iraq and   Afghanistan, including stress on soldiers, lower unit   readiness, equipment shortfalls and money worries.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's intended transformation of the Army into a quick, mobile force has started to rub against the daily demands of patching enough tanks and trucks together to keep fighting the war.
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Will someone explain to me what in the world is going on in Iraq? Our troops are now digging around in trash heaps looking for chunks of metal they can use to improvise armor to protect their vehicles against small-arms attacks.
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All U.S. troop reinforcements for Iraq to help restore security have now arrived, but it could take several more months before their weight is fully felt, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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President Bush's new status report on the war strongly implies that the administration believes its military strategy will take many more months to meet its goals
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Blog: The Defense Department wants a few good inventors to devise a prototype system that can power a standard soldier's equipment for 96 hours.
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The Army is working to fill a shortfall in Iraq of thousands of advanced Humvee armor kits designed to reduce U.S. troop deaths from roadside bombs -- including a rising threat from particularly lethal weapons linked to Iran and known as "explosively formed penetrators" (EFP) -- that are now...
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Troops complained that they were being sent into combat with insufficient protection and aging equipment.
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DHB Industries Inc., which makes body armor for New York City police and is the largest supplier to the US military, said yesterday it has received a $100-million order from the Army for
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KIRKUK, Iraq -- As he walked through the mud surrounding his temporary barracks, 1st Sgt. Ken Agueda carried an M-4 assault rifle without its essential lethal components: bullets. Earlier in the day, Agueda had turned in his ammunition -- cartridges, assorted grenades -- in preparation for his journey home after nearly 13 months in Iraq.
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President George W. Bush said Thursday that concerns expressed by US soldiers in Kuwait a day earlier about having inadequately armored vehicles for their missions in Iraq &quot;are being addressed.
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WASHINGTON -- US soldiers in Kuwait who are headed to Iraq put Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on the defensive yesterday, grilling him about extended tours of duty and the continued lack of armor to protect vehicles from roadside bombs.
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Why the Pentagon ended up with a shortage of armored vehicles for U.S. soldiers in Iraq
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The army is seeking more production  of the most fully armor-protected "Humvee" military vehicles,  defense officials said on Friday, after a soldier's complaint  to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that troops had to use  scrap metal to protect vehicles in Iraq.
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More troops and sophisticated equipment are needed to bolster Afghanistan's security forces, but it is not clear whether more U.S. troops will be deployed there, U.S. and Afghan defense officials said Tuesday.