Marine Corps buying fewer armored vehicles

As we noted last week, the Marine Corps is buying fewer MRAPs. Today MSNBC picked up on an AP story about this and it makes several good points.

• The number of IED attacks in Iraq are down.


• The Corps and the Army have different roles and requirements. The Army will continue to want lots of MRAPS.


• The Marines are very interested in getting some of that MRAP money and purchasing the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs).

The article goes on to speculate on the effects to industry. It's a good overview and nice to see in a very public domain.

Source: MSNBC