MRAPs. The forgotten armored vehicle.

We're getting hit with a slew of stories covering Army and Marine Corps efforts at vehicle modernization.

You can check them out here and here.

But it occurs to me that whats been missing in all these conversations is the future of all those MRAPs that we have in service.

Are we going to keep some in storage?

If so then how many?

What is the plan on how and when we deploy them?  Do we take a certain percentage of casualties before its time to bring them out and ship them to theatre?

Or are they headed for the scrap heap because they're for use in counter insurgency's and we're out of that business?

We have alot of work to do before we get all this sorted out.

  In the meantime, the Secretary of the Navy (yeah his sorry ass again) is rolling out a Michelle Obama special.  

Note:

I stand corrected.  The work is being done...but unlike Navy SEALs these guys are operating in the background, getting the job done behind the scenes.

Awesome!

The statement on the SecNav rolling out a Michelle Obama special on the Marines and Sailors still stands though.