Albu Assi, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2004: Staff Sgt. Anna Berber-Giddings of the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion shows the Iraqi-made steel door meant to provide some blast protection to an unarmored ...

But after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Humvee's mission changed. It was deployed to the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan, where US commanders quickly discovered that it was dangerously ...