European and Pacific Stars & Stripes

Lawmakers promise troops in Iraq new IED jammers, other gear


By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, May 6, 2005

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress promised Thursday that troops in Iraq will get new IED jammers within 60 days and better gun truck kits in the coming months, and started research on ballistic glass shields that can be easily installed on Humvees.

The equipment promises came as the House Armed Services Committee continued its yearlong review of the improvised explosive device problem in Iraq.

Army and Marine officials testified that the services had underestimated how dangerous roadside bombs would be, but said they are confident military technology has now caught up with the problem."

I'll wait and see if this comes to past, I sure hope so.

Semper fi