Security forces employ tough, agile vehicle
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Airmen 1st Class Eric Babcock, Stephen Ellis and Andrew Huffman stand in front of several Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, vehicles Oct. 7 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The Airmen are deployed to the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's Quick Response Force from the 99th Security Forces Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The QRF Airmen will use MRAPs as part of their mission to defend the base both inside and outside the perimeter, a mission not conducted by the Air Force since the Vietnam War. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Craig Lifton)