Lt. Col. Gerard Couvillion observes as Tech. Sgt. Shawn Tague backs up a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle beside a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle to show the difference between the vehicles Aug. 25 at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. A MRAP Category III Buffalo model (far left) and MRAP Cougar (far right) will phase out the Humvee. MRAPs are designed to reduce servicemembers' casualties by protecting them from improvised explosive devices, increase their mobility and enhance mission success throughout the areas of responsibility. Sergeant Tague is assigned to the 438th Aerial Port Flight and is deployed from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. Colonel Couvillion is the 438th Expeditionary Support Squadron commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Olufemi A. Owolabi)
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