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By PAUL McLEARY
The U.S. Army has launched an ambitious modernization effort that involves sending new equipment, along with battle-tested gear, directly from war zones in the Middle East to South Korea as the service turns its gaze to the Pacific.
The Army next month will ship roughly 80 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles from Kuwait to the 8th Army, 2nd Infantry Division, in South Korea to begin a six-month evaluation of how the MRAPs might be integrated into the brigade combat teams there.
The battle-tested MaxxPro MRAPs are the latest step in the effort, which also involves shipping the newest communications, networking and situational awareness technologies to the 20,000 U.S. troops in South Korea.
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