Force Protection on MSNBC

This article concerns the importance of the Charleston based industry, Force Protection Inc., to our troops in the field:

The military has already ordered 3,765 armored trucks under this
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected [MRAP] program -- more than half of them since
May 31 -- and deliveries have begun. Some orders went to military vendors like
BAE Systems, but nearly half are being filled by a South Carolina company that
used to make speedboats, Force Protection Industries, a subsidiary of Force
Protection (FRPT). The company adapted its V-shaped hulls for the underbelly of
an armored truck, replacing the fiberglass with steel. Like a boat hull cutting
through waves in the water, the steel hull deflects the shock waves and shrapnel
from an explosion. Force Protection Industries had already shipped 600 of these
Cougar trucks to Iraq before MRAP, and not a single occupant has died in more
than 2 million operational hours, the company reports.

Keep up the good work Charleston, and lets bring them home victorious!