`` As a result , the department entered into operations in Iraq without having taken available steps to acquire technology to mitigate the known mine and IED risk to soldiers and Marines , '' the report said . Report : Buying reinforced Humvees , not MRAPs , possibly cost lives . Defense Department knew of roadside bomb risk ahead of Iraq war , report says . Comment: Department did n't immediately take available steps to get MRAPs . MRAPs are designed to shield troops from mines and other explosives .
Report : Buying reinforced Humvees , not MRAPs , possibly cost lives . Defense Department knew of roadside bomb risk ahead of Iraq war , report says . Comment: Department did n't immediately take available steps to get MRAPs . MRAPs are designed to shield troops from mines and other explosives .