April 13, 2008
The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle has been in the field long enough to get meaningful feedback. Here is an excellent example:
At the end of the linked article is a link to another excellent MRAP article.
February 24, 2008
M*A*S*H 25 Year Commemoration 23 February 2008
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Yesterday was a commemoration celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the last episode of the M*A*S*H television series. The commemoration was held on the site of the M*A*S*H outdoor set, in Malibu Creek State Park, Malibu, CA. Here is the Olive-Drab.com page that describes the festivities with photos:
January 18, 2008
Since the M-151 jeep was phased out in the 1990s, there has been no new direct descendent of the WW II jeeps. Now, Chrysler LLC has introduced the Jeep J8, a military version of the four door Wrangler Unlimited. This vehicle will not be available in the U.S. due to regulations, but will be offered to government and military buyers internationally.
January 17, 2008
In response to many requests, a page has been created on Olive-Drab.com reviewing the history of olive drab paint in the U.S. military. Starting with Lustreless Olive Drab in 1940, there have been confusingly many shades and gloss variations of olive drab used for U.S. military vehicles. If you are restoring a vehicle, it can be difficult to decide exactly what paint to buy to either match original paint or to repaint to represent a perticular point in time.
For the whole story, go here:
December 31, 2007
To all visitors to Olive-Drab.com best wishes for Happy New Year and for all of 2008. If you are in the military, the wish is extended to include a successful completion of your mission and safe return home.
Happy holiday!
November 18, 2007
More video is coming to Olive-Drab.com. The vast increase in video available through Internet sources does include a lot of military content. To harness this abundance, Olive-Drab.com is hooking into the resources of YouTube and other repositories to display a selection of related video where matching material can be located.
Here are two pages already set up as a trial:
http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_m198howitzer.php
http://www.olive-drab.com/od_mvg_online_videos.php
More videos will be added soon, especially for popular vehicles such as the HMMWV and jeeps.
September 8, 2007
The Olive-Drab.com section on Military Fire & Crash Trucks has been expanded with an overview of the vehicles, history, and pages for specific vehicles.
It all starts on this page:
August 7, 2007
The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has caused more castualties in Iraq and Afghanistan than any other threat. Soft-skinned vehicles were completely vulnerable and even up-armored vehicles were not protective against larger and newer forms of IED. The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles emerged by 2007 as the solution to this problem.
Olive-Drab.com now has a section describing the family of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles, including many photos.
July 21, 2007
The Light Trucks section of the Military Vehicle Charts has been expanded to include greater coverage of the important Dodge half-ton and 3/4-ton vehicles. New sub-sections are available from these links:
Truck, 1/2 ton, 4×4, Dodge VC series (G505)
Truck, 1/2 ton, 4×4, Dodge WC series (G505)
Truck, 3/4 ton, 4×4, Dodge WC series (G502)
Hundreds of thousands of these trucks were produced from 1940 through the end of the war in 1945, serving with the U.S. military into the 1950s. Next to jeeps, they are the most popular trucks for restoration and collection.
June 24, 2007
An Olive-Drab.com visitor asks:
hello i was just wondering i am looking for a video that shows the japanesse surrender on deck of the us warship i belive the uss missouri. do you know of any videos that out there or where i can look for such a video that has the surrender that i can buy on dvd.
Answer:
Google Video has a copy of a 1945 newsreel with good footage of the surrender including parts of Gen.MacArthur’s speech. You can find it at this link:
