Photos: Pentagon pushes mine-resistant vehicles

Marine Cpl. Miarco T. McMillian, a motor transportation operator with Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 6, poses with a Cougar (also known as a JERRV) earlier this week at Camp Fallujah. McMillian is an instructor of drivers who are expected to maneuver the 20-ton vehicle on combat and logistics operations. "Surprisingly, it handles very well. It's a lot more nimble than you would expect," he said in a Marine Corp News story. Another Marine quoted in that story said the vehicles are like "a bank vault with wheels."