Posted: April 11, 2012


The last U.S. Army Caiman Plus mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle to depart Iraq was loaded aboard the M/V Ocean Crescent March 24, 2012, for shipment to the 1st Cavalry Division Museum at Fort Hood, Texas. American Maritime Officers members with the MRAP (above) in the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, are (left to right) First Assistant Engineer Andrew Edlund, Chief Mate Cezary Poninski, Captain Jeff Fischer, Chief Engineer Jim Brown, Second Assistant Engineer Jeff Amos, Third Mate Jeff Thompson and Second Mate Jonathan Odell.