A couple weeks ago I attended a demonstration of the military’s new blast-resistant trucks at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. It was the same event where Marine General Mike Brogan famously blamed the media for turning the trucks into “symbolic targets” for insurgents. Photographers at the demo were welcome to shoot the outsides of the vehicles from certain angles, but photos of the insides were forbidden. There were systems inside, especially communications and protective gear, that were classified … and obviously the media couldn’t be trusted with such secrets. But as usual, it’s not the press that’s the greatest security risk, but the military itself. Today the Air Force ran a glowing story of its efforts to ship the so-called “Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected” trucks to Iraq. Included was this picture of the inside of a Category III Buffalo.

And that's not all. Click over to War Is Boring to see another military violation of military media rules.

__Previously:

__* MRAPs Versus Super Bombs

* Bomb-Fighting Vehicles Bite the Dust

* Bomb-Resistant Vehicles' Long Road to Acceptance

* Picture This: MRAP Menagerie

* Armor-Makers "Risked Soldiers' Lives," Says Pentagon I.G.

* Manufacturers Can't Fill Bomb-Proof Vehicle Demand

* Which Ride Takes Bomb-Blasts Best?

* Military Dragged Feet on Bomb-Proof Vehicles

* Bomb-Proof Vehicles: Why the Delay?

* Army Junking Future for New Rides?