Tom Loftus, reporter for the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal, opened his story Thursday this way: “Kentucky Army National Guard soldiers in Iraq are being put at risk because their trucks are unreliable, poorly armored and lack protective glass, according to a guardsman stationed in Iraq.”
He revealed that Staff Sgt. Brad Rogers, 33, had declared in e-mails to the paper on Wednesday that Kentucky National Guard Sgt. James A. Sherrill might have survived a bomb attack Sunday if his truck had protective glass.
"We have great people and great leadership. I just want answers on why we can't get better equipment with full armor including ballistic windows," Rogers wrote. "They need to stop these missions until we get these things."
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