If I learned one thing during my day of HMMWV driver training with the Reserves' 416th Theater Engineer Command, it's that the Army doesn't lack for ways to get you moving again. Small arms fire ...
The Humvee proved its worth during its first deployment in the Panama invasion in 1989, and shortly after, in the Gulf War, it solidified its status as the workhorse of the U.S. Army, adapting to ...
The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle project, better known today as the Humvee, can be traced back to a US Department of Defense request for bids to build a new military truck.
The military wanted a vehicle that could do it ... and serve as a weapons platform for offensive combat operations. The M998 HMMWV was the result, but soldiers gave it the "Humvee" moniker we ...