SUCCESS STORIES

Washington Convention Center, DC, October 7, 2008 – On Tuesday, Col. David J. Bishop, Director of the U.S. Army's Rapid Equipping Force (REF) spoke to attendees at the Annual Meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) about current projects and programs implemented by the REF. The REF is charged with keeping soldiers alive on the battlefield and is tasked with finding the products and solutions to do so.

In his speech, which lasted over a half hour in total, he talked about the success of their program deploying Defenshield's Mobile Defensive Fighting Position (MDFP) in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

You may view Col. Bishop's speech, in it's entirety, at: http://www.blueskybroadcast.com/client/AUSA/2008_review/02Tuesday_Oct_7/1230/Strength%20of%20a%20Nation/SupportingFiles/ViewerWM7.html

The video is best viewed in Internet Explorer. Defenshield is mentioned on slide #15 at 16:29 minutes into the speech.