The US Pentagon under President Bush stands accused of failing to address and respond to known risks to Marines. The Department of Defense does not mince words in their report, according to USA Today:

When field commanders first began requesting MRAPs, military officials saw the armored Humvees as a more immediate option to countering IEDs, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said. “The threat has evolved and our force protection measures have evolved with it,” he said.

The Marines requested the inspector general’s investigation in February after an internal report accused the Corps of “gross mismanagement” of the urgent request for MRAPs. Hundreds of Marines died unnecessarily because of delays in fielding the vehicles, said the Jan. 22 study by Franz Gayl, a retired Marine officer and civilian science adviser.

Two U.S. senators — Democrat Joe Biden of Delaware, now the vice president-elect, and Republican Kit Bond of Missouri — demanded an investigation after details of Gayl’s study were published.

The summary report is available here:

…the Department entered into operations in Iraq without having taken available steps to acquire technology to mitigate the known mine and IED risk to soldiers and Marines.

Classic example of security negligence in management.