It was a three-hour dirty, dusty drive in the back of a tracked armored vehicle.

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But they did get the license plate number and later tracked the vehicle to him, the traffic spokeswoman said.

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Dorner then crashed the Reynolds' vehicle and carjacked camp ranger Rick Heltebrake, and it was his vehicle that was tracked to a cabin where Dorner later died.

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While the care and comfort of combat casualties are understandably a top Army priority, there is another compelling reason for replacing the M113: The Combat Tactical Vehicle Study noted that the obsolete tracked ambulance can no longer be operated economically.

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