If the MRAP vehicle recently acquired by PCSO looks like an expensive item meant for war, that’s because it was. MRAP stands for mine-resistant ambush protected, and the 2009 truck was, in fact, used by the Army in such places as Afghanistan. It was designed specifically to withstand roadside bomb attacks and ambushes, but in its new Phillips County role, the truck will serve as an all-weather, all-terrain search and rescue tool.