From Nextgov: Pentagon needs alternative power sources for deployed troops

Deputy Defense secretary cites Marines’ war-zone use of solar panels to cut reliance on generators.

U.S. supply convoys in Afghanistan, which are devoted in large part to transporting fuel into war zones, have suffered the loss of more than 3,000 troops or contractors over the past decade, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III told a White House forum on energy security on Tuesday.

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