Exhibit
24
FORCE
PROTECTION, INC.
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Michael Moody and Lenna Ruth Macdonald, each individually, as the
undersigneds true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on
behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity as an officer and/or
director of Force Protection, Inc. (the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any
and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of any such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-facts discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that neither of
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, is assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each
of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.