Exhibit 3.1

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

FORCE PROTECTION, INC.
(The "Corporation")

The
undersigned incorporator does hereby file these Articles of Incorporation of a Private (Domestic) Corporation pursuant to Title Seven of the Nevada Revised Statutes as follows:

FIRST:The name of the corporation isFORCE PROTECTION, INC.

SECOND:The name of the initial registered agent and registered office is: Sage International, Inc., 1135
Terminal Way, Suite 209, Reno, Nevada, 89502.

THIRD:The Corporation shall have and may exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges now or hereafter conferred upon corporations
organized under the laws of Nevada. In addition, the corporation may do everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of any of its corporate purposes. The corporation may conduct
part or all of its business in any part of Nevada, the
United States or the world and may hold, purchase, mortgage, lease and convey real and personal property in any of such places.

FOURTH:The aggregate number of shares that the corporation shall have authority to issue is three hundred and ten million (310,000,000)
shares of which a portion shall be common stock and a portion shall be preferred stock, all as described below.

A.    Common
Stock.    The aggregate number of common shares which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is three hundred million (300,000,000) shares, each with a
stated Par Value of $0.001 per share, which shares shall be designated "Common Stock." Subject to all the rights of the Preferred Stock as expressly provided herein, by law or by the Board of
Directors pursuant to this Article, the Common Stock of the corporation shall possess all such rights and privileges as are afforded to capital stock by applicable law in the absence of any express
grant of rights or privileges in these Articles of Incorporation, including, but not limited to, the following rights and privileges:



B.    Preferred
Stock.    The aggregate number of preferred shares which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is ten million (10,000,000) shares, each with a stated
Par Value of $0.001 per share, which shares shall be designated "Preferred Stock." Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series as determined by the Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized, by resolution or resolutions, to provide from time to time, out of the un-issued shares of Preferred Stock not then allocated to any
series of Preferred Stock, for a series of the Preferred Stock. Each such series shall have distinctive serial designations. Before any shares of any such series of Preferred Stock are issued, the
Board of Directors shall fix and determine, and is hereby expressly empowered to fix and determine, by resolution or resolutions, the voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and the
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof as provided by Nevada law. Before issuing any
shares of a class or series, the corporation shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing articles of amendment to these articles of incorporation that set forth information required by

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Nevada
law, including but not limited to, the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the class or series of shares.

C.    Voting.    Unless
otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, at all meetings of shareholders one-third of the shares of a voting group entitled to
vote at such meeting, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of that voting group.

FIFTH:The initial board of directors shall consist of three (3) members whose name and address are as follows:



All
of whose address is 9801 Highway 78, Building #2, Ladson, South Carolina 29456

The
number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within a range of no less than one or no more than five. A Director shall be a natural person who
is eighteen years of age or older. A director need not be a resident of Nevada or a shareholder of the corporation.

SIXTH:The incorporator of the corporation is R. Scott Ervin, 9801 Highway 78, Building #2, Ladson, South
Carolina 29456.

SEVENTH:The Corporation shall establish and maintain one or more offices as may be appropriate from time to time and as required under the
laws of the state of Nevada.

EIGHTH:The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and
the same are in furtherance of and not in limitation or exclusion of the powers conferred by law.

(a)   Conflicting
Interest Transactions.    As used in this paragraph, "conflicting interest transaction" means any of the following: (i) a loan or other
assistance by the corporation to a director of the corporation or to an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest; (ii) a guaranty by
the corporation of an obligation of a director of the corporation or of an obligation of an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest; or
(iii) a contract or transaction between the corporation and a director of the corporation or between the corporation and an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or
officer or has a financial interest. No conflicting interest transaction shall be void or voidable, be enjoined, be set aside, or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions in a proceeding by
a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, solely because the conflicting interest transaction involves a director of the corporation or an entity in which a director of the corporation
is a director or officer or has a financial interest, or solely because the director is present at or participates in the meeting of the corporation's board of directors or of the committee of the
board of directors which authorized, approves or ratifies a conflicting interest transaction, or solely because the director's vote is counted for such purpose if: (A) the material facts as to
the director's relationship or interest and as to the conflicting interest transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or the committee, and the board of directors or committee in
good faith authorizes, approves or ratifies the conflicting interest transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors are less
than a quorum; or (B) the material facts as to the director's relationship or interest and as to the conflicting interest transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to
vote thereon, and the conflicting interest transaction is specifically authorized, approved or ratified in good faith by a vote of the shareholders; or (C) a conflicting interest transaction is
fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized,

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approved
or ratified by the board of directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the
board of directors or of a committee which authorizes, approves or ratifies the conflicting interest transaction.

(b)   Loans
and Guaranties for the Benefit of Directors.    Neither the board of directors nor any committee thereof shall authorize a loan by the corporation to a
director of the corporation or to an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest, or a guaranty by the corporation of an obligation of a director
of the corporation or of an obligation of an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a financial interest, until at least ten days after written notice of the
proposed authorization of the loan or guaranty has been given to the shareholders who would be entitled to vote thereon if the issue of the loan or guaranty were submitted to a vote of the
shareholders. The requirements of this paragraph (b) are in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of paragraph (a) of Article EIGHTH.

(c)   Indemnification.    The
corporation shall indemnify, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any person who is or was a director, officer, agent, fiduciary or
employee of the corporation against any claim, liability or expenses arising against or incurred by such person made party to a proceeding because he is or was a director, officer, agent, fiduciary or
employee of the corporation or because he was a director, officer, agent, fiduciary or employee of the corporation or because he is or was serving another entity as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent at the corporation's request. The corporation shall further have the authority to the maximum extent permitted by law to purchase and maintain insurance providing
such indemnification.

(d)   Limitation
on Director's Liability.    No director of this corporation shall have any personal liability for monetary damages to the corporation or its
shareholders for breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for
monetary damages for: (i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders; or (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law; Nothing contained herein will be construed to deprive any director of his right to all defenses ordinarily available to a director nor will anything herein be
construed to deprive any director of any right he may have for contribution from any other director or other person.

The
undersigned incorporator does hereby certify the foregoing as a true and accurate statement of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation.

Dated:

December 9, 2004By:/s/R. SCOTT ERVINR. Scott Ervin, Incorporator


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