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Old 11-01-2006, 08:22 AM
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Couple of thoughts here:
Body armor is not a cure-all to the dangers of combat. Training, alertness, agility, and concentration are far more valuable. Body armor is a nice to have extra under some circumstances, it is not a crucial requirement. If you have done a tour in-country you know what I mean. If not, ask some soldiers who have. They will tell you that training and alertness to surroundings beat hell out of all the heavy gear that protects part but not all of you.
I was wondering about that. I was thinking that they must have made some type of changes to the Flak(sp) vest that I didnt know about that had people in uproar.
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