Parents buying flak jackets for their kids in the army
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From: Ossining, New York
Originally Posted by qtiger
Oh right, John Kerry voted against $250,000 of flak jackets in a 60 billion dollar bill.
He voted against the whole Bill. That means everything that's in it
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Originally Posted by qtiger
Thank you, Captain Obvious. Do you have any more brilliant clarifications you would like to share with us?
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Originally Posted by bluetwo
Personal weapons are definetely not allowed. And at this point we don't even use .50 Cals because it's "too big to use on troops".
There aren't enough vests to go around to everyone in the Army, but trust me. No one who is deployed is having to do without one. Most of us sometimes probably wish we didn't have them because they are a major pain in ass. Because with a IBL (individual basic load) of 210 rounds, the sappy plates that go inside the vest, the camelback (which is mandatory) and misc other attachments the vest weighs around 50 Lbs. Add to that the fact there we're wearing heavy boots, long sleeve over shirts, the kevlar helmet and various types of eyewear while carrying one or more weapons and it's pretty fawking hard to bear the heat.
Sorry I got a little off topic....................
The point is forget what ya heard about us. The media think they know, but they have no idea what it's like over here.
There aren't enough vests to go around to everyone in the Army, but trust me. No one who is deployed is having to do without one. Most of us sometimes probably wish we didn't have them because they are a major pain in ass. Because with a IBL (individual basic load) of 210 rounds, the sappy plates that go inside the vest, the camelback (which is mandatory) and misc other attachments the vest weighs around 50 Lbs. Add to that the fact there we're wearing heavy boots, long sleeve over shirts, the kevlar helmet and various types of eyewear while carrying one or more weapons and it's pretty fawking hard to bear the heat.
Sorry I got a little off topic....................
The point is forget what ya heard about us. The media think they know, but they have no idea what it's like over here.
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Originally Posted by Kestrel
There's no better source than straight from the source, so thanks for the response
Very true. It's just so unfortunate that you can't get the real story from the media. Examples such as this one should really make people start questioning what they hear/read from the media.