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I asked hubby about the body armor issue, and here's what he had to say. The body armor he had (which was at the beginning of the war) was the same thing the Corps has been using for years, and is effective against small arms fire, but not larger rounds, as irate already said. He kept his on at all times, because he had trained extensively with it and was used to it. He said the main problem was with Marines who removed it because they really hadn't trained with it and it did cause mobility issues. Carrying around 25 extra pounds in desert heat and being active isn't easy. He said that trying to climb anything, like a wall for instance, was next to impossible. From what he told me, having enough armor wasn't the problem, it was having the wrong type of armor.
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Formerly Medusa
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