Soldiers for the Truth has a frontpage story running claiming that the Army has ordered troops deploying into combat areas not to wear privately purchased body armor. Their alternative is to either wear the Army's standard issue body armor or to go without. What's worse is that evidently the soldiers are being told that if they are killed while wearing non-sanctioned body armor, their families may not receive death benefits.
This is almost too infuriating to be true. I can't even imagine how pissed these soldiers must be to find out that they are not allowed to use a superior product even if they pay for it out of their own pocket. I call bullshit on that policy.
This is almost too infuriating to be true. I can't even imagine how pissed these soldiers must be to find out that they are not allowed to use a superior product even if they pay for it out of their own pocket. I call bullshit on that policy.
