I just found out from a friend that the army doesn't even get bullet proof vests?

Question

WHAT KIND OF CRAP IT THAT? People are getting sniped out by all kinds of different guns even small ones and dying. Why do they not have them? Crazy

Thats why i'm asking Nekkra shees.
And i heard that kind of vest is just for shrapnel not guns

Answer 1

As above: your friend is wrong.

Also, there is no such thing as a "bullet proof" vest.

Every time we come up with a better vest, someone comes up with a better round. Same with tank armor. The most you can hope for is to slow the bullet down so it does not kill you.

Answer 2

In a sense, you are right. The Army is not issued "bullet proof vests". They ARE issued "ballistic vests" which have improved over the years. The one in use now in Iraq is pretty darn good. It has the standard "flack vest" from the last 20 years with added plates in the front and back made of kevlar material. Very good stuff. It's heavy as heck, but you get used to it after a bit because you know it's going to protect you.

So, before you start taking the word of your friends as fact, do some research before you start blabbering off about stuff you don't know about.

Answer 3

To set the record straight.....short n sweet.....EVERY soldier gets issued a flak jacket upon arrival to his new unit. After that, the unit issues two "chicken plates" to stop bullets. When we got these in Iraq, we wanted to test them. So, we set one up on a dune, and shot it 5 times with an M-16 and 5 times with an AK-47. Only one bullet went through. Those plates work fine. In fact, supply had so many, I "allocated" myself a dozen more to put inside the cap of my truck.

Answer 4

Not true, we wear ballistic vest with thick plates in them. The plates are called IBA plates. If you are deployed and your job involves hazardous duty you will be required to wear them along with your Kevlar helmet, elbow and knee pads. Remember without someone who is involed in what you are discussing always believe nothing you hear and half of what you see.

Answer 5

whoever told you that is a dimn ****. You have a vest that stores two sappy plates one for the front and one in the back. They are heavy as **** but you have them.

Answer 6

You may have been misled. That big, bulkly thing you see our troops wearing are ballistic vests. Unless something has drastically changed, it is part of the standard combat equipment package issued to our troops.

Answer 7

No one leaves on a patrol without one. Just remember the Dems want to cut funding! Vote Republican!

Answer 8

I know it's a sensitve subject, but here goes:

We took up money in our area to buy protective gear. There wasn't enough to go around for everyone. There were production delays in government contracts and the immediate need for the equipment caused a shortage ... At least that is what the Bush Administration said. (Apparently, I'm learning, initial shortages have been common in the USA military history.)

So I'd say the government lied about the last round of shortages except we had families in our community with deployed family members who were scared witless and needed help. Also, there was a problem with the helmets being used and we bought supplement padding to help prevent unnecessary head trauma. That was actually the BIGGEST issue for us. Head trauma is not as visible, but can be much more debilitating than losing a limb (not to diminish limb loss). As time went on we bought cell phones and phone cards and misc goodies ... not safety issues, but important for morale.

Families with money can afford to buy for their children, but the military recruits hard and fast in poor neighborhoods as an option to give the Kids a chance at college and career. Hope those were placed in units that got what they needed as the people above me said they did. It wasn't like that for everyone. And Santa doesn't visit in poor neighborhoods like he does in everyone elses.

The equipment we collected monies for was bought and shipped to them. One Republican Father also showed us pictures his Army Son sent on his cell phone of the troops out scowering junk piles for material that could be used to re-enforce their vehicles. (His son was actually proud, showing his dad their resourcefulness and how they were making it work ... little did he know the effect that would have on his family.) We gathered around this father and held him as he broke down and cried. This was this man's only child. And we prayed while we held him. It was all we could do. We had no equipment to send for that.

Edit: I helped pay for equipment for our men and women in military service AND you thumbs down? I'm a middle income single parent. I couldn't stand to see our military citizens laying so much on the line with inadequate equipment. I gave more than I could comfortably give financially and I'd do it all over again. I'm proud of our USA soldiers and I'll put my money where my mouth is when it comes to their well-being anytime ... even when they give a thumbs down, denying what their own government admitted.

Answer 9

it all depends on if they are in a hazardous enough place, and if they leave thier base or not, im currently in a place where we all have them, but aren't required to wear them unless we leave base. the base security does sweeps outside base far enough so that we dont have to worry about snipers or anything for about a 10 mile radius.

Answer 10

Because you go to war with the army you have, not the army you'd like to have. If God intended people to have bullet-proof vests, we'd be born with them.