There is no excuse for this!!

[BlueCat00]

WASHINGTON - The military is recalling more than 18,000 protective vests because they did not meet ballistic test standards when the body armor was made up to five years ago.



It is the second recall in about six months.

In May, the Marine Corps recalled 5,277 combat vests issued to troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Djibouti after a newspaper article raised concerns that they failed a test to determine whether they could stop a bullet.

Among the eight lots of the body armor being recalled, more than 10,000 vests went to the Marines and more than 8,000 went to Army soldiers.


We are sending our kids out there the least the government could do is equip them properly!!!!!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!

BlueCat00 Reviewed by BlueCat00 on 11-23-2005. There is no excuse for this!! WASHINGTON - The military is recalling more than 18,000 protective vests because they did not meet ballistic test standards when the body armor was made up to five years ago. It is the second recall in about six months. In May, the Marine Corps recalled 5,277 combat vests issued to troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Djibouti after a newspaper article raised concerns that they failed a test to determine whether they could stop a bullet. Among the eight lots of the body armor Rating: 5

[Psycho4Bud]

Heads should roll for that shit. I wonder who the manufacturer is....they should be held accountable!

[Esoteric416]

I hope my brother got one of the good ones.

[pisshead]

can't you just support the troops blindly!

just support them breathing DU...it's patriotic to not talk about it...don't talk about their defective armor...don't talk about it!

just shut up! shut up shut up shut up!!

that's supporting the troops. wanting them to die and not live is supporting them.

[Psycho4Bud]

that's supporting the troops. wanting them to die and not live is supporting them.

AWWWWWW.....Did A.J. take away your ba-ba again? Poor lil' pissy.

[BlueCat00]

AWWWWWW.....Did A.J. take away your ba-ba again? Poor lil' pissy.

Why can't you ever play nice?

[andruejaysin]

Heads should roll for that shit. I wonder who the manufacturer is....they should be held accountable!

I agree comepletly. Of course, were they not in iraq they wouldn't need body armor.