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Posted: 11/28/2015 3:00:29 AM EDT

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Often enough.

I'm sorry you were miserable wearing some armor as a contractor....

It doesn't limit mobility that much when you get used to it. The things that limited mobility were those stupid DAPs they tried to get us to wear and the side plates. Just front and back plates didn't really phase most people...even with a full load of everything else we carried. Could still sprint and move well.

One my TLs got torn up pretty good from an IED on my first tour. He probably would have died if not for his plates and eye pro. Still had a fucked up face...but lack of penetration to his chest. One of many examples you'll hear from people that have been in combat.

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I so glad I never had to wear daps and only once had to use side plates.

As far as being miserable in the M.E., I never really thought about it. I could walk and run and most the weight was from ammo and water, not the plates.

Posted: 11/28/2015 3:01:25 AM EDT

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I watched a guys IOTV eat like fifteen Ak rounds from under 50m. His rifle stopped a few and one was stopped by his Leupy mk4.

When I got blown up my only injury was from falling off a building with all my shit on. Little shrapnel bits all up in my armor.

I'll keep wearing armor.

Posted: 11/28/2015 3:04:03 AM EDT

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For uniformed LEOs it considered "Safety Equipment." Thus you have to wear it while on duty.

Would you work without safety shoes, glasses, hearing protection, etc... when the job called for it?

Aloha, Mark

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Those vests and bat belts compared to PC's loaded with ammo alone are like comparing water to whiskey. lol

Posted: 11/28/2015 3:07:40 AM EDT

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Friend of mine was a medic in the army. He said his saved him from a chest shot one day. He's not the kind to bullshit. Surgical nurse in Houston now.

Posted: 11/28/2015 3:10:05 AM EDT

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Those vests and bat belts compared to PC's loaded with ammo alone are like comparing water to whiskey. lol

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For uniformed LEOs it considered "Safety Equipment." Thus you have to wear it while on duty.

Would you work without safety shoes, glasses, hearing protection, etc... when the job called for it?

Aloha, Mark

Those vests and bat belts compared to PC's loaded with ammo alone are like comparing water to whiskey. lol

Oh, absolutely. And even that relatively lightweight stuff has thousands of "saves" in OIS incidents.
I was only a part-timer, and only for a little while, but I'd go without my baton or OC before I'd go without my vest. Long before.