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Thursday, January 29, 2009

United States Army To Recall 16,000 Sets Of Body Armor Amid Safety Concerns

The United States Army will take thousands of sets of body armor out of service after the Pentagon’s inspector general reportedly said they were not properly tested and could put lives in danger, FOX News confirmed.

The decision comes after an audit by the office of Defense Department Acting Inspector General Gordon Heddell that concluded bullet-shielding ceramic plates in the armor failed testing.

Though the Army disagreed with the findings, Army Secretary Pete Geren announced the recall of 16,000 sets of the ceramic body armor plates amid fears they may jeopardize the lives of American soldiers abroad, The Washington Times reported.

Now it may just be me but why totally recall this body armor so our soldiers don’t have anything to protect them makes no sense to me. Common sense says find a replacement before you take it completely away

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484932,00.html

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is this some of that fine "made in America" stuff?

Anonymous said...

When has the government used good
sense much less common sense?
They issued us flack jackets and told us they were bullet proof ,
Wrong!!

Anonymous said...

We don't need body armor or uniforms for that matter.
If we have a problem with a nation , nuke em , job done.

Anonymous said...

No no no no...the bullet proof jackets are for the crooked congressmen who have been robbing us blind!

Anonymous said...

why arent these tested before handed out

Anonymous said...

8:46 please refer to post 6:13 Get it now ?