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
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Is this some of that fine "made in America" stuff?
ReplyDeleteWhen has the government used good
ReplyDeletesense much less common sense?
They issued us flack jackets and told us they were bullet proof ,
Wrong!!
We don't need body armor or uniforms for that matter.
ReplyDeleteIf we have a problem with a nation , nuke em , job done.
No no no no...the bullet proof jackets are for the crooked congressmen who have been robbing us blind!
ReplyDeletewhy arent these tested before handed out
ReplyDelete8:46 please refer to post 6:13 Get it now ?
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