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2006/1/6

Secret Pentagon Study: Extra Armor Could Have Spared Lives

@ 07:02 PM (89 months, 22 days ago)

The results of a secret study by the Pentagon have found that 80% of marines who have been killed in Iraq due to wounds in the upper part of their body, would have been saved by extra body armor.

The necessary armor has been available since 2003, but sadly, the Pentagon has for the most part failed to provide it to our troops, despite calls from the field to do so.

(And this is supporting the troops how?)

Extra Armor Could Have Saved Many Lives, Study Shows

 

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