Survival with body armor?

OGM thank you for your service

i'm a MA2(newly frocked)
but the love of my life, she's a HM3

 

Back at you and the misses. I spent 5 years as a 3rd class, seems the USN doesn't like it when people tell them the facts/truth. My saying was they put a crow on my shoulder and I'm going to use untill I lose it. Then I got medically discharged, I would have retired last July.

OGM

 

ya not much has changed...

 

theres alot of variables in there with the body armor. personally in a shtf scenario it would be a great advantage but could turn into a serious disadvantage if you became too cocky. as for the camelbak when i was doing patrols last year i didnt wear mine youll have all the bottled water you could ever want, coolers, and free ice. also as you being a crew chief i would be very willing to bet you arent going to do much driving at all.

 

Welcome to the board commoguy, but you have already made a bad ASS -U-ME mistake. I don't ride, I drive em.

 

I have personally seen him fly brotha....those pretty black squares in that bar seems to confirm his position in that drivers seat.

 

I wear body armor at work. My employer paid for it 2 years ago when I was preggo, so I didn't wear it right away. It is very hot in the summer but I wouldn't want to go without it. I wear level 2 from AMA. It was every officer's choice and I chose. I fell down a flight of cement steps at work last summer and if it weren't for the armor, well, I would have had severe injuries to my front. Being a woman, ouch! It is lightweight but if you get an itch underneath, ugh. Good luck getting to it. The website for it is: www.bodyarmor.com. The only reason I knew what to get is a co-worker is also my firearms instructor. He ordered it.

 

If I had 2 rifles and no BA, I would sell one to buy bodyarmor.

(And I've used it in the Corps and in civilian training classes.)

When rounds are flying... You won't be overconfident with or without it.

 

A bit of a background story: During a reserve center wall locker raid; a shithead in supply decided he wanted my locker for some reason instead of grabbing one of the empty ones. He took my gear that was in there returned it to the cage and told our superiors that I needed a new issue. Ironically I keep my armor, personal med kit, and gas mask at home for the obvious reasons. I was re-issued everything, so I have doubles at home to train with Nothing "high-speed," my unit is still packing Vietnam era ALICE packs and flak jackets... but gear is gear.

That said I do run on a very frequent basis with the flak and a 10 lbs weight at port arms, all while in boots n' utes. I also do a standard Marine PFT with the flak every evening after it's cooled down, helps my scores