Kevlar, anyone?

[slim 1,525]

So Kevlar really does work.

http://www.adelphia.net/news/read.php?id=1...t=&cps=〈=en

I couldn't help but read this story and think about that scene in "Saving Private Ryan" where the guy is on the beach and the bullet bounces off his helmet, only to be head-shot again seconds later.

This news article is an awesome illustration of the moral conundrum posed by the Iraq war. Here we are presented a story about one of our "heroes" who was literally a 1/4 inch away from death, after he had just shot a guy for "fiddling with some wires."

Either way, this is an awesome story, and proves that Patton was right. Helmets save lives when properly worn in the field. I know I'll never forget the sound of Kevlar being dropped on a hard floor or a couple helmets being banged together. That's one of those sounds that nothing else in the world sounds like.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I couldn't help but read this story and think about that scene in "Saving Private Ryan" where the guy is on the beach and the bullet bounces off his helmet, only to be head-shot again seconds later.

I thought about private Ryan right before I read your comment.

This guys was lucky.

[almaty 19]

i never leave home without mine