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Andrew P. Hunter: “The answer is, not since 1776 until just a few years ago have American troops in Vietnam and Korea and World War II, in…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2007
The answer is, not since 1776 until just a few years ago have American troops in Vietnam and Korea and World War II, in any war, had what is known as ballistic body armor. It is a brand-new thing. And we have got yet new systems that we are going to be putting into the field shortly. So they don't have the newest and they didn't have the newest. They now have 400,000 sets. But to imply that that lack of having them from 1776 to 2000 made them into some type of an unequipped force is also not fully true.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois
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Discussing the availability of ballistic body armor for American troops.

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