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Originally Posted by tomtom22 I think it's a case of CYA. The reason for the directive that is. |
In part. Also I think they may be trying to cover the 4th points of the men and women that may be killed or disabled. SGLI and benefits may not apply if they were not wearing appropriate armor or wearing the appropriate armor correctly.
Just bought a copy of the Marine Times. It talked about the armor and some of the same reasons given here were in the article. One of the reasons given were that the extra SAPI plates weigh in at 10lbs total. That is 10 more lbs to carry around for several hours at a time while on patrol. Many units doing two patrols a day. This on top of an already 50-70lb loadout.