Wear your Armor Protection - II

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Cpl. Will D. Carter and Lance Cpl. Joel Salazar, with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, show off the small-arms protective inserts that saved their lives. Both Marines were shot within days of one another near Abu Ghraib prison in the battalion's area of operation while conducting anti-insurgent patrols.  Taken On: 05/22/2006.  Photographer: Cpl. William Skelton.

Sgt. Victor Roberts, 2nd battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team displays his individual body armor that ended up saving his life while out on a mission. Roberts was shot in the back. The bullet is still lodged in to vest.  Taken On: 04/26/2006 by Staff Sgt. Steve Duga.

Pfc. Fred M. Linck, infantryman, C Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, was shot in the head and walked away from the incident. The enemy round struck his Kevlar helmet, which saved his life by stopping the bullet from penetrating his head. A piece of fragmentation caused a small laceration to the Marines forehead too small even for stitches.  Taken on 05/07/2006 by Cpl. Brian Reimers.

[Other posts about wearing your Armor and Eye Protection here and here.]

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Wear your Armor Protection - II

Cpl. Will D. Carter and Lance Cpl. Joel Salazar, with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, show off the small-arms protective inserts that saved their lives. Both Marines were shot within days of one another near Abu Ghraib prison in the battalion's area of operation while conducting anti-insurgent patrols.  Taken On: 05/22/2006.  Photographer: Cpl. William Skelton.

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