Marines in Fallujah appear ‘geared up’ reports back an interview with Marines on how they have adapted to Iraq — and to Improvised Explosive Devices:
There have been so many explosions and casualties and injuries caused to Americans by these types of weapons that, in some cases, U.S. forces here, especially the Marines, have actually begun to modify their armor.They’re now using the — they’re now using Kevlar shoulder patches and shoulder guards to cover the parts of the extremities that are particularly prone to getting injured when some these IEDs and roadside bombs explode. They’re using now new ballistic glasses which have become standard issue. And they have made orders for thousands of these in the last couple of months to make sure — because they were seeing so many eye injuries from these things.