"You don't get to tell the other side of the story. The vest is trash, since it was hit with shrapnel a year prior when the soldier was in the explosion."
What you are saying in fact is the other side of the story, as you understand it. However the problem is it came from the soldier and not the military command involved.
"As I said, we have heard only one side and I am not personally familiar with the procedures now in place regarding battle injuries and assigned equiipment. However the problem is it came from the soldier and not the military command involved."Well let's see here now. Even though you're not familiar with this, you know for sure it's the soldier's fault. Must be, because pencil dick battalion commanders are always right.