[SoldiersGirl]

sorry if I missed it, but has anyone posted in here about the marine being shot 4 times in his kevlar and walking away from it, being a total phoney?

[retrokitten]

I don't know if we talked about it here or not, but I am 95% certain there was at least one thread about it.

[umbagi]

...about the marine being shot 4 times in his kevlar and walking away from it, being a total phoney?

I haven't seen it mentioned, but it should be, because we discussed it early on...

Yep, the Kevlar helmet, it turns out, was sitting on a backpack when it was shot, and a "journalist" spun the story. The troops are standing down now, and "just got around to" setting the record straight.

I was wondering why he was still with his unit -- four 7.62 x 39s to the helmet would have been like so many blows with a baseball bat...