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Yeah .

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Other than detecting , avoiding or

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neutralizing an I E . D before it

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strikes . Little can be done to protect

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the legs and arms , but coalition

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forces have started taking steps to

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protect other more sensitive areas . In

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january of this year british forces

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began wearing a new protective item

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that here one ballistic undergarment ,

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the so called blast boxers may look

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flimsy , but experts say they could

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make the difference between losing a

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limb and losing something more And more

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than 25 sets of blast boxes are now in

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the hands of Marine Corps units and

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already proving their worth . This

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happens to be a pair that a soldier was

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wearing when he was exposed by I . D .

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Mine strike and this is the outside and

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you can see the damage done by the ID

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and this is the inside with a lot of

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the blast and frag being taken up for

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by the shorts upgrades to growing

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protection . Don't stop with the boxers .

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A second layer of armor could be even

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more important . The Tier two devices

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actually a much more thick and Kevlar

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like flexible but Kevlar like apron

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that rolls up like a fanny pack behind

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you as you're going into say , you're

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on a mounted patrol , you're now going

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onto a dismounted patrol , you would

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simply unfasten it rolls out kind of

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like a diaper tucks up under the belt

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to a velcro strap , Two snaps on the

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side very quickly employed . And again ,

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what that creates is now essentially a

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boxer short orientation of a thick

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Kevlar material approved for purchase

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in early august the Tier two devices

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now being issued two marines , most at

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risk to i . E . D . Strikes .

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Ultimately , the chorus Fielding plan

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calls for every deployed marine to

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receive a pair of the boxers While

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additional sets and the Tier two

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protector will be issued out on an as

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needed basis , reporting from Camp

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Leatherneck Helmand province . I'm

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staff Sergeant Jeremy Ross .