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- [Narrator] From Soldiers
Radio and Television,

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this is the Army Now.

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- [Xaine] The Pelvic Protection System

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is one of the Army's
newest lines of defense

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against dismounted
improvised explosive devices.

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Staff Sergeant Ross Cox firmly
believes in this equipment

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after stepping on an IED in Afghanistan.

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- I just, the next thing I hear is a boom,

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and I'm just lookin',
I'm layin' on my back,

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lookin' up in a tree,
and I see my knee pad

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sittin' up in a tree,

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and all I'm thinkin', I'm just goin'

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you know, that's not good.

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That is not good.

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- [Xaine] Realizing he lost his left leg

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in the explosion,

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he asked his medic about other body parts.

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- And then I was like, how
are my, how are my privates,

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how are my boys?

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And I looked down and I
didn't have any pain there.

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He said those are okay.

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I know that it played a huge part

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in my injuries, based
on what I've been told.

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(clock ticking) - [Narrator]
That's the Army Now.