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Old 03-15-2013, 12:04   #10
miclo18d
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Originally Posted by Divemaster View Post
And if any of my guys dismounted without their helmet I would have beat them to death with it. There is no cool guy factor involved in dying of a head wound that could have been prevented.
Allow me to caveat... Dismounted patrolling. My helmet was on my nugget almost the whole time I was there. We conducted several night patrols around fire bases without helmets.

When I was riding around in the bullet magnets I couldn't get ENOUGH armor.
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