Soldier On Leave Slams 'Vietnam-Era' Body Armor

Soldier On Leave Slams 'Vietnam-Era' Body Armor

(EXCERPT) N.J. National Guard Member Says Substandard Flak Jackets
Won't Stop Bullet

POSTED: 10:41 a.m. EST November 12, 2003 UPDATED: 10:45 a.m. EST
November 12, 2003

WARETOWN, N.J. -- A soldier back home on 15-day leave from Iraq says
troops' lives are being endangered by substandard body armor.

Spc. Joseph Fabozzi, a member of the New Jersey National Guard, said
before he left Iraq that he was asked to sign an agreement not to talk
about the problem. But he has, granting an interview to the Asbury
Park Press.

Fabozzi said Vietnam-era flak jackets still being used by thousands of
the troops will stop a knife but not a bullet.

Fabozzi said he supports President George W. Bush and the...

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