Care to guess how many of those compolainng about not having vests weren't the ones 'needing' them and probably wouldn't wear them anyway?
Soldiers in Desert Strom didn't all deploy and fight with level IIIa armor and ballistic plates and no body demanded heads for that.
Personally I've not seen any troops operating outside the gates without body armor and I've been here more than a minute.
"Personally I've not seen any troops operating outside the gates without body armor and I've been here more than a minute."
And tell me how many Humvees are on patrol or escort with troops who don't care about armor.