Now?! Now?

"the Army had finalized specifications for the plates and planned to hire a contractor to provide 230,000 sets this year. Some military units have already used their own procurement money to buy such armor."

New body plates add protection on sides, in response to study They studied this? this was something that needed "Study"? 2106 + deaths later and they needed to study the idea of better armor? and the troops on the ground have had to "used their own procurement money" to get these for themselves? GAWD!!! Why does the administration hate the troops?

from The Dallas Morning News