1 for the "Brain Bucket"

Brain Bucket

Often referred to, by those I know, as the "Brain Bucket" -this one saved a soldiers life recently in Tikrit!

Helmet Protects Soldier from Sniper Fire

By U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Wojciechowski 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

FORWARD OPERATING BASE REMAGEN, TIKRIT, IRAQ, Jan. 6, 2006 — For many soldiers, the new Army combat helmet is a necessary evil. It can be cumbersome when in the dining facility trying to handle a tray of food and it causes headaches and tension in the neck when worn on lengthy missions. Snyder was standing up in the turret scanning his sector and had been waving off traffic for about 15 minutes. He recalls hearing a shot and feeling "a little jerk."

Read more here at Defend America...

UPDATE: I just wanted to thank Mudville Gazette for link this week..It's always inspiring!