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thedrifter
03-05-07, 06:50 PM
SysCom: Marines to get protective neck pads

By John Hoellwarth - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Mar 5, 2007 16:27:05 EST

Marine Corps Systems Command has received approval to purchase neck-protecting body armor upgrades, which the Army began fielding Feb. 28, according to SysCom’s spokesman.

Capt. Jeff Landis said the Marine Corps was cleared hot to order 75,000 of the “nape pads,” which attach to the back of a Marine’s helmet and hang over the exposed part of the neck.

Landis said SysCom doesn’t yet know how much the pads will cost, when they will be fielded, or which units will receive them first.

The Army is fielding 430,000 nape pads, according to a Feb. 28 press release.

Ellie