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Please do not make requests for upgrades here, go to the www.Operation-Helmet.org website
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Soldiers For The Truth (www.sftt.org) -- Feedback Sought on Personal Combat Equipment: A reporter with a national media outlet is currently researching a story on personal combat equipment (including combat helmets). He wishes to communicate with Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who have worn such gear for sustained periods in tactical operations (to include convoy duty). Confidentiality is guaranteed.
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True Americans who want to help our troops, be they left, right, conservative, liberal, libertarian, green, white, brown, black, pink or purple. Except for butt heads.

My Blog

Marine Feedback

18 Jul  2008 - here at xxx EOD company we will be sending a couple teams to Afghanistan to support xxx. We all have the crappy pads now. We have approx [a lot of] Techs here but I would...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT

US Coast Guard in Iraq

Unfortunately we are using the PASGT helmet still...  We are an expeditionary unit for the Coast Guard. Most of our gear is out dated with no change in sight.  Our powers above don't think w...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:18:00 GMT

Marine Reserve Unit Needs Your Help

Received a request from a Marine Reserve unit (155 Marines) headed back into combat...and unable to use the 'GI' pads at all, so have reverted to the un-protected form of combat helmet. We MUST NOT le...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:12:00 GMT

Feedback from Army Soldier

The [issued] pad system starts off great, very comfortable and light weight, this is my second tour with it.  My first tour I thought hell yea, lighter helmet, removable pads, this can be good, W...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:35:00 GMT

Can my whole platoon get the kits?

My whole platoon is very interested in the helmet pads that you provide! A couple of my fellow Marines have them. The pads make such a difference in comfort. They supply us with these pads that give u...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:14:00 GMT

Marine asking for help

Doc Bob, There wasn't enough room in the box on the request page to write the whole story about my helmet dilemma.  The marine corps had issued me back in 2006 a pad system. The one they issue ho...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:44:00 GMT

USAF Issued Helmet Systems - Not so fast...

YOU KNOW WHAT, This will be my 15th time in BAD GUY COUNTRY and we have never received any upgrades what so ever to any part of our uniform. I know that the Air Force is low on the the pecki...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:21:00 GMT

November comments

Nov 17, 07: i heard about this website through a battle buddy that recently received a bunch of helmet pads for his squad (from operationhelmet). it was really amazing to me to see people that actuall...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:27:00 GMT

October Feedback from the Troops

Here are notes from eight differents troops that we received in the past 30 days.   I'm infantry and we leave in Jan. some of the marines do have the issued kit but they don't even come...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:41:00 GMT

Project Victory - Helping TBI’ed Vets

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has become the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts and returning combat veterans need a comprehensive variety of rehabilitation programs and support of a...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:07:00 GMT