* Side plate body armor, up to $600 per set.
* Deltoid and auxiliary protectors, up to $285 per set.
* Elbow pads, up to $20 per set.
* Knee pads, up to $20 per set.
* Summer weight gloves, up to $18 per pair.
The items were added to the list of reimbursable protective gear on Dec. 10, 2005, according to the Web site.
The Defense Department has begun to send extra body armor to U.S. troops in Iraq after a May 2005 study by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology showed that several Marines whose deaths were analyzed received fatal wounds to exposed areas of their torsos, such as their shoulders."
Contact info
To submit a reimbursement claim, e-mail smbhqmcrfoexecution@hqmc.usmc.mil or contact:
Lt. Col. Michael Cordero at corderome@hqmc.usmc.mil or 703-692-5099, DSN 222- 5099.
Matthew D. Shaffer at shaffermd@hqmc.usmc.mil or 703-692-5406, DSN 222- 5406.
Other points of contact are:
Capt. Terrell Hood at Marine Corps Base Quantico Supply Office at terrell.hood@usmc.mil or 703-784- 6696, DSN 278-6696; Tim Florian, for equipment recovery and disposition, at florianta@hqmc.usmc.mil or 703-695-8926, DSN 225-8926.
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