The luckiest soldier alive?
This is what I call a very lucky escape.
I think that he (or she!) can thank their lucky stars for two reasons:
1. The Kevlar body-armour issued by the US Army is about the best that there is in the world.
2. Terrorists and insurgents don’t seem to know some of the basic rules of sniping (e.g. aim for the head).
I’m hoping that this soldier made it safely home – but I’m surprised that they didn’t open-up on the Insurgents with their weapons in retaliation.
I assume that this is the case, because if they had, this video would probably have never made it to YouTube.
More importantly, when are we in Britain going to start equipping our troops with the proper equipment that they need? A British soldier in the same situation may not have got back to their feet due to a lack of equipment…