User blog comment:Codfan/Inaccuracies?????/@comment-1260687-20100222232629

@ dolten: There's never been anything classified about it, it's just expensive as fuck and the government's official line is that we can't use it because it doesn't stop gunfire effectively, and that the small ceramic disks come out of place in inclement weather, such as extreme heat and moisture; we're not allowed to wear the vest/armor system in theater, but we never had any higher-ups with us while we doing ops unless our CO happened to go with us, so nothing was ever said. I think the real reason they don't issue it as standard is just because of the extreme expense involved.