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...trucks for Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), hoping to score the ultimate jackpot--$80,000 tax-free for a year's work. Most were desperate to pay bills, to fix up houses, to send kids to college. For some, it was a patriotic duty. But in Iraq, wearing just a Kevlar jacket and helmet for safety, they found themselves in trucks with no armor, ferrying fuel to U.S. troops. They wielded hammers and cans of ravioli to defend themselves. And they came home with nightmares...
...could the Allies rely on superior technology to win the day, though being able to listen in on coded German communications certainly helped. There was no Kevlar; there were no nightscopes, no cruise missiles or stealth fighters. Instead, Allied engineers invented artificial harbors to tow across the channel and moor once the beaches were won; sawtooth steel tusks were attached to the front of tanks to cut through the Normandy hedgerows; paratroopers used the little clickers that sound like crickets to find one another in the dark. Most of their radios and 60% of their supplies didn't survive...
Military dogs heading to Iraq are getting their own body armor. The Marine Corps trains German shepherds and Belgian Malinois for guard duty and, with added schooling, to sniff out bombs and drugs. Now they will be equipped with Kevlar vests, which protect the dogs from shoulders to rump. The 7-lb. vests (cost: $1,000 each) have pouches for cooling packs--panting alone won't do the trick in an Iraqi summer--as well as loops for ropes to help the dogs climb steep terrain and a harness for parachuting into hostile territory...
Gossip Guy’s throwing caution to the wind and leaving his Glock and Kevlar vest at home for this year’s Harvard-Yale. Get ready to take cover kids, Gossip Guy is firing some .44 caliber lies, poison-tipped innuendos and cop-killer rumors...
...kayak. Made of a clear plastic that allows for spotting sea turtles and dolphins, it folds into a bundle the size of a backpack. The plastic shell is soft and flexible like a shower curtain yet tough enough to resist punctures from sharp sticks and rocks. The stiff carbon Kevlar frame helps keep the kayak's shape, and at 26 lbs., the craft is just half the weight of some fiberglass models. The narrow, one-seat design is good for long-distance solo touring, but remember to steer clear of sharks. INVENTOR MURRAY BROOM AVAILABILITY Now, $4,289 TO LEARN...