Protecting our troops: Military diaper vital combat equipment
"I'm sitting up and there's a tree above me, and I'm sitting up and I just see my knee pad and all of my gear just up in the tree. He (doctor) says your left leg is gone, and my right leg was broken and blasted out," says Cox.
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Horrific as it sounds, for Cox, the blast could've done even more serious damage had it not been for one crucial adjustment Cox made to his uniform four days before the explosion.
“I had on a Kevlar protective outer garment, which is "Kevlar diapers" as everyone’s calling it,” Cox said.
Some call them Kevlar boxers, others refer to them as combat underpants. Either way, the Army’s Pelvic Protection System can prove life-saving for U.S soldiers in combat.
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