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Originally Posted by Frozen Tex
Yes, and you see the same thing in the movie; the Protecs are often referred to as "hockey helmets"; you may also have read in the book that they rethought that policy after realizing that one or two of their dead (Shugart or Gordon among them) were shot in the head and may have survived (a little longer, anyway) had they been wearing ballistic protection on their noggins.
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Yep, totally right. At the time, there wasn't any dedicated light ballistic helmet, so Delta procured "Hockey" helmets. Today we have Ops Core to thank.
Delta Force in Panama 1989. Reference the "hockey" helmets.
Photo Credit:
http://www.specialoperations.com/Arm...e/default.html