Today we went to a training site about 30 miles from our base of operations. The head honchos insisted that everybody wear their IBA (individual body armor) to the training. We weren't sure what the logic behind the command was, but we did it anyway. We arrived at the training site and immediately dropped off all our armor in a tent, then went to a different tent for training.
After training was over, we got our armor on and went home.
We asked a few questions and found out that nobody really knows why we're required to wear our armor to the training. I have a theory, though. That site is used on occasion as a battle tactics training site. Obviously you would want to wear your armor to battle training, so it was required to wear at the facility at all times. However, since a handful (most, actually) of the soldiers that train at that site are just doing classroom work, they're allowed to shed it upon arrival.
To be honest, I really like the body armor. It has had a lot of improvements done to it over the last few years. It doesn't weigh too much and is pretty comfortable, granted you have limited mobility. However, I find it ironic that the army developed the most modern armor they could conjure, and it still looks just like medieval stuff, just lighter.
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