Armor up! This is an armor plate that goes in our new Kevlar jackets. You can see the new uniform in the background (I haven't gotten mine yet). I will send a pic when I have all the items. We are getting all brand new equipment and the most current equip. That's cool except most Guard units are training with older equip and this new stuff is foreign to us. The logistics of training must be a nightmare because training seems to be ill thought out, unprepared, and and under equipped. I could go on and on but I won't. I'm not happy about it . I worry that history will look back on this BDE as the one that they screwed up and learned lessons from. Hope not. NCO's are requesting certain training more appropriate to our situation, instead of (in addition to) all the "check the box" training the ARMY says we must do. Morale is good despite...KT