Georgia fabric shields soldiers from burns

Georgia fabric shields soldiers

By Michael E. Kanell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The difference between life and death, between third-degree burns and walking away whistling, between falling and fighting. When a burst of flame engulfs a soldier, his protection better be as close as his skin or he quickly becomes more casualty than combatant.

And in a war fought against rocket-propelled grenades and roadside bombs, the right defense can quickly turn a target back into an attacker.

“Four seconds is what they need to dismount a burning vehicle, to stay alive and to fight the enemy,” said Lt. Col. Mike Sloane of PEO Soldier, the U.S. Army’s acquisition organization. “It’s got to be scary to see a soldier, his uniform on fire then extinguishing itself — and the soldier continues to fight.”

To see how that can happen, you must follow a thread that leads roughly 7,000 miles from the combat zone to a tiny town 50 miles south of Atlanta.

It is in Zebulon where they are weaving protection.
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Georgia fabric shields soldiers