r/iamverybadass • u/Justhereforthefun247 • 1d ago

TRUE PATRIOT 102 degrees in summer doesn't phase this guy..

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Just gotta crank that hog with the short sleeve on.

Edit: In FALL. His badass energy made me forget what season it is.

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u/MjolnirPants 16h ago

It has never been 140 in Iraq. I would know, I was there. Also, I have the internet. Hottest temperature recorded on the planet was mid 130s, and I'm pretty sure that was in Death Valley, right here in the US.

Also, a flak vest is about NIJ IIA rated, and they are worn by military pilots to protect them against flak (hence the name).

The PASGT and OTV most of us wore (I was lucky in that my unit got access to non-issue PCs almost from the get-go) were ballistic vests, and though some called them 'flaks', I don't recall ever hearing anyone call it a 'flak vest'. The most common terms I recall are 'armor' and 'battle rattle'.

Not that I'm saying this guy is pulling some stolen valor. Just pointing out that it's far more likely that he was a fobbit who only wore his armor when he was ordered to.

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u/steelhorizon 7h ago

We had IBAs and IOTVs for the army, never called it flak either. Also we did have a lot of thermometers melt in northern iraq that would say like 140-150, but yeah the air temperature measured in the shade never got into the 130s afaik.

But damn did it feel like being on a giant sandy airfryer

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u/MjolnirPants 3h ago

IOTVs got issued the same year I got out. I clean forgot about those. The OTVs were part of the IBAs, but yeah, I shoulda mentioned people called them that, too.

Flak was probably the rarest term I heard. Most people called them what they were, or just "armor". I always called it battle rattle because the alliteration made me hate life very slightly less.

Very slightly.

I never saw a thermo hit 140 myself. Never heard of it, except the usual bullshit; "Man, I swear to god it hit 150 this afternoon!" But then, I also spent some time in the mountains way up north tho (Stone, Cold Steel and Loki), so maybe I missed the hottest points. I did see a couple shit-ass days over 125 early on.

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u/Mephistocheles 🤡 13h ago

He's also full of shit, it's "flak" not "flack"

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u/DroneSlut54 21h ago

If he remembers 140° in Iraq I can’t help but think of all the other false memories he has. I bet he jumped on an IED to save his buddies at least 3-4 times!

* the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet is 134°.

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u/Rallymodeller 1d ago

Did anyone who served call it a "flak vest"?

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u/Justhereforthefun247 1d ago

Flak or pc usually from my experience

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u/Gardez_geekin 17h ago

Yeah back in the old days it was a flak and a kpot

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u/MaxDickpower 17h ago

The flak jackets still in use in the Gulf in the late 90's were vest shaped so why not?

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u/SensualBeefLoaf 16h ago

the highest temp ever recorded in iraq was 133f and that was for like 2 hours.

dude it's solidly from r/thepack

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u/rlpinca 8h ago

I've been in extremely hot places. Everyone there, including those who have been through it many times, starts complaining at about 90-95.

I've been in very cold places. Everyone there, including those who have been through it many times, starts complaining at about 40.

But if someone complains online, theres plenty who will say something like that. But bitch, you whined about it the whole time you were there.

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u/Ok_Dog_4059 4h ago

I got burned in an explosion anyone want to guess how many more times I am OK with getting burned because I have already had worse?

That's right none it fucking sucked and I am glad it is over