Champagne at the Malkins' tonight!

YOU ARE VISITING THE OLD MALKIN(S)WATCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW MALKIN(S)WATCH WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

Via twig, a commenter at Sadly, No!, comes this joyous news:

...soldiers, who are currently staging for combat operations from a secret location, reported that their commander told them if they were wearing Pinnacle Dragon Skin and were killed their beneficiaries might not receive the death benefits from their $400,000 SGLI life insurance policies. The soldiers were ordered to leave their privately purchased body armor at home or face the possibility of both losing their life insurance benefit and facing disciplinary action.

Thank God we've saved those soldiers from Hillary's dastardly plan to make them wear body armor they don't want, that will cut down on their mobility.

"We have to be able to move. It (Dragon Skin) is heavy, but it is made so we have mobility and the best ballistic protection out there. This is crazy. And they are threatening us with our benefits if we don't comply." he said.

Oh. Well, what do soldiers know, anyway?

Definitely read the whole thing.

Update: Via a Kos diary, the NC Times expands on the insult to the risk of injury:

Dragon Skin is worn by the Secret Service Presidential Protection detail, CIA, NSA, DoE, journalists and contractors in Iraq, U.S. Air Force, Special Ops forces, and several generals in the field.

Nothing but the best for our troops, eh, Malkin(s)?