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Protect Your Assets

by Josh Marshall
10.18.11 | 7:55 pm

On the surface it sounds kind of funny. But it’s actually about a grim but little discussed injury suffered by military personnel. A British company, BCB International, is doing a thriving business selling body armor for soldiers’ genitals because the standard issue protection they get from the DOD doesn’t fully protect that part of the body.

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