Founder, President Robert H. Meaders, MD
bmeaders@consolidated.net
OPERATION HELMET
http://www.operation-helmet.org/
Provides helmet upgrade kits free of charge to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to those ordered to deploy in the near future. Emails come in every day from Marines, their Navy medics and Air Force Special Ops and ground security forces as well as Army Reserve and Guard units asking for this added measure of protection they need, deserve and should have. In addition to providing enhanced blast protection, the helmet upgrades are much more comfortable and stable than the 'strap/sling' suspensions, allowing the trooper to concentrate on the job at hand rather than a blinding headache. A helmet is effective only when the troops will wear it!
Troops and their loved ones should not feel they aren't protected with the standard issue helmet. Our forces are issued head armor (kevlar helmets) that offers the best protection known in the Military from bullets and small frags. That was the main danger in previous combat engagements and is still an important defense now. However, new elements have entered the picture, that of IED's (roadside bombs) and other explosives which these helmets were not designed to defend against.
The blast wave, large frag's carried thereon and the trooper being tumbled along the ground or inside a vehicle is producing brain injury ranging from concussion to death or permanent disability...if the blast is survivable. Without proper padding, the head becomes the "clapper in a bell" and the strap/sling suspended helmet itself strikes the head, resulting in every grade of head injury/brain damage from a concussion to death or disability.
Studies at Walter Reed Army Hospital show that blunt force head trauma cases outnumber penetrating head injuries significantly in troops with brain damage from OIF/OEF, especially from enemy action (IED's, etc) as well as vehicle accidents.
We depend on donations from the American public to purchase and ship the helmet upgrades to troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other theaters of operation. The Military is short of money to do everything asked of it, so we all step up to the plate gladly and help provide our troops an additional measure of protection.
Thank you letter from SECDEF Donald Rumsfeld
Also: May 8, 2006 DOD article on OpHelm
AND: The story picked up by America Supports You, the official DOD website for approved charitable organizations. Please note that all this publicity and the resulting shipments of helmet upgrades is due to the patriotism, support, and genuine love for our troops by the American public.
Follow this link for a troopers' view of the problem with the PASGT helmet. Also, more technical info and photos of the kits we purchase and send free, look on our 'Stories' page, under 'News and Technical Reports'.
For first-hand reports from the troops on those who have received the upgrade, click on "STORIES" section and then click on "USMC"
FULL REPORT URL:
http://www.operation-helmet.org/
bmeaders@consolidated.net
OPERATION HELMET
http://www.operation-helmet.org/
Provides helmet upgrade kits free of charge to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to those ordered to deploy in the near future. Emails come in every day from Marines, their Navy medics and Air Force Special Ops and ground security forces as well as Army Reserve and Guard units asking for this added measure of protection they need, deserve and should have. In addition to providing enhanced blast protection, the helmet upgrades are much more comfortable and stable than the 'strap/sling' suspensions, allowing the trooper to concentrate on the job at hand rather than a blinding headache. A helmet is effective only when the troops will wear it!
Troops and their loved ones should not feel they aren't protected with the standard issue helmet. Our forces are issued head armor (kevlar helmets) that offers the best protection known in the Military from bullets and small frags. That was the main danger in previous combat engagements and is still an important defense now. However, new elements have entered the picture, that of IED's (roadside bombs) and other explosives which these helmets were not designed to defend against.
The blast wave, large frag's carried thereon and the trooper being tumbled along the ground or inside a vehicle is producing brain injury ranging from concussion to death or permanent disability...if the blast is survivable. Without proper padding, the head becomes the "clapper in a bell" and the strap/sling suspended helmet itself strikes the head, resulting in every grade of head injury/brain damage from a concussion to death or disability.
Studies at Walter Reed Army Hospital show that blunt force head trauma cases outnumber penetrating head injuries significantly in troops with brain damage from OIF/OEF, especially from enemy action (IED's, etc) as well as vehicle accidents.
We depend on donations from the American public to purchase and ship the helmet upgrades to troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other theaters of operation. The Military is short of money to do everything asked of it, so we all step up to the plate gladly and help provide our troops an additional measure of protection.
Thank you letter from SECDEF Donald Rumsfeld
Also: May 8, 2006 DOD article on OpHelm
AND: The story picked up by America Supports You, the official DOD website for approved charitable organizations. Please note that all this publicity and the resulting shipments of helmet upgrades is due to the patriotism, support, and genuine love for our troops by the American public.
Follow this link for a troopers' view of the problem with the PASGT helmet. Also, more technical info and photos of the kits we purchase and send free, look on our 'Stories' page, under 'News and Technical Reports'.
For first-hand reports from the troops on those who have received the upgrade, click on "STORIES" section and then click on "USMC"
FULL REPORT URL:
http://www.operation-helmet.org/
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