flack vest

Several people were talking at once and someone shouted over the babble, "Where are those flack vests?"

Throw a temporary dressing over that and let's have the flack vests."

(Reason: flack vest use and more sophisticated crime-fighting techniques, among other things.)

The crew would wear the "flak vest" and place another flack vest under the pilot seats to provide personal protection.

But British troops ultimately felt so confident there that they removed their Kevlar flack vests and helmets and put on their regimental berets.

ATF also received several surplus helmets, flack vests, canteens, first aid dressings, empty magazines, and some night-vision equipment, in addition to MREs and diesel fuel.

These reports are a relief to me, particularly since my son also mentions that when they leave the security of the airfield they still have on their flack vests and helmets, and they are armed.