Reply To: SITREP Podcast Ops Center Series 2 finale

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Absolutely no worries, @aztecjaguar – as far as the chinstraps go, I just know that the ones we had were friggin’ annoying.  They never quite fit right, and so were always chafing against your face.  Also, there is webbing inside the helmet so it’s not resting directly on your scalp.  This makes it better to wear on your head, but that freedom of movement also means that friggin’ chin strap is always yanking on your face when moving.  Unbuckling one side was almost worse because now it was always flapping against your cheek.

You could unsnap both sides and just take it off altogether, always the preferred option at least when the NCOs weren’t looking.

The one exception was for any kind of PT (physical training) in field gear.  Running, calisthenics, obstacle courses, etc … it was useful to have the chinstrap fastened then.  Nothing is worse than finishing a course only to have to go back and do it all over again because you lost your helmet along the way somewhere.