US Stormtroopers

I saw this over at BoingBoing and had to make a post myself. Some military blogs, like those over at http://www.defensetech.org/ are very critical of armor like this because of its added weight and lack of flexibility.



The "facial armor" is made by MTek Weapon Systems and can stop a bullet from a .44 magnum, it weighs 1.3 pounds and is compatible with ballistic eyewear. It does look kinda cool in a stormtrooper like way but is this the proper image we want to present?