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JPH - YMMV. Nobody is busting your chops. You're doing an "apples vs. oranges" comparison. There is a significant difference between your stated purpose - executive protection in the US - and our reference point - combat outside the US. I'm used to a combat load that weighs in excess of 60 lbs and includes body armor with plates. Some of the guys, depending on mission, routinely carried half again as much. (Thank God I haven't had to do that in a couple years.) That's the standard for all of the QPs here. As for the flotation issue - I do have "some" knowlege about water ops. No amount of foam that you can wear and very few life vests will float that much equipment. Survival usually depends on ditching all but a minimal self defense load. And you had better be able to do it while holding your breath and sinking like a rock. Besides, your vest needs to be loose enough to fit over Level IV body armor if you're serious about going into harm's way. Padding it out with foam defeats that purpose. If you're not wearing armor then your vest is too big. Get another smaller one and save the current one for parka weather. FWIW - Peregrino
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