Check out this link w/photo of an iPod that saved a soldiers life:
My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side.
The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor. Fortunately, Kevin suffered no wound.
Pretty cool. Apparently Apple got wind of this and is replacing his iPod for him.
Hopefully he wasn’t listening to the iPod…kinda hard to hear insurgents around the corner when you’re rocking out.