User blog comment:SilencedSkies/Body Armor: A Comparison./@comment-3046679-20130211102934/@comment-3115764-20130211210155

Yes it can. Let's assume for the moment that a US spec ops team has two guys in N2s. when the mission is over and they're having the proverbial beer, how would they remove the suit now that they no longer need it? are they permanently stuck in the suit until they're hearts give way and they die. And if you actually read the book, you'd realize that only Alcatraz is stuck in the suit. Because the N2 literally grew into his wounds, which consist of a flail chest segment, shrapnel injury to the heart and lungs, damaged vertebrae and various other burns and puncture wounds, If you were to remove the N2 from Alcatraz, he would keel over dead.