Found the pads in two places. A friend I work with gave me extra helmet pad set that had been issued for our Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH). Those are the green ones. The black ones I ordered from Ranger Joes. They are the similar to the green pads except for color, the outer material, and the fact that they have removable inserts. Both sets, green and black, contain seven pads, one circular, two oval, and four oblong. Ranger Joes also carries the green set but they cost about three times more than the black ones.
Someone else I work with confessed his apprehension about how the helmet would look when it was finished. To his credit he held his tongue until I was in the final stages of the build.
