The 101st Airborne Division first suggested the idea ... Based on comments from 19 female soldiers wearing the new body armor, the Army will continue to make adjustments before going into large ...

the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) first suggested changes be made to Improved Outer Tactical Vests, or IOTVs, for women in 2009. These IOTVs hold a Soldier's body armor plates. Much of the ...

The Army is one step closer to marrying body armor and parachutes thanks to recent test jumps with a select few paratroopers here. In February, the Bragg-based Airborne and Special Operations Test ...

After years in development, the Army will field its brand new body armor, combat helmet, and protective gear to soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne division later this month ...

Morrissey, 26, of the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, received the body armor during a Sept. 18 ceremony at PEO Soldier headquarters on Fort ...

said she struggled to maneuver wearing body armor when she served in Afghanistan in 2010 as part of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. The vest made it hard to get in and out of ...

(Jason Amadi/Army) Three brigades with the 82nd Airborne Division began receiving the Army’s newest body armor and plates this past week. The Modular Scalable Vest fielding isn’t the first to ...

The new body armor is also lighter than the previous model ... this month to soldiers in the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

Unfortunately, standard body armor is too inflexible for paratroopers to use without the risk of being injured upon landing. But the US Army’s Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate ...

The Army has completed a major overhaul of its body armor, helmet and protective gear ... beginning with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division this month. Brig.