For women headed to newly opened combat roles, there’s this very practical consideration: body armor. California Rep. Loretta Sanchez, a Democratic member of the Armed Services Committee and ...

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 ...

The U.S. Army should authorize commanders to allow combat troops to leave the service's heavy, over-designed body armor behind on certain missions to increase physical performance, according to a ...

Julie Roloson, new body armor being fielded specifically for women ... Basic requirements for combat jobs, all of which the Pentagon opened to women five years ago. From helmets to accommodate ...

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Army News Service, July 13, 2007) - Soldiers are volunteering dramatic personal accounts of lives saved and injuries avoided thanks to the Army's body armor. Their first-hand ...

Marine Pfc. Jesse Young, 19, of Clinton, Conn., wearing body armor, surveys the terrain through his weapon's sight after entering a mock village during a training exercise Sept. 23, 2008, at the ...

Russia has modernized 35 brigades (over 80,000 soldiers) active military combat personnel with new body armor and weapons. Russia calls this equipment Ratnik-2. Russia is promising to develop Ratnik-3 ...