Pfc. Kimberly Espinoza, with the 82nd Airborne Division, adjusts her second-generation modular scalable vest (MSV) during a fielding event in Fort Bragg, North Carolina conducted by PEO Soldier. (Jason Amadi/Army)
Army Times: New Army and Air Force body armor gets fielded to the 82nd Airborne Division
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 soldiers — that went to the Security Force Assistance Brigades — but paratroopers are getting new plates with the “shooter’s cut” as well as a range of different sizes and tailorable fits for smaller stature and female soldiers.
The MSV replaces the Improved Outer Tactical Vest, which debuted in 2008.
The 82nd was prioritized in the MSV fielding due to its Global Response Force mission, said Lt. Col. Stephen Miller, product manager for Soldier Protective Equipment. More Army units are to follow and the Air Force also chose to upgrade their body armor to the MSV.
The MSV fielding to the division is one year ahead of schedule, he said. An estimated 6,000 soldiers in the division, all close combat forces, are receiving the MSV in the coming weeks.
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Great....Woman soldiers....body armor desifgned for women. The problem, women are not good combat soldiers, or police, or any occupation requiring physical strength or determination to overcome fellow human beings. Women' talants lie elsewhere...
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