Soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, which is part of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash., examine the new Improved Outer Tactical Vest.

The All New ORIGIN™ Tactical Modular Armor System Featuring Alpha Elite® Makes N.T.O.A. 2022 Debut Sept. 22, 2022 ...

Known as Modular Tactical Vests, that new body armor came in response to a May 2005 study by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology that found several Marines died of wounds to exposed areas of ...

Earlier in 2008, the Marine commandant, Gen. James Conway, temporarily suspended an order for more than 20,000 of the so-called Modular Tactical Vests.

Earlier in 2008, the Marine commandant, Gen. James Conway, temporarily suspended an order for more than 20,000 of the so-called Modular Tactical Vests.