After years in the making, the Marine Corps has finally started fielding the next-generation Plate Carrier Generation III body armor to lighten the load for grunts in the field By Jared Keller ...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert Peas (left) and Lance Cpl. Cameron O’Hara (right), infantry Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, sprint to cover during the Integrated ...
The Marine Corps recently awarded a $59.4 million contract to Central Lake Armor Express Inc. to make the armor inserts for the service's newest plate carrier. The Oct. 30 contract, awarded by Marine ...
U.S. Marines debark from an MV-22B Osprey at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, June 4, 2018. (Cpl. Jered T. Stone/Marine Corps) Marines will soon be getting their hands on a new lighter and better fitting plate ...