Ohio Students 'Dig Deep' to Help Update Air Force Pilot Helmets Air Force helmets present their share of challenges, including fatigue with long use and even the possibility of injury when...
Lighter, More Protection: Army Next-Gen Helmet Now Fielded to 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers The Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System will purportedly protect soldiers from small-arms fire in a 40% lighter...
Air Force Police Get New Ballistic Headgear The Security Forces NextGen 2.0 Helmet features a "high-cut" shape that allows for better access to communications equipment.
Why World War II-Era Soldiers Didn't Use Their Helmet's Chin Strap Word got around that in certain situations, the M1 helmet might pull heads back and snap some necks.
Security Forces Airmen Are Getting New High-Speed Ballistic Helmets It's part of a broader effort to provide better weapons and job-specific gear to security forces airmen.
Bill Would Allow Troops to Keep Blown-Up Protective Gear as a Memento A provision in the defense budget bill aims to make it easier to donate protective gear to the service members who wore it.
New Army Neck Guard Saves Soldier's Life U.S. Army equipment officials said last week the service's new helmet system saved a soldier's life recently in Afghanistan.
Army Secretly Fields Lighter Helmet that Offers More Ballistic Protection The Army recently fielded a small number of helmets that offer increased protection against high-performance sniper rounds.
Army's New Helmet Offers Greater Protection, Rails for Mounting Lights U.S. Army officials will soon begin fielding a new combat helmet designed to give soldiers 100 percent greater protection.
Soldier Gets Back Battered Helmet That Saved His Life During Insider Attack The bullet tore a large hole in the ballistic material, but the Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) stopped the round.
Jury Finds Air Force General Not Guilty of Sexual Assault, But Lesser Charges Lead to Loss of Pay, Reprimand A military judge sentenced Stewart to a formal reprimand, restriction to Joint Base San Antonio for two months and forfeiture...
Retired Marine Major General Found Dead at Twentynine Palms; Investigation Ongoing Retired Maj. Gen. William Mullen, 59, a former Marine Corps officer with multiple deployments to Iraq, was found on the...
Express Scripts' Tricare Pharmacy Contract Could Be Costing Military Families Money, Lawmakers Warn A bipartisan group of senators and representatives say the company that manages the Defense Department's prescription drug...
Mom Breaches Space Force Base with 4-Year-Old, Flees in Stolen Car, Florida Officials Say Krishna Jade Janosky allegedly broke into Patrick Space Force Base in Brevard County, damaging the base’s flightline gate in...
Maintaining a Defiant Tone, Texas Congressman Takes Off Revoked Combat Infantryman Badge Rep. Troy Nehls removed the Combat Infantryman Badge from his lapel more than a month after it was revealed the Army revoked...