Interceptor Body Armor In 2006

Cpl. Draell Epperson checks in an AK-47 rifle from a local national coming aboard Al Asad, Iraq, April 27. Epperson is a badging noncommissioned officer at Entry Control Point 1, Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 1 More

Marines of Combat Transportation Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment covered 10,000 miles of road in 200 combat missions in the Al Anbar Province during this year's deployment to Iraq.

A U.S. Army soldier provides security for a long line of Iraqis waiting for food distribution during a humanitarian mission in the Bayaa district of Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 19, 2006. Soldiers from Alpha Company More

U.S. Army soldiers from 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment provide security for Iraqi army soldiers during a patrol in Adhamiya, Iraq, on Dec. 11, 2006. The intent of the patrol is to decrease sectarian vio More

Original Caption: BARWANAH, Iraq (August 7, 2006). Two U.S. Marines walk down a street as they conduct a patrol in Barwanah, Iraq, on July 31, 2006. The Marines are attached to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, Reg More

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, KANEOHE BAY (Jan. 11, 2006) -- Under the shadow of the Mauna Kea mountain, a KC-130T Hercules cargo plane with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, Marine Aircraft Group 41, More

Al Taqaddum, Iraq (Jan. 28, 2006) - Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Dr. Donald C. Winter receives a briefing from Lt. Col. Chris Wagner, center, on the personal protective gear worn by Marines operating in Iraq More

Lance Cpl. Galen E. Wilson, an infantryman with 2nd platoon, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, aims his M16A2 Squad Advanced Marksmanship Rifle (SAMR) at a target.

Williamsburg, Va. (Aug. 24, 2006) - Members of Navy Customs Battalion ROMEO perform formation drills to strengthen teamwork during a training session at Fort Eustis Aug. 24. The battalion is undergoing four we More

Marines instruct Saudi Arabia Marines on close-quarters markmanship at one of the ranges here in Ras Al Ghar. Marines from Company B, BLT 1/4, 11th MEU (SOC) conducted Nautical Union, a bilateral training exer More

Fort Jackson, S.C. (April 5, 2006) - Sailors prepare to enter a simulated building while participating in the Navy's Individual Augmentee Combat Training course at Fort Jackson, S.C. The fast paced, two week c More

Fort Jackson, S.C. (April 5, 2006) - A Sailor takes control and apprehends another Sailor acting as an insurgent during the Navy's Individual Augmentee Combat Training course at Fort Jackson, S.C. The fast pac More

Fort Jackson, S.C. (April 5, 2006) - A Sailor launches a hand grenade during the Navy's Individual Augmentee Combat Training course at Fort Jackson, S.C. The two-week course is instructed by Army drill sergean More

Fort Jackson, S.C. (April 5, 2006) - Sailors are in the dirt with their M-16A1 by their side during the Navy's Individual Augmentee Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. The fast paced, two-week course is phys More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Matt Delaney focuses down the street as he patrols a neighborhood Al Ish, Iraq, on April 27, 2006. Delaney is attached to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines.

A U.S. Marine and an Iraqi army soldier kneel along a wall as they keep watch over a road during a patrol in Al Ish, Iraq, on April 27, 2006. The Marine is attached to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marin More

Cpl. Brett M. Sholty, rifleman, 3rd Platoon, Company C, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, (Special Operation Capable) Camp Pendleton, Calif., conducts s More

During a routine stop, Lance Cpl. Pedro L. Guzman, 21, a motor vehicle operator with 3rd Platoon, Combat Logistics Company 111, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Fwd), and a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., patrols the are More

In an effort to prevent further violence, as well as encourage a more positive relationship, female Marines like Sgt. Maureen D. Mendenhall and Cpl. Jennifer B. Holt are shedding combat-service-support roles a More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) and an Iraqi police officer conduct a patrol in Haqlaniyah, Iraq, on Dec. 20, 2006.

A National Guard member stands watch on the U.S. border with Mexico near Nogales, Ariz., July 19, 2006. The citizen-soldier is a member of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, 29th Brigade Co More

U.S. Marines and Army soldiers SFC Shawn Havens and SSG Richard Luciano from 1st BDE 1st Armored Division 1st PLT Bco 16th Engineer Battalion take cover from small arms fire while investigating the cause of a More

Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. (Dec. 16, 2006) - Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four (NMCB-4) fieldstrip and clean their M16-A service rifle during field exercise Operation Bearing Duel. NMCB-4 is More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jon Curtis (left) calls in an air strike as Cpl. Eric Brookes provides security as part of a simulated beach assault on Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base, Hawaii, July 18, 2006, during exer More

Pfc. Jeremy R. Newell, Iraqi Cpl. Abdulla Muchul and Pfc. Jose M. Pineda search along side a water duct in a field in Gharmah, Iraq for weapons caches. The Marines and Iraqis searched alongside one another usi More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Digloramo (right) provides overhead security while seeking cover from indirect small-arms fire during an operation to prevent and disrupt insurgency activity in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, o More

Despite two recent suicide bombings on a new police station here, Iraqi police in Husaybah, Iraq, say they are undeterred in their duties and are ready to work on their own in this Iraq-Syria border town. Now, More

Despite two recent suicide bombings on a new police station here, Iraqi police in Husaybah, Iraq, say they are undeterred in their duties and are ready to work on their own in this Iraq-Syria border town. Now, More

Lance Cpl. Joshua Robinson, 21-year-old infantryman from Herrin, Ill., assigned to Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment stands watch during a cordon-and-knock operation n More

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Cpl. Ward A. Stone tosses a ball around with local Iraqi children in western Al Anbar Province near the Iraqi-Syrian border during a visit to a small village June 3, 2006, by Lt. Col. Nicholas F. Marano, batta More

A Marine and Iraqi speak to one another while conducting a cordon-and-search mission in Fallujah, Iraq, March 4, 2006. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 and the Iraqi 2n More

Lance Cpl. Isaac Gallegos, a 22-year-old Marine scout from Pico Rivera, Calif., patrols Habbaniyah, Iraq, June 13, 2006, while children enjoy the evening. Nearly two weeks back at their base in this wide, rura More

Lance Cpl. Albert D. Garcia Jr., a 21-year-old from Corpus Christi, Texas, patrols the streets of Habbaniyah, Iraq, June 13, 2006. Nearly two weeks back at their base in this wide, rural desert region of Al An More

Lance Cpl. Vincent M. Gutilla, a team leader from Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, discusses security tactics with an Iraqi police officer before conducting a foot patrol through the Iraqi-Syrian More

Lance Cpl. William C. Michener, a field artilleryman with 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, and the rest of his squad post against a wall before entering a building at the military operations on urban terra More

U.S. Army soldiers of 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, provide security for Iraqi army soldiers from the 8th Iraqi Army Division during house searches in Diwaniwah, Iraq, on Sept. 16, 2006.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (October 10, 2006) � A Marine from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment patrols the industrial area here. The Marines were conducting a training exercise in prepar More

U.S. Army privates wait their turn to go through the convoy live-fire course during Army basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., Sept. 19, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Desiree N. Palacios) (Released)

BELGAUM, India (Oct. 29, 2006) - Cpl. Matthew Scott, an infantry man with 1st Platoon, Echo Co., Battalion Landing Team 2/4, shows an Indian soldier with Alpha Co., 21st Battalion, The Punjab Regiment, how to More

Cpl. Omar Montanez, a food-service technician and Passaic, N.J., native with Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines, stares intently in the direction of Hit, Iraq, as he mans an M-240G machine gun atop a More

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES--U.S. Marines from and sailors from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, await extraction after completing a helicopter-b More

Pfc. David Thomas negotiates the Camp Courtney obstacle course Oct. 27 during a combat lifesaver course designed to teach marines how to treat wounded service members during combat.

A U.S. Marine asks a woman about weapons while patrolling through a village in Fallujah, Iraq, on March 3, 2006. The Marines of 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines Regiment, Regimental Combat Te More

U.S. Army soldiers scan an open field before crossing it during a cordon and search mission in Ur, Iraq, on Sept. 14, 2006. The soldiers are assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 17 More

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, RAMADI, Iraq - Private Ariel Inclan, an infantryman with Battery L, Headquarters Battalion,2nd Marine Division, stands ready behind his weapon while on post here. Since August 2005 Inclan an More

AR RAMADI, Iraq � Two Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment continue their patrol through the streets of Ramadi Jan. 18.

Navy Lt. Troy J. Handojo, medical officer, Battalion Aid Station, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment speaks with an Iraqi child during a recent civil affairs mission in Fallujah.

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines, the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) use their binoculars and rifle scopes to examine the area More

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines, the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) use their binoculars and rifle scopes to examine the area More

Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, provide security as their fellow soldiers talk to Iraqi men during a patrol in Rawah, Iraq, on Jan. 3, 2006.

Barwana, Iraq (Jan. 15, 2006) - Marines from 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine and Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Six (EODMU-6) stack Rockets, mortars and bags of repel More

Gunnery Sgt. Michael R. Obermeyer, from Wichita, Kan., keeps a keen eye on houses and down alleyways on a recent patrol in the city of Hit, Iraq, Jan 26, 2006. The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Opera More

Army Spc. Brandon Vaughan uses his binoculars to scan the interior perimeter of Ali Air Base, Iraq, on Feb. 1, 2006. Vaughan is part of Quick Reaction Force working with Fox Unit, 407th Expeditionary Security More

Cpl. Michael C. Kissiah, Jr., 24, of Charlotte, N.C., moves through a group of eager children in Akashat, Iraq. Kissiah, a civil affairs specialist with 6th CAG, is responsible for ensuring the needs of the to More

Philippine Sea (Feb. 13, 2006) - Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31 MEU) conduct battle-sight zeroing with M-16’s to adjust the weapon for maximum accuracy on the flight deck of USS Juneau (LPD More

Cpl. Joshua J. Frazier, a 23-year-old team leader from Spotsylvania, Va., is deployed with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment in support of Regimental Combat Team 5 in Fallujah, Iraq. On the morning More

Lance Cpl. Jeffrey M. Roberts, a 21-year-old team leader from Destin, Fla., shouts an order to one of his Marines from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment before beginning a patrol in Fallujah, Iraq. More

AL ASAD, Iraq - Pfc. Dustin R. Stage keeps a steady watch on the Marines in the field mess night at Al Asad, Iraq, July 1. Stage is an ammunition technician at Al Asad Ammunition Supply Point with Headquarters More

U.S. Marines clear a house during a patrol through Haditha, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2006. The Marines are with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force (F More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas F. Hiser conducts a patrol in Haditha, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2006. Hiser is attached to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expedit More

Soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division conduct an area reconnaissance mission in Baghdad.

Iraqi Lance Cpl. Hamed Japer Jhieb and Lance Cpl. Daniel J. Weber bag up over 8,000 rounds in one cache found during Operation Hastings. The three-day operation combined Marines from 1st Battalion, 1st Marine More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jeff Ortiz kneels behind cover during a mission to search for weapons caches in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on April 20, 2006. Ortiz is assigned to 1st Platoon, India Company, attached to Kil More

Staff Sgt. Edward L. Ewing, platoon commander, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, pays close attention to a military crate found in next to a home. Marines searched More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathon D. Lewis enters to clear and search a room in an abandoned house during a patrol near the town of Al Ish, Iraq, on April 29, 2006. Lewis is with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, More

Lance Cpl. Jamar D. Brooks, a 22-year-old squad automatic weapon gunner from Montgomery, Ala. and Lance Cpl. John B. McKinney, a 23-year-old from Birmingham, Ala., patrol through a field in Saqlawiyah, Iraq. T More

Marines from Weapons Platoon, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment fire their M-16A4 service rifles at the indoor range at Camp Smitty, Iraq, March 14. The company set up the range in February to give More

Fort Jackson, S.C. (March 14, 2006) - Officer-In-Charge of Operational Health Support Unit Bremerton, Lt. Joan Lerdahl, a Navy Reservist field strips and cleans her M16A2 Rifle during an Individual Augmentee T More

Army Lt. Col. Frank M. Sajer, a 43-year-old from Camp Hill, Pa., speaks to an Iraqi soldier while on patrol in Fallujah. Sajer is part of a Military Transition Team of U.S. Army soldiers tasked with assisting More

The Marines of Firepower Control Team 1 (FCT-1), 3rd Platoon, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liason Company (ANGLICO), RCT-7, conduct a "talk on", directing an aircraft on an armed reconnaissance mission over potential More

Pfc. Michael S. Beck with A Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment passes out soccer balls and school supplies to children from a small village north of Gharmah, Iraq May 11. The gifts are small, but impo More

Hat Yao, Thailand (May 19, 2006) - A Marine from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participates in a joint Thai/U.S. anti terrorism scenario during the 25th anniversary of the annual U.S./Thai exercise More

Sweat pours down the face of Lance Cpl. Robert D. Wilson as he looks through the scope of his rifle while on his post inside western Ramadi. The 21-year-old infantryman from Springfield, Ohio is with I Company More

Gunnery Sgt. Jim Lanham, a 36-year-old from Clarksville, Tenn., is the company gunnery sergeant for the Hawaii-based Company K, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and is currently deployed in support of Opera More

Pfc. J. L. Evans, a motor vehicle operator with 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, stands next to the 5,500 lb. M1123 hummer. Evans and other �Motor T� Marines operate these vehicles during patrols and trave More

Marines from C Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Iraqi police prepare to set up a vehicle check point in the Khandari area. This marked the first time the IPs have patr More

A Marine from the Hawaii-based Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment watches an alleyway during a patrol of Baghdadi, Iraq May 14, 2006. Marines patrol the streets daily with Iraqi soldiers and w More

A Marine with the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment shares a laugh with Iraqi children in Baghdadi, Iraq, during a joint patrol between the Marines and Iraqi soldiers May 14, 2006. Marines patrol More

Lt. Col. Larry L. White, director of the civil military operations center in Iraq's Al Qa'im region, watches as family members of several disabled Iraqis who sought medical assistance from the Marines recently More

U.S. Army Sgt. Partyka (left) and an Iraqi army soldier climb a flight of stairs as they conduct a combined cordon and search mission in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 10, 2006. Partyka is attached to Bravo Company 2 More

Sgt. Justin A. Hauser signals a vehicle to enter the Tactical Air Command Center compound at Al Asad, Iraq, Sept. 21. Hauser is the sergeant of the guard with TACC Security, Alpha Battery, 3rd Low Altitude Air More

U.S. Army Spc. Robert D. Casturao (foreground) and Staff Sgt. Matthew Carothers provide over watch security during an engagement with insurgents in the Shaab neighborhood of northeast Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 2, More

Lance Corporal Andrew Coulter, a rifleman with Company E, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 2nd Marine Regiment, 26th MEU, eyes a target as he brings his M500 pump-action shotgun up to his shoulder during non-l More

Lance Cpl. Evan E. Miller, a 21-year-old from Defiance, Ohio and assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment aims in with a M-32 Multiple Grenade Launcher at Camp Fallujah's Eagle Range Oc More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Thomas Echols uses some down time to clean his weapon as his fellow Marines establish a command post in Ramadi, Iraq, on Oct. 29, 2006. Echols is attached to the 1st Battalion, 6th More

U.S. Army Spcs. Ryne Stubbs and James McManus provide security in a field during a patrol near Bahbahni, Iraq, on Dec. 6, 2006. Stubbs and McManus are both assigned as paratroopers to Charlie Company, 1st Batt More

Hateen, Iraq (Feb. 8, 2006) - U.S. Army 1st Sgt. David Hildebrand passes out newspapers to cars driving by with the help of a local child while providing security for the annual Shi'a Muslim Ashurah pilgrimage More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jed Byrd takes part in an amphibious assault at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, after riding a landing craft air cushion from the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (L More

U.S. Army Pfc. Jacob Paxson and Pfc. Antonio Espiricueta, both from Company B ("Death Dealers"), 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to Task Force 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade C More

Ashley Sims of Canton, Texas peers down the sights of her 9mm during a live fire exercise as part of Marine Aircraft Group 41’s Jane Wayne Day held here at the Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth More

FORWARD OPERATING BASE GHAZNI, Afghanistan Afghan National Army Gen. Bismullah Kahn, the ANA chief of staff, and Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley, the Combined Joint Task Force-76 commander, cross the new b More

Before conducting a patrol in Barwanah, Iraq, U.S. Marines make final preparations - including reviewing a map of the area - before "stepping outside the wire" March 23, 2006. The Marines, from the Hawaii-base More

Marine 2nd Lt. Eric Montgomery, 24, from Cary, N.C., shakes hands with an Iraqi child while on patrol with Iraqi soldiers and Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, March 23, 2006. Mont More

Navy Hospital Corpsman Ivan A. Acosta speaks with Iraqi police officers provides security alongside an Iraqi police officer moments before U.S. Marines and local Iraqi leaders unveiled a brand-new grade school More

Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Gallagher, a 19-year-old U.S. Marine from El Mirage, Calif., speaks with an Iraqi police officer moments before U.S. Marines and local Iraqi leaders unveiled a brand-new grade school More

A U.S. Marine from the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment overlooks an open area during a patrol with Iraqi soldiers in Barwanah, Iraq, March 23, 2006. During the patrol, Marines and Iraqi soldier More

U.S. Marines and Iraqi soldiers search vehicles for explosives and weapons in Barwanah, Iraq, March 23, 2006. The Marines, from the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, have worked hand-in-hand wit More

U.S. Marines and Iraqi soldiers search vehicles for explosives and weapons in Barwanah, Iraq, March 23, 2006. Since the arrival of the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment in Iraq nearly two months More

U.S. Marines from the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment patrol through Barwanah, Iraq � a small village off the Euphrates River in western Al Anbar Province � for any signs of insurgent activity More