By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, January 13, 2004
ARLINGTON, Va. — Working full-tilt, nine contractors have finished crafting 160,000 Interceptor body armor vests, and the equipment is now en route to units preparing to deploy to Iraq and a central distribution point in Kuwait, according to Army officials.
This month’s production run of the Interceptor tactical vests fulfills a promise to Congress by Army officials, who said that by January the service would have enough of the vests to outfit every soldier deployed to Iraq, according to Army spokesman Maj. Gary Tallman.
I don't know the equipment status for the SBCT, but I hope these vests will be made available to any soldier currently without one.
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By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, January 13, 2004
ARLINGTON, Va. — Working full-tilt, nine contractors have finished crafting 160,000 Interceptor body armor vests, and the equipment is now en route to units preparing to deploy to Iraq and a central distribution point in Kuwait, according to Army officials.
