CENTERVILLE, Iowa — At Blake Waldrop's Iowa factory, quality control involves ear protection, safety glasses and a high-powered rifle. For every 100 products made by his company, RMA Armament ...

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 ...

Laser-cut plate carriers, sleeker armor, and more fit options are among upgrade coming to Marine body armor. Check out the new options from Gruntworks. Ukraine says it has signed the outline of a ...

Now, only 3,642 Marine fall outside the updated fitting accommodation. Marines that fall outside the new requirements will get "custom-sized products — boots, body armor, etc. — or size so ...

A Marine corporal may have come up with a brilliant way to treat a gunshot wound the moment a bullet pierces body armor. Cpl. Matthew Long, a motor transport mechanic, designed a tear-proof ...

A Marine corporal may have come up with a brilliant way to treat a gunshot wound the moment a bullet pierces body armor. Cpl. Matthew Long, a motor transport mechanic, designed a tear-proof ...

A Marine with Task Force Southwest patrols near Bost Airfield, Afghanistan. Work being done to improve body armor options in counterinsurgency operations could lighten the patrol load. (Cpl ...

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A Marine has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling stolen body armor (search) over the Internet. Marine authorities said they believe Staff Sgt ...

Blake Waldrop's interest stems from personal experience: A comrade in his company died wearing Marine-issued body armor during a 2005 attack in Iraq.

CENTERVILLE, Iowa — At Blake Waldrop's Iowa factory, quality control involves ear protection, safety glasses and a high-powered rifle. For every 100 products made by his company, RMA Armament ...