Ft. Carson soldiers field-test the Army's newer, lighter body armor
Damon Brant, a new equipment trainer from Project Manager Soldier Protection Individual Equipment at Prince George, Va., ensures the proper wear and use of a new body armor system by Spc. Creed Cooney, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 62nd Ordnance Company, during a weeklong field-test of the Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) at Fort Carson, Colo., Oct. 18, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds / Army)Soldiers with in the 71st Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) and 10th Chemical Hazardous Response Company participate in the final round of field-testing for the Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) during a weeklong series of evaluated tasks at Fort Carson, Colo., Oct. 18, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds / Army)1st Lt. Dawn Ward, a platoon leader with 663rd Ordnance Company and evaluation officer in charge, participates in the final round of field-testing for the Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) during a weeklong series of evaluated tasks at Fort Carson, Colo., Oct. 18, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds / Army)Spc. Hannah Carver-Frey, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear specialist with 10th Chemical Hazardous Response Company, participates in the final round of field-testing for the Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) during a weeklong series of evaluated tasks at Fort Carson, Colo., Oct. 18, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds / Army)Michael Spencer, a new equipment trainer from Project Manager Soldier Protection Individual Equipment at Fort Bragg, N.C., demonstrates how to transfer ballistic plates from the Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) to a plate carrier configuration enclosed within the MSV, during the final round of field-testing of the vest at Fort Carson, Colo., Oct. 18, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds / Army)