Iraq War: The helmet that saved a Black Watch soldier's life It has been 20 years since the beginning of the invasion of Iraq.

The article doesn't touch on international politics, but I can't help feeling there's an Iraq war metaphor in there somewhere. Some on the right claimed that the US took a holiday from history in the ...

It replaced heavier Kevlar-lined Personnel Armor System Ground Troops vests that the U.S. military first began using in the early 1980s. Coalition troops in Iraq are also using new Kevlar helmets.

In March of 2003, the Iraq War began — making this the 20th anniversary of the conflict — with an offensive invasion by 3rd ID. It was the largest deployment of the division since World War II.

The U.S. invasion of Iraq began on March 20, 2003. As American troops raced toward the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, special correspondent Mike Cerre was embedded with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Earlier this year, with the insurgency in Iraq building and U.S. casualties mounting, Lt. Col. Jeff Poffenbarger, the Army's senior neurosurgeon here, became convinced the Army ...

That first purchase has led to 481 upgrades being sent to Iraq to make Marines helmets shock resistant. "I thought we were just gearing down," Meaders said.

It has been 20 years since the beginning of the invasion of Iraq. The third generation of his family to serve with the Black Watch, Kevin Stacey was among thousands of British troops deployed to ...