Military Body Armor
2006-01-11T22:04:19-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvMzVhXC8xOTA2ODgtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Sen. John Warner, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and military officers answered questions from reporters and discussed the further steps the committee would take on the issue of the safety of military body armor. They spoke in the Russell Rotunda after the committee met to receive a closed briefing from Pentagon officials on the safety standards of the armored vests issued to the troops in Iraq. The witnesses discussed an Armed Forces Institute of Pathology study on the Interceptor Body Armor System. Sergeant McNerney wore the body armor.
The witnesses were: Maj. Gen. Stephen Speakes, director of force development, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army; Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, deputy for acquisition and systems management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology; Maj. Gen. William Catto, commanding general, Marine Corps Systems Command; and Col. Paul Cordts, director of health policy and services, Office of the Surge
The witnesses were: Maj. Gen. Stephen Speakes, director of force development, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army; Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, deputy for acquisition and systems management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology; Maj. Gen. William Catto, commanding general, Marine Corps Systems Command; and Col. Paul Cordts, director of health policy and services, Office of the Surge
Sen. John Warner, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and military officers answered questions from reporters and discussed the furthe… read more
Sen. John Warner, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and military officers answered questions from reporters and discussed the further steps the committee would take on the issue of the safety of military body armor. They spoke in the Russell Rotunda after the committee met to receive a closed briefing from Pentagon officials on the safety standards of the armored vests issued to the troops in Iraq. The witnesses discussed an Armed Forces Institute of Pathology study on the Interceptor Body Armor System. Sergeant McNerney wore the body armor.
The witnesses were: Maj. Gen. Stephen Speakes, director of force development, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army; Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, deputy for acquisition and systems management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology; Maj. Gen. William Catto, commanding general, Marine Corps Systems Command; and Col. Paul Cordts, director of health policy and services, Office of the Surge close
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