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  2. Modular Tactical Vest - Wikipedia

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    The IMTV is made for smaller stature Marines who cannot wear the full-sized MTV comfortably. The vest comes in small-short, medium-short, and large-short sizes. Most Marines use the Scalable Plate Carrier in the field, so it is hoped that the additional sizes will encourage Marines to wear the IMTV in combat. The Corps does not want to design ...

  3. Interceptor multi-threat body armor system - Wikipedia

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    The Improved Modular Tactical Vest (IMTV) and Improved Scalable Plate Carrier (ISPC) are the new models. "The IMTV will be the main body armor system for Marines, the Corps plans to order about 70,000 of the improved plate carriers, far more than the estimated 10,000 to 14,000 plate carriers in use today". [30]

  4. List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment

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    Often, most Marines receive simply a woolen liner and leather shell, however, those who require more specialized gloves are issued them (cold weather, hazmat, Mechanix brand, etc.). The Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform has built-in slots for knee and elbow pads, but many Marines prefer to purchase their own pads. The Commandant has ...

  5. Scalable Plate Carrier - Wikipedia

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    A USMC Brigadier General wearing a Scalable Plate Carrier in Afghanistan in 2011. The Scalable Plate Carrier ( SPC ) is a plate carrier used by the United States Marine Corps as an alternative to the heavier Modular Tactical Vest (MTV).

  6. List of equipment of the United States Marine Corps

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    The following is a list (of lists) of United States Marine Corps equipment; See the following articles; List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps; List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps; List of active aircraft of the United States Marine Corps; List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment

  7. Moral Injury: The Recruits - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    The recruits came at a trot down the Boulevard de France at the storied Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., shouting cadence from their precise parade ranks. Parents gathered on the sidewalks pressed forward, brandishing cameras and flags, yelling the names of the sons and daughters they hadn’t seen in three months.

  8. Improved Outer Tactical Vest - Wikipedia

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    The Improved Outer Tactical Vest (IOTV) is an enhanced version of, and a replacement for, the older Outer Tactical Vest (OTV) component of the Interceptor multi-threat body armor system, as fielded by the United States Army beginning in the mid-2000s.

  9. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    On a routine combat patrol, a platoon from 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, enters an adobe compound in a farm village. Walking point, at the head of the column, is Lance Cpl. Zachary Smith, from Hornell, N.Y. He is 19. An IED suddenly erupts beneath him, tearing off both his legs and scything down other Marines with shrapnel wounds. Cpl.