The Marine Corps believes in providing Marines with the most advanced personal body armor. The Improved Modular Tactical Vest delivers not only better protection, but also enhanced maneuverability.

"Body armour evolved over my 37 years," the retired ... A fully equipped version of the US Army's Improved Outer Tactical Vest, complete with four ballistic plates and collar and groin protectors ...

The Improved Outer Tactical Vest (IOTV ... ensure the best possible weight distribution of both the ballistic body armor system as well as additional load bearing equipment, thus providing ...

That included 120 pallets containing 500 wet and moldy tactical vests and "3,000 mildewed body armor plates," the watchdog ...