The Army has officially started fielding its newest combat helmet, the Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System, to soldiers in close-combat formations, the service announced Tuesday.

Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, make final preparations to their Sea Dragon 2025 weapon systems and gear during a live-fire range at Range G-6, Camp Lejeune, ...

WASHINGTON – On Feb. 12, 2024, PEO Soldier fielded the Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System to approximately 2,000 Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, ...

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division received the Army’s newest helmet today, the first combat helmet capable of withstanding small arms fire without added protection. The Next Generation ...

In late 2018 another American soldier survived a shot to the head by a high-powered machine-gun bullet because he was wearing the new ECH (Enhanced Combat Helmet) This occurred in Afghanistan when two ...

In our conversation with the Marine Commandant the other day, the topic of the Enhanced Combat Helmet came up in answer to new gear initiatives working in the service. It was Conway who pushed SysCom ...