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Soldiers Defend Body Armor FORT BELVOIR, Va. - Soldiers are volunteering dramatic personal accounts of lives saved and injuries avoided thanks to the Army's body armor. Their first-hand accounts of what happens demonstrate confidence in what the Army is doing to protect them. Interceptor Body Armor is a modular system that features an outer tactical vest with hard protective plates. Spc. Gregory T. Miller, 101st Airborne Division, told Congress at a hearing last month that this body armor saved his life while he was on patrol in Kirkuk in preparation for Iraqi elections in December 2005. He was hit in...

Jun. 7, 2007 17:43 | Updated Jun. 14, 2007 14:30 Sign online petition to keep IBA News on the air Talkbacks for this article: 437 Readers who share The Jerusalem Post's concern at the imminent cessation of English language news broadcasts by the IBA on TV and radio are invited to use the talkback option here to "sign" a petition. The Post will convey the petition to IBA Director-General Moti Sklar on Sunday morning, a day before the fateful June 18 meeting on the future of the state broadcaster. June 5th Editorial: Losing our voice There soon may be no...

The Marine Corps wants its Marines and sailors to know that the body armor it issues is the best available for combat despite recent inquiries concerning replacement gear. The armor the Marine Corps issues has met government test standards, and in many cases, the standards exceed civilian testing, said Maj. Bradford W. Tippett, infantry advocate for Headquarters Marine Corps in a recent interview with reporter Lance Cpl. David Rodgers.

Soldiers soon to get side protection on body armor By Joe Burlas XM8 carbinePEO Soldier WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 16, 2004) -- Deployed troops will soon start getting side protection for their Interceptor Body Armor, thanks to the efforts of Program Executive Office Soldier. The IBA Deltoid Extension was one of dozens of pieces of equipment PEO Soldier officials showed off to the Pentagon press corps during a media briefing June 14. In the two years since the organization stood up, it has researched and fielded or is in the process of researching more than 350 pieces of...

The Israel Broadcasting Authority's English-language news will be available without a satellite to several million people in the United States beginning on Sunday, IBA English News head Steve Edwards said on Thursday. The IBA English news evening broadcasts that have been running nightly on the IBA's Arabic Satellite network, will be syndicated to local television stations across America by Lesea Broadcasting, a Christian carrier that hosts Middle East TV. The nightly news broadcasts are available locally on HOT digital cable and YES. But in America, the broadcasts have only been available to the 30,000 subscribers to the Israeli network and...

Our Newspapers Fail Us Editorial - Israel News Agency There is no public relations or public affairs without a carrier. The most established carrier is called a newspaper. And in Israel the only newspapers which enjoy abundant readership and wealth are the Hebrew dailies – Yediot, Maariv and Haaertz. As for the English newspapers here in Israel – one is a mere translation of the Hebrew edition and the other is fifty percent wire service copy. Yes – there are some brilliant writers on these papers but their voices become deluded when you have a lack of proper leadership integrated...