As an example, she said that she and another female soldier appear to be about the same size. Pierre-Zamora said the new short and long versions fit many soldiers better. There are five other regular sizes that have been available previously - extra small, small, medium, large and extra large.
Of those 1,200, about 100 have been women. Nearly 25 percent or 1,200, of the 82nd Airborne soldiers so far have gotten armor in the three new sizes, said Pierre-Zamora, who works as an assistant product manager at PEO Soldier. “Whenever I tried to move or tried to shoulder my weapon or shoot on a pop-up range really quickly, I would have to physically pick up the vest and move it in order to shoulder my weapon,” Pierre-Zamora said. It was a size medium that hung down too far and made it difficult for her to even bend over to pick up something. Kim Pierre-Zamora remembers the protective vest she was issued when she went to basic training a number of years ago. The so-called “modular, scalable vest” was is being distributed to soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., along with new versions of the combat shirt that are tailored to better fit women, with shorter sleeves and a flare at the bottom where it hits their hips. The Army for the first time, began handing out armor that now comes in three additional sizes, and can be adjusted in multiple ways to fit better and allow soldiers to move faster and more freely. Katiushka Rivera, a soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne gets fitted for a modular scalable vest (MSV) during a fielding event in Fort Bragg, N.C., on Sept. Army Body Armor In this image provided by the U.S.
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