page_title: Interceptor Body Armor
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Interceptor Body Armor / History
caption_attribution_description: English: SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN -- A Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Camp Pendleton, Calif., leads a column of Marines to a security position after seizing a Taliban forward-operating base Nov. 25. Marines from the 15th and 26th MEU are currently deployed to the region in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Thirteenth MEU Marines, embarked on USS Bonhomme Richard, left San Diego Dec. 1 enroute to the Arabian Sea in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Marine photo by Sgt. Joseph Chenelly.
context_page_description: The Interceptor Multi-Threat Body Armor System is a bullet-resistant vest that was used by the United States Armed Forces during the 2000s, with some limited usage into the mid-2010s. The IBA and its design replaced the older standardized fragmentation protective Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops body armor system that was designed in the late 1970s and introduced in the early 1980s.
  The IBA system consists of its core component: the outer tactical vest, which can optionally be worn with a throat protector, groin protector, and biceps protector. The latter three auxiliary protectors are removable from the main vest, which can be worn alone.
  The IBA was designed in the late 1990s as a replacement for the PASGT vest; it comes in a variety of color schemes and camouflage patterns. It was used by most of the U.S. military's branches during much of the 2000s, and was even seeing limited use as late as 2015 among some National Guard units.
caption: Marines from the U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit marching while wearing IBA vests in November 2001, during the War in Afghanistan.
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