Hard Head Veterans looks at polyethylene ballistics fibers, the current Enhanced Combat Helmet (ECH) and Advanced Combat Helmet Gen II (ACH II), and the future of personal armor: The Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS).
The rise of the IED in Iraq and Afghanistan leads to traumatic brain injury being declared "the signature wound of the conflict." Hard Head Veterans looks at how improved ballistic helmets and new enemy tactics lead to the development, and what's being done to understand and treat injuries.
Hard Head Veterans examines the advances in ballistic helmets and combat medicine that accompanied the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Combat helmet development stalls through Korea and Vietnam but the helicopter becomes a vital medical tool. By the time of the Grenada Invasion, the US has a new, lighter, and more-effective helmet, part of the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT).