Keywords: US Navy 050425-N-7676W-024 Sgt. 1st Class James Burcham assigned to the 16th Ordinance Battalion tests new flexible arm and leg protective armor.jpg en Aberdeen Md April 25 2005 - Sgt 1st Class James Burcham assigned to the 16th Ordnance Battalion tests new flexible arm and leg protective armor at the Army Research Laboratory's ARL mobility/portability course at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen Md The Office of Naval Research ONR and researchers from the Naval Research Laboratory NRL developed the armor for use by Marines and soldiers to reduce the likelihood of severe injuries by protecting against the large number of smaller blast fragments generated by blast weapons and improvise explosive devices IEDs U S Navy photo by John F Williams RELEASED 2005-04-25 050425-N-7676W-024 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 23936 U S Navy photo by John F Williams PD-USGov-Military-Navy April 2005 in Maryland April 2005 photographs Images from US Navy location Aberdeen Md Body armor |