Designed and intended for First Responders, the Spartan Shield is a 2-piece, lightweight, rigid, ballistic shield that is deployed in under 5 seconds. Ballistic shields are hand ...

FORT HOOD, Texas -- The Soldiers of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team "Greywolf," 1st Cavalry Division, returned from a nine-month deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...