High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops, oftentimes abbreviated to the acronym, PASGT (pronounced "pass-get"), is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the mid-1980s until the mid-2000s (decade), when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet, Modular Integrated Communications Helmet, and Interceptor body armor.