Two companies showcase ways to power and transfer data to helmet-mounted devices, a key space-saving option for soldiers carrying more tech than ever.
Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division will be the first to field the new weapons and optics.
Chaplains, master fitness trainers and a focus on unit pride, team-building events improved a range of individual and unit statistics.
Units with 101st Airborne Division and 75th Ranger Regiment are testing the weapons now.
The external assessment, a climate improvement tool, also praised the unit’s ‘pride’ and ‘cohesion’ at lower levels.
The unit will test how mobile they are with new weapons as compared to legacy firearms.
The first unit equipped is scheduled for early 2024.
Practices that fed the mobilization machine during recent wars now bedevil the Reserve as those wars end and the Pentagon preps for bigger fights.
The light machine gun will retain its M250 designation.
The weapons are going to infantry, scouts, combat engineers and special operations.
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