A brigade from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell became the first unit equipped with the Army’s new Next Generation Squad Weapons.
A platoon from the 101st Airborne Division will be the first to field the new weapons later this year.
The program seeks to take the load off of dismounted troops.
To save time and ditch unneeded gear, the Army recently began a pilot program to expedite removing excess equipment from unit inventories.
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