SF units to get latest Land Warrior kit

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A new version of Land Warrior gear will be sent to Special Forces soldiers.


SF units to get latest Land Warrior kit
By Matthew Cox - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Nov 9, 2009 5:44:29 EST

Special Forces units will soon receive the Army’s latest version of Land Warrior gear.

Beginning next fall, equipment officials plan to outfit a Special Forces battalion with the service’s wearable command-and-control kit designed to help small units see through the fog of war.

Equipment officials do not know yet which SF battalion will get the high-tech equipment.

Land Warrior, which allows combat leaders to track the locations of their men and view maps and other tactical information through a tiny, helmet-mounted computer screen, is currently in Afghanistan with 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

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The controversial program made history in the spring of 2007, when 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, decided to take it to combat in Iraq after Army budget officials earlier that year cut $300 million from Land Warrior earlier that year, essentially killing the program.

Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/11/army_landwarrior_110909w/