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Army gear update: See what's headed your way

Oct 8, 2017

A soldier with 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat team, 7th Infantry Division reaches for her drink tube during an operational test of the Integrated Head Protection System and Tactical Communication and Protective System Lite hearing protection on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Aug. 8. (Sgt. Youtoy Martin/Army)

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The new Soldier Protection System includes Torso and Extremity Protection, Army Combat Shirt with built-in elbow pads, yoke, and shoulder protection, Integrated Head Protection System, and transition combat eye protection. (Alan Lessig/Staff)

Army gear update: What's headed your way

See what's coming your way, from PEO Soldier.

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