Posted on Feb 9, 2014
What is your favorite piece of equipment from the last 10 years?
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Of course everyone likes to complain about "we only get stuff from the lowest bidder", or "why do we even have this?". These things are negative and unproductive, but what about the positives? What I'm interested in are some of the pieces of fielded equipment currently in use that you feel are game changers in terms of enabling you Soldier on in whatever capacity that entails.
My personal favorites are:
1. The Medium Ruck
2. The M320 Grenade Launcher(super jealous of the Marines M32A1 though)
3. Crye Precision Pants
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Edited 10 y ago
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SGT(P) (Join to see)
Lol, it's true. They do make my DA 4856, 1750, 638, 5500, 705, 31 days much simpler!
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1SG Shane Hansen
Did you see on the APD website that we are transitioning to fillable PDF forms? XFDL is still relatively new and already getting replaced.
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SFC Stephen P.
I had not seen that 1SG. That is simultaneously promising and disappointing.
A lot of work was done to create external interface with the XFDL format. I have seen some interesting projects that interface it with web apps and databases. Had it come to full fruition, it could have enabled mass filling of forms (e.g. 4856, DA 31) based on TAPDB data.
A lot of work was done to create external interface with the XFDL format. I have seen some interesting projects that interface it with web apps and databases. Had it come to full fruition, it could have enabled mass filling of forms (e.g. 4856, DA 31) based on TAPDB data.
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SFC (Join to see)
they'll probably keep xfdl for those forms that use a wizard: 2166-8, otherwise i'd say they're limiting their contracted software, fillable Pdf forms are easy enough to creat in Adobe Professional.
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Three things for me: <div><br></div><div>1: The Combat Action Tourniquet, by far one of the proven life saving devices as we found out that bleeding of the extremities was the number one source of battle deaths.</div><div><br></div><div>2: The Garmin Foretrex 401, simply put it takes all the abilities and features of your Old School PLGR and Newer DAGR and puts it right on your wrist. This came extremely in handy for me while on Dismounted Patrols in the dangerous region of Wardak, Afghanistan. 10 digit grid immediately! Plotting your Waypoints and Areas of Interests have never been easier.</div><div><br></div><div>3: The CROWS System, no need to put the gunner in harms way anymore. Extremely accurate and not to mention better vision at night(Thermal) yes many may not like it and say "Owh well a real human can make a better split second decision" but in reality, its a great design and keeps our gunners safe from sniper fire and/or Grenades being dropped in the hatch from overpasses and such.</div>
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1SG (Join to see)
I do love my Garmin 401 it work awesome!
the CROWS System changed our RCP configuration because of that. Not having someone sticking their head out in the open while looking for IEDs.
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