It Will Be a Long Time Before Soldiers Get the M4 and SAW Replacements — Military.com

Thank you my friend COL (Join to see) for posting the military.com article via apple.news. [This is my fourth attempt to post my response.] 'It Will Be a Long Time Before Soldiers Get the M4 and SAW Replacements' — Military.com

What Major Ammo & Rifle Change Is Coming To The US Military?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFXothsNNNM

Spiral development capabilities enable design to be be updated based on operational requirement development including threat assessment.
1. The rollout of the Squad Automatic Weapon replacement and M-4 Rifle replacement will no doubt be incrementally distributed based on the prioritization of units, specialties, and sufficient munitions, distribution, maintenance capability from unit through depot, training of maintainers, initial entry trainer [drill sergeant], then trainees.
2. I expect One Station unit Training [OSUT] would be utilized to enable a select group of trainees to be trained on these weapons on the basis of their initial post-graduation unit assignment. That would enable equipped units to receive trainees who already have familiarity with the weapons.
3. No doubt these weapons are being tested now and certain specialties, units are using a variant of these for operational test bed and operational use in certain low density, high demand force capabilities.
FYI PO1 Tony Holland LTC (Join to see) LTC Stephen C. MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. LTC Chad StorlieLTC Trent Klug MAJ Roland McDonaldCPT Kevin McComasMSG Roy CheeverPO2 Russell "Russ" LincolnCPO William Glen (W.G.) Powell 1SG Dan Capri SFC Boots Attaway SFC William Farrell SGM Major Stroupe SGM Mikel Dawson

LTC Al Giwa one solid read/share my friend. I can't wait to see the day.

The biggest hold-up is the government spinning up ammo production, because the Army just "had" to have a new and different caliber.