‘Nothing will be safe’ from Army’s kit overhaul

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—There’s no such thing as a standard gear set-up from squad to squad in the Army, the chief of infantry said Tuesday, and none of it is designed to work together.So the service finds itself in a place where a dismounted soldier can be walking around with more than 80 pounds of kit, including four or five radios that each do something different.“In fact, we've been focusing our efforts on the individual soldier for so long we've burdened them with redundant capab