The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity worked with the Program Executive Office Soldier to develop a more compact and better equipped first aid kit in direct response to Soldier feedback.

The Army is now issuing the Individual First Aid Kit II, a more complete kit that includes more trauma gear, a new eye shield and a more streamlined pouch.

The eye shields should be a part of all DOD joint-service first-aid kits by the fall of 2014. Related Links: U.S. Army Public Health Command. DOD Vision Center of Excellence. Army 'can't afford ...

Eye shields to help safeguard a wounded soldier's vision are now part of all Army first aid kits issued to troops deploying to the combat theater from Fort Bragg, N.C.

First aid kit pouch and grenade launcher holster. ... The Aircrew Combat Equipment vest is capable of accepting body armor inserts and carries a 72-hour survival kit suite of items. (U.S. Army) ...

The Army completed first article testing this past summer and is under initial testing for production, Elgort said. Production is slated for early 2025 with a tentative fielding of late 2025 to ...