[Travis McGee]

I have a sneaking suspicion that if the gear is lightened, tomorrow's grunts will just be loaded down with more of it.

Put that in the bank!

[Poohbah]

They always seem to find something new to put on a grunt.

And if they don't, the grunt will probably decide to haul some more ammo, "just in case."

[Squantos]

Saw something at Sandia labs once that was basicly a ATV w/ a just a deck style roof rack and no seat or handlebars and had a little pager sized box that a troop wore and the ATV would follow his/her exact route behind em. The distance was variable and a bawana button was on it for more ammo ect ect needs to make it catch up on command.

A ATV beast of burden that followed the troops per se....packing a existance load while the troop packed just a fighting load........Not sure how the device ever faired at the Robotics Lab there......seemed cool but the potential of all my gear being diverted with a garage opener was a bit of a concern ;o)

Stay Safe !

[Matthew James]

They need to spend less time with new high-tech gadgets, and more time improving the basic boot, and rifle.

[Natural Law]

I guarantee the Brass looks upon the 85 lbs as a load budget.