{"id":45344,"date":"2022-10-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/10\/gear-updates-from-the-center-for-all-things-soldier-kit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:53:31","slug":"gear-updates-from-the-center-for-all-things-soldier-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/10\/10\/gear-updates-from-the-center-for-all-things-soldier-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear updates from the center for all things soldier kit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FORT BELVOIR, Va. \u2014 All things soldier gear start here. From boots and body armor that will fit the varying sizes of the 1 million soldiers across the Army to the weapons soldiers shoot and the ways they power ever-more-complex technology, Program Executive Office-Soldier is at the center of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting early this year, the Pentagon also tasked them with sending, so far, $800 million worth of gear, such as cold weather apparel and a variety of other warfighting items, to Ukrainians beating back the Russian invasion of their homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\t