The US Army is prepared to enter future battlefields with its brand-new "combat goggles" as combat becomes more technologically driven and foreign powers are integrating cutting-edge systems into their firefighting prowess.
The Army doesn’t have a bra that fits the combat needs of female soldiers yet. That could change. Experts developed four prototypes of a high-impact, flame-resistant bra.
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(NEW YORK) As happens with any new soldier, Kayla Williams went through the standard processing when she joined the U.S. Army in 2000. She was briefed before basic training and issued a uniform. But something important was missing a bra. Male soldiers got underwear, Williams said, but women received an allowance to buy
U.S. Army/Devcom(NEW YORK) As happens with any new soldier, Kayla Williams went through the standard processing when she joined the U.S. Army in 2000. She was briefed before basic training and issued a uniform. But something important was missing a bra. Male soldiers got underwear, Williams said, but women received an allowance to buy sports bras at the post exchange. The male corporal leading her group was supposed to advise her on the sports bra options she could buy there. Williams said there was just one problem: the corporal refused to say the word "bra." "The fact that he couldn't even bring himself to say it did not make me feel like I was being treated with full equality, and it didn't make me feel fully welcome," Williams told ABC News. Now 46, Williams served on active duty, including a yearlong combat deployment in Iraq, until 2005 when she left as with the rank of sergeant E5. She still remembers the look of discomfort on the corporal'