The Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System will purportedly protect soldiers from small-arms fire in a 40% lighter package than previous combat helmets.
Much of DOD housing was developed before 1970 and is either woefully outdated or falling apart.
In a small room tucked into a US navy facility outside Memphis, Tennessee, uniformed personnel sit hunched over monitors, their eyes focused on screens as they speak into headsets with clipped efficiency.
The move comes after data shows lower rates of disability claims approval for some minority groups.
The whirlwind couple of weeks has essentially put veterans' efforts back at square one and left Afghans still waiting for the safety and stability they were promised for helping the U.S. military.
The island of Mindanao has been reeling from the effects of heavy rain, displacing an estimated 795,000 people.