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NEWS
August 17, 2017
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OTC, Soldiers to assess new combat helmet
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NORTH FORT HOOD
Building #56320
DFAC/SFC Owens; 618 8914
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DFAC/SFC Brack: 288-2292
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Installation Food Service: 287-6595
III Corps Food Service: 287-0573
Division Food Service: 287-3134
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Breakfast; 7:30-9 a.m. Monday-Friday
Luncti: 11:30 a.m.-l p.m. Monday-Friday
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
BDE Food Servlce/MSG Chambers; 286-5004
Breakfast 7:30-9 a m. Monday-Friday
Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-l p.m. Monday-Friday
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
BDE Food Service/MSG Williams or DFAC/SSG Ventura: 285-6928
Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. Monday-Friday
Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-l p.m. Monday-Friday
Dinner; 5-6:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
BDE Food Servlce/SFC Young 2B7-1577
Corps.
The combined Co. B is made up
of infantrymen, combat engineers
Building #41018
Old Ironside & 77th St.
Brunch (WKND. HOL); 9;30 a.m.-l p.m.
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Brunch {WKND, HOU: 9:30 a m-1 p.m.
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(WKND, HOL): 9:30-11 a.m.
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DFAC/SFCSmith: 2BB-7631
Breakfast: 7:30-9 a.m. Monday-Friday
Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-l a.m. Monday-Friday
Dinner; 5-6:30 p.m.Menday-FHday
BDE Food Servlce/MSG Hunter: 286 6853
Brunch (WKND, HOL): 9:30 a.m.-l p.m.
Supper (WKND. HOL): 5-6:30 p.m,
Photo by Sgt. Youtoy Martin, 5th MPAD
ABOVE, Soldiers with 23rd BEB, 1-2nd SBCT, 7th Inf. Div., fill out data collec-
tion sheets during an operational test of the IHPS and TCAPS-L hearing protec-
tion on Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aug. 8. The I Corps Soldiers partnered with
OTC to complete a series of operational testing of the helmet and hearing pro-
tection. RIGHT, The new IHPS is configured with a mandible and visor without
ballistic applique for “rough terrain” static line parachute jump operations. The
IHPS is one of the six components of the Soldier Protection System.
Breakfast: 5:30-8:30 a.m, Sunday-Saturday
Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday-Saturday
Dinner: 5-7:30 p.m. Sunday-Saturday
DFAC/Ms. Pitts; 287-8930
Building #91226
HQ Ave., West Fort Hood
Photo by Rebecka Waller,
OTC
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Lunch: 11:30 1 p.m. Monday-Friday (WKND. HOL): 11:30 a.m.-l p.m.
Dinner: 5-6:30 p.m. M. T, W, F & 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday (WKND, HOL): 4 5:30 p.m.
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Photo by Sgt. Youtoy Martin, 5th MPAD
A Soldier with 23rd BEB, l-2nd SBCT, 7th Inf. Div., reaches for her drink tube during an operational test of the IHPS
and TCAPS-L hearing protection during a pilot test on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Aug. 8. The Soldiers participated in
the test Aug. 3-9.
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could be fielded to some units dur-
ing the fall John Jimenez, OTC test
officer, said.
Jimenez said the
original TCAPS is
already being used
in some units but
one difference
with TCAPS-L
is it doesn’t
hook up to
a tactical
radio.
Built spe-
cifically for
hearing
preservation, it’s available as in-
the-ear buds or over-the-ear muffs.
It protects from steady-state noise,
such as vehicles engines, gun fire
and explosions, while allowing for
talk-through capability for verbal
conversations.
“Once there is high impulse
noise, the hearing protection auto-
matically triggers to reduce hearing
damage,” Jimenez said.
During the operational testing,
Soldiers were form-fitted for each
piece of equipment they would
test.
Following each mission, Soldiers
gave candid feedback to data col-
lectors, who also followed Soldiers
conducting missions at the squad
and platoon level.
Staff Sgt. Audrey Lespinasse, a
team leader with Co. B, 23rd BEB,
l-2nd SBCT, said the testing gave
many junior Soldiers a chance to
participate in small-group and pla-
toon live-fire training.
She said the Soldiers should feel
a sense of ownership and service
pride knowing the Army wants
their input.
“I think it’s a great thing that
the Army does to actually use the
Soldiers to implement changes,”
Lespinasse said. “It’s good for
the Soldiers to see that their
P voices matter.”
JOINT BASE LEWIS-
MCCHORD, Wash. — Some I
Corps Soldiers here are working
with operational testers from Fort
Hood to help determine whether
or not a new, lighter combat hel-
met ends up on Soldiers’ heads.
The Soldiers partnered with the
U.S. Army Operational Test Com-
mand during a series of tests to
collect data and feedback on the
Army’s new Integrated Head Pro-
tection System and Tactical Com-
munication and Protective System
Lite during a pilot test here Aug.
3-9.
Future scheduled record testing
should be the final operational tests
on each system, said Test Officer
Zane Smith with OTC’s Maneuver
Test Directorate.
For the IHPS, a decision on full-
scale production would be made
sometime next June, Smith said.
According to Capt. Matthew
Nichols, commander of Company
B, 23rd Brigade Engineer Battal-
ion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat
Team, 7th Infantry Division, the
120 Soldiers of the testing element
came from 11 companies across I
and military police.
“At a company level, it’s very
odd to see a combined arms team,
especially for an engineer company
commander,” Nichols said. “So far,
it’s been a pretty good opportu-
nity to implement Soldiers from
(I Corps) across three different
branches, integrate, come together,
build a cohesive team and train
together.”
The Soldiers trained on basic
warrior tasks and battle drills:
emplacing and breaching an obsta-
cle, traffic control point procedures
and route reconnaissance, all while
putting the new headgear to the
test.
The IHPS is one of the six com-
ponents of the Soldier Protection
System (body armor). When fully
assembled, the headgear resembles
a full-face motorcycle helmet.
It provides a larger area of pro-
tection for the head and face and
weighs less than the current Army
Combat Helmet, Smith said.
The TCAP-L system, also in its
final stages of operational testing,
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