DefenceTalkSoldiers whose eyes are injured during combat have a better chance of returning to duty with their vision intact due to some revisions in the Army’s first-aid kit. The rigid eye shield was added as a component to the Army’s “Individual First-Aid Kit II,” which was distributed to the first Army units in the fall […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-first-aid-kits-include-new-eye-shield-59342/

DefenceTalkThe Army is now issuing to Soldiers the more robust, more streamlined “Individual First Aid Kit II” as replacement for the older kit which was built inside an ammunition pouch for a Squad Automatic Weapon. The IFAK II contains all the supplies of the old kit, with the addition of a second tourniquet, a tactical […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-first-aid-kit-includes-eye-protection-strap-cutter-49894/