Guess we dodged a bullet as it were, Shanahan, recently deposed Sec. of Defense was not CFT & Soldier Lethality friendly. Sec Esper is...

"I do recall Joe talking about that, but I haven't seen any specific initiatives," McCarthy said, adding that the CCLTF and the Army's soldier lethality cross functional team have been working very closely together on programs such as the smart combat goggles for soldiers, the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS.

"The initiatives from the Close Combat Lethality Task Force and the soldier lethality [cross-functional team] -- they work hand-in-hand -- we have funded some of the things they wanted to do; they have funded some of the things we wanted to do ... I think it has been a great partnership," he said.

McCarthy and other Army senior leaders are banking on IVAS to help improve training for soldiers.

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