On a hot August day at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team stressed their operational limits to see what capabilities the Army’s most modern programs of record offered. The combined kit from the Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS); PEO Command, Control, and Communications ‒ Tactical (PEO C3T); PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) and PEO Soldier provided a cool breeze through the fog of war. Data radios, vehicle cameras, and augmented reality headsets gave the platoon unprecedented situational awareness, increasing its lethality and allowing for better informed tactical decisions.
![ALTArticle_PromiseItsNotATest Soldiers with Third Platoon, “Blackhorse” Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division wear upgraded Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles while sitting inside a Stryker armored vehicle preparing for a movement-to-contact urban raid exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, August 24, 2022 (photos by Spc. Chandler Coats, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment).](https://dsiac.org/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/ALTArticle_PromiseItsNotATest-1024x576-panorama-8d28458d97e38a063fa51c48501f28e2-606cdedb7e0c3.jpg)
Soldiers with Third Platoon, “Blackhorse” Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division wear upgraded Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles while sitting inside a Stryker armored vehicle preparing for a movement-to-contact urban raid exercise on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, August 24, 2022 (photos by Spc. Chandler Coats, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment).
July 26, 2023 | Originally published by U.S. Army on June 15, 2023