This Mattis-directed task force wants to overhaul the infantry. Here’s how it might do that.
By: Todd South   1 day ago
The Close Combat Lethality Task Force could radically change the lives of infantry and ground combat troops across the services. It aims to transform recruitment, retention, training and equipment. (Elena Baladelli/Army).
If a new task force has its way, time-honored extra duties such as handing out towels at the gym, raking sand, standing gate guard duty and picking up litter will no longer consume the time and energy of infantry soldiers and Marines.
Instead, they will be better selected, equipped, trained and prepared for their mission — intimate killing in close combat.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/04/11/this-mattis-directed-task-force-wants-to-overhaul-the-infantry-heres-how-it-might-do-that/
