15 extra pounds of gear can be the difference between life or death in a firefight, this Marine officer’s research says
By: Shawn Snow   15 hours ago
The weight being humped by grunts into a firefight with a sophisticated adversary like Russia or China could be the difference between mission success or going home in a body bag, according to one Marine officer’s award-winning research.
Marine Capt. Courtney Thompson said computer simulations she ran showed that just adding 15 pounds to the “bare essential†fighting load carried by Marines resulted in an additional casualty on the battlefield when Marines were pitted against competent shooters.
15 extra pounds of gear can be the difference between life or death in a firefight, this Marine officer’s research says