ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Oct. 20, 2015) -- Army researchers have developed a simple, comfortable, wrap-style respiratory protective mask for protection against riot control agents ...

The official Army-designed, -tested, and -refined face mask – the Combat Cloth Face Covering (CCFC) – will be provided to new Soldiers during the second quarter of FY2021. This was one of the ...

The Soldiers are exposed to CS gas to build confidence in their M50 series gas mask. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ronald Shaw Jr.)(RELEASED) If you ask a soldier why beards are banned ...

Such gear requires a powered air purifying respirator to supply air, but these traditionally rely on a separate battery pack and blower unit that is connected to the mask via a hose. The US Army ...

And the general himself is wearing a mask as he explains all this. So too is the Army's top officer, Gen. Jim McConville who stands nearby watching the mock attack. McConville sports a camouflage ...