The Army uses the M45 as the hard-to-fit mask ... The program began in the late 1970s, when engineers would make someone a custom mask, which had significantly higher costs as well as time.

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 ...

The U.S. Army's top enlisted soldier said Tuesday that the service plans to issue some type of non-surgical mask to troops to help control the spread of the novel coronavirus. During an 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 ...