Purpose of Travel
On 13 March CENTCOM called Natick Soldier Center’s Hotline and asked for a team to go on/about 7 April to Afghanistan to survey:
- Cold Weather Underlayers and determine why soldiers are not wearing their Bear Suits, and
- Intermediate Cold Weather Boots and determine if soldiers have the correct boots.
- Other soldier equipment issues from Operations Anaconda and Mountain Lion.
Natick Soldier Center passed mission message to PEO Soldier since the PEO has item management of these items.
PEO Soldier asked the NSC’s Operational Forces Interface Group (OFIG) to execute a Quick Reaction Force mission on the PEO’s behalf. The NSC had previously conducted such missions into Somalia, Bosnia, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, and Macedonia.