Fort McCoy, Wisconsin -- Sunday, Aug 7, 2019
With a Humvee predecessor in the foreground, Sgt. William Sievers stands on top of a JLTV as Army Reserve soldiers train on firing a 50-caliber machine gun mounted on top of the JLTV at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Unlike its predecessors, the JLTV is able to level out its base so that soldiers do not have to compensate for uneven ground beneath the vehicle. This is especially valuable when using the machine gun.
The Army is replacing the venerable Iraq-era light truck, the Humvee, with a new one called the JLTV. The change is an acknowledgement by the Armed Forces that the era of conventional wars with safe zones behind front lines is likely gone for good, and its troops transports must be ready for an increasingly unpredictable and dangerous world.
CREDIT: Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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