Individual Equipment and Weapons

The soldier is the Army’s most deployed combat system and the most essential weapon in the Army’s arsenal. Program Executive Office (PEO) soldier was activated in October 2001 to equip the soldier as a system through centralized development, acquisition, fielding and sustainment of virtually everything the soldier wears or carries. The mission of PEO Soldier is to ensure that soldiers are lethal and survivable in any operating environment. PEO Soldier views the individual soldier as the center of the Army, the cornerstone on which all Army operations are built. PEO Soldier is committed to meeting the needs of individual soldiers in order to support this larger view of the Army. To accomplish its mission, PEO Soldier solicits and uses soldier feedback to guide the development and fielding of new equipment. As the demands of warfighting change and new technologies evolve in response, PEO Soldier stands ready to equip soldiers with the best gear, in the shortest time possible, to support the deployment of soldiers wherever our global interests dictate. The technologies PEO Soldier develops and the equipment PEO Soldier fields are crucial components in meeting the strategic, operational and tactical challenges of today’s soldier and the soldier of the future. For all their wide-ranging technological capabilities, PEO Soldier products recognize that the soldier is, and will remain, the center of our strength.