Like the title says, I had a great day at work today. The folks from PEO Soldier came by with lots of great equipment to show -- the same stuff being issued right now in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as some stuff that will be issued in the near future.

I had to play with the guns. Here's me with the XM8 compact:

And the XM8 Sharpshooter version:

If you want to learn more about this stuff, visit the PEO Soldier webite at: https://peosoldier.army.mil/

A direct link to XM8 info: https://peosoldier.army.mil/program.asp?id=104

you cant beat playing with new toys we had 23 SAS (ta) doing a stand at the 2 Div skill at arms meet as this is how they recruit well they brought all the toys demarco M16's with bi-pods sights and fitted with mags that look like the old drum mags from the mg 34