Packs are as essential for the military as bullets and chow. But for decades, two rucks have weighed down more military backs than any others. That’s the O.G. All-Purpose Lightweight Individual ...

U.S. Army airborne and Ranger units are testing a new, jumpable pack with a built-in equipment harness. The MOLLE 4000 is the Army’s new airborne rucksack, designed to satisfy requests from ...

The Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment system consists of several modular components. It allows the Soldier to carry tactical combat gear in the most effective manner for lethality and ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers recently completed the final phases of the Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment (MOLLE) 4000 rucksack operational test here. "The new MOLLE ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- When the 82nd Airborne called in a request, Natick delivered. The response: the latest iteration of the Army's airborne rucksack, the Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment ...

This year paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division will be the first to sport the new ruck designed specifically for them\. ( Senior Airman Asha Harris/Air Force) Members of the 82nd Airborne ...

NATICK, Mass. He used to be one of them, so when paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division asked Rich Landry to design a rucksack to meet their needs, he was thrilled. "That’s my past," Landry said ...