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The Military Wants 'Human Weapon Systems,' Not Just Soldiers Who Can Do Pushups
Key Takeaways
- Military leaders are shifting from traditional fitness tests to treating soldiers as 'human weapon systems' requiring holistic optimization
- The Army's Holistic Health and Fitness Academy is expanding biometric monitoring to 111 brigades
- The 101st Airborne Division is piloting wearable Garmin trackers for real-time physiological monitoring
- The Air Force frames soldier maintenance as procurement (training), fueling (nutrition), and system monitoring (health data)
- Cognitive performance, metabolic markers, and stress management are now considered as important as physical fitness
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DT Editorial Team··6 min read·via defenseone.com