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 ...

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 ...

In March the Army will test the MOLLE-4000, a 4,000-cubic inch unit rucksack. Army Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division found their two options for rucksacks either too small or too big. So the ...

May 3, 2011: The search for a better rucksack continues. Many troops are buying civilian gear, and more of that stuff is showing up to feed a huge civilian market for better outdoor backpacks. Some of ...

After a quarter century of complaints, the U.S. Army recently replaced the All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) rucksack with the Modular Lightweight Load Bearing Equipment ...

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 ...