PEO Soldier officials recommend double-check before buying. In 2011 the Army announced the requirement, but delayed its effective date to allow wear-out of previously issued eye wear. Starting in January, 2016, the APEL mark of approval will offer more than peace of mind: it will be required. “You can get fragments from debris, rocks, stuff getting spit up from a vehicle, or from a blast.” “It’s substantial fragmentary protection,” Odom said of what the standard requires, which hasn’t changed from the last round of testing. The trials determine if they offer sufficient protection from various forms of debris. Any vendor can submit two spectacle options and one pair of goggles in a given year. To make the cut, each submission must pass ballistic testing by PEO Soldier’s Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment office. The 31 approved models come from eight manufacturers: 3M, Arena, ESS, Honeywell, Oakley, Revision, Smith Optics, and Wiley X.
And generally having choice is good,” Odom told Army Times. “Soldiers are always interested in eyewear, for looks and for what they do to provide protection. Brent Odom, assistant project manager of soldier protective eyewear for PEO Soldier, attributed the list’s expansion to the fact that “competition has ramped up.” He said new options will help soldiers find a good fit. UPLC lenses offer rims that hold prescription lenses in the protective eyewear. Of the current options, 10 goggles and six spectacles are Universal Prescription Lens Compatible, with those models clearly noted as such on PEO Soldier’s website and APEL poster. That’s more than double the previous list of nine spectacles and six goggles, granting more ways to comply with an Army directive to only use APEL-labeled eyewear by 2016.
The Authorized Protective Eyewear List, released once every year or two by Program Executive Office Soldier, now has 16 spectacles and 15 goggles.
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Soldiers’ options for Army-approved eye pro just expanded.
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