kate branon, joined sop army leaders at white sands missile operation last week for the start of the tegration evaluation. kate, welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> so how different was this exercise that's taking place right now out in the american southwest from the exercise that took place earlier this year? >> the first one was this summer, and the big difference that i saw was what's happened in between the exercises, the army has based on the feedback from soldiers this summer canceled the jeeters joint tactical ground mobile radio program after soldiers said it was too heavy, it wasn't what they were looking for in the field. and then they also sort of altered some other programs to fit more in line of what soldiers were saying. >> the net warrior program, for example? >> the net warrior program. they made it lighter, simpler to use, focusing on the hand- held device like a smart phone. so -- >> that's the soldier command and control system wherein individual soldiers can get data? >> right, for dismounts. based on that, soldiers see that senior army leaders are listening