The IFAK is issued to every Soldier via the Soldier as a System (SaaS) Rapid Fielding Initiative (RFI). The IFAK increases individual Soldier capabilities to provide Self- Aid / Buddy-Aid and provides interventions for two leading causes of death on the battlefield, severe hemorrhage and inadequate airway. These capabilities increase Soldier survivability during dispersed operations and the expandable pouch allows for METT-C specific add-ins. IFAK is also M.O.L.L.E. compatible. The IFAK II contains most of the supplies of the original IFAK kit, with the addition of a tactical combat casualty card to annotate what kind of first aid was applied to a wounded Soldier, a sharpie marker, an eye shield, a wound seal bandage with valves for sucking chest wounds. It also has replaced the medical tape with a roll of Combat Medic Reinforcement Tape which has many more uses in combat situations. The IFAK II is designed to attach to the lower back of any M.O.L.L.E. system and can be removed from its container pouch from either side by reaching behind and pulling on one of two tabs, either side, slipping it out of its case. The tabs also have small "flaps" on them, so that when a Soldier is reaching for the kit, he can get some tactile feedback that lets him know he is pulling on the right tab. The inner pouch will remain attached to the case by an elastic tether.