Same old same old.
Deploy them light. They will use their initiative and come back fully equiped.
Are units still being deployed with a Govt. bean counter in the chain of command?
Are deployed units still being used to burn through life expired rations?
Are teeth units still being used to wear out gear everyone else phased out ages ago?
Thought so.
Put Helen on the front of a Frigate. Main armament then redundant. Should save a packet.