US military has 10 kinds of camouflage uniforms: Government duplication at its finest

Stars and Stripes ^ | May 8, 2013 | By David A. Fahrenthold

[Jet Jaguar]

[GeronL]

cammo buqua’s?

[Berlin_Freeper]

I can see them.

[Jet Jaguar]

Which one?

The guys behind the cacti?

[Gman]

Sure? There are 12 soldiers.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

This camouflage is so good that the enemy never saw our troops in Benghazi on 9/11.

Neither did the four dead Americans.

[Bobalu]

Unlike much foolish government waste I can see an actual advantage to having a wide selection of cammo uniforms. One or two choices just would not cover all possible needs.

[Cyber Liberty]

Yes, but the last sentence in the article suggests that, given a choice, the brass will choose the wrong pattern to use.

[Jet Jaguar]

Obviously.

But, USMC camo is good.

But, it has anchors and globes embedded in it.

If I were the boss, I would pick 6 patterns and have each service issue them.

From desesrt to arctic, forest to urban, and and whatever else they needed.

[doorgunner69]

The swabbies and the water color camo utilities were an absolute riot when I first saw them. Did not know what the heck to think they were.

Almost as funny as every Tom, Dick, Harry, and cook in the Army getting a different color beret.

Shades of the liberals' "everyone gets a trophy" mentality, I suppose.

The feminizing of the military continues unabated......

[devolve]

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“Realshiitearea PA”

Perfect for all Muzzie combat areas

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[mylife]

Whats with the digital blue Navy Camo?
Is that so they cant see you drowning LOL

[Paladin2]

"...Chicks dig it.."

Finally, some sense is invoked.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Navy admits standard-issue uniform is highly flammable and will melt onto skin

[RockyTx]

better than sending $$ or F-16s to Egypt

[mylife]

How NOT to be seen.

[smokingfrog]

Chicks Dig It

[ReignOfError]

The people who saw this uniform in a combat area would know [the wearers] were United States Marines, for whatever that might mean,” said retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones

It reminds me of an old Dustin Hoffman story. A studio head once told him, "Kid, I've been in this business a long time, and you're never gonna make it. I can tell. I saw Tony Curtis in a scene, he was a delivery boy, maybe had two lines. And I saw a star."

Hoffman asked, "shouldn't you have seen a delivery boy?"

I would think the whole point is that you don't want the people who see that uniform to know the wearers are Marines. You want them to think the wearers are rocks and trees.

[llevrok]

Here is my comment on all these cammo uni's (scroll across below to read)

Hey! You can see it. The damn cammo didn't work. We need a new pattern!

[llevrok]

I think we need Adm. Zumwalt and Jimmah to re-issue the standard all forces uniform. Now there was a winner !!