Posted on 08/02/2014 7:57:33 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
The Army has selected a new camouflage pattern to begin fielding next year, an unidentified senior Army spokesperson announced in a statement late Thursday.
“The Army has confirmed through testing that the pattern would offer exceptional concealment, which directly enhances force protection and survivability for Soldiers,” according to the statement from the Army.
The pattern will be used in all combatant commands, including Afghanistan, the Army said. Uniforms and equipment with the existing pattern won’t be discarded, but replaced only as they wear out.
The pattern was developed by the Army under the name Scorpion W2 to replace the much-maligned Universal Camouflage Pattern, a pixelated combination of green, gray and tan that some soldiers said provided bad concealment in most places.
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...but our troops now have snazzy new retro BDUs to wear to homosexual sensitivity indoctrination. Fashion is the new combat multiplier.
See # 90; maternity BDUs...
Those non- deployable outfits always sold like hotcakes at the clothing sales store about 30 days prior to unit deployments.
The military was finished when “pregnant” and “soldier” could be in the same sentence.
very observant
My father and uncle are retired sailors. We all thought the blue camos were silly. I mean if you fall over board how they going to find you?. Road-worker orange and neon-yellow would fix that visibility problem.
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