[2CAVTrooper]

“It’s time to put veterans with combat experience into weapon development programs over the civilian developers at Picatinny.”

Same goes for Natick Labs.

The Army is developing it’s what third combat uniform in ten years?

For years on end when I was on active duty we would rag on anyone wearing faded “cook whites” BDU’s, then the Army introduces the ACU that seems lighter in color than a bleached set of woodland BDU’s. Then there is the velcro with the loud “RIIIIPPP” when trying to get something out of your pocket.

[Chainmail]

I remember discussing the new "digital" uniforms with some of the managers at Natick before they fielded that grey lashup and they told me (with a straight face) that "this color combination will conceal soldiers in any battlefield environment". When I asked them why there wasn't any black in the pattern, they said "black doesn't exist in nature".

Does anyone wonder what kind of idiocy we have entrenched within of acquisition and R&D system?

These are the same kinds of idiots who insist that "all of their computer lethality models show that 5.56mm is more lethal than any other caliber".

Picatinny, Natick, Aberdeen, Benning, and many other defense research and engineering agencies need strong flush and reorganization to come under experienced combat veteran leadership.