Brigadier General Rich McPhee, left, and Col. John Norwood talk Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005,
What are they talking about? I only see one person in this picture, facing away from the camera!
Posted on 02/08/2005 2:37:39 PM PST by The Loan Arranger
FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) - Army soldiers are being issued new fatigues with easy-to-use Velcro openings and a redesigned camouflage pattern that can help conceal them as they move rapidly from desert to forest to city in places like Baghdad.
"It might give you the extra second you need, save your life maybe," Sgt. Marcio Soares said Tuesday after trying on the new all-in-one camouflage uniform that is the first major redesign in Army fatigues since 1983.
Soares' unit, the Georgia National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade, is the first to be issued the new fatigues as part of a $3.4 billion Army-wide makeover being phased in over the next three years.
The uniform will replace the standard forest camouflage - green, brown and black - and the desert camouflage - tan, brown and grey - now used by U.S. troops in Iraq.
Twenty-two changes were made to the uniforms, most notably the new camouflage pattern.
Instead of bold jigsaw swatches of colors, the new camouflage pattern uses muted shades of desert brown, urban gray and foliage green broken into one-centimeter segments. Black was eliminated completely because it catches the eye too easily.
The resulting camouflage - similar to a pattern the Marines adopted two years ago - conceals soldiers in forest, desert or urban battlegrounds, said Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Myhre, the uniform's lead designer.
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When I went in, the USAF was still issueing 1505's in Kacki tan. In my second year those were replaced with the 1550's in blue.
Before I got out, they started up that SRA rank. (between Airman First Class and Buck Sgt.) We still had the standard issue O.D. fatigues but they did change from the Blue + Silver stripes to O.D. and Drab Blue (Black?) subdued stripes.
Seems like a million years ago . . .
"Do these come in any color other then Green?".....
;)
I can do that.
if they'd just revive the Sam Brown belt, all would be right in the world.
Brigadier General Rich McPhee, left, and Col. John Norwood talk Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005,
What are they talking about? I only see one person in this picture, facing away from the camera!
I take on the color of personal responsibility to scare away liberals.
The Army really needs to get rid of those class a & b busdriver uniforms and go back to khaki.
Yep. No problem. If a yelling drill sargeant flusters someone to the point they can't operate a button...
Thank you for the kind words regarding our Tiger Stripe camo patterns. We have worked very hard to make a good effective product. The Air Force has not adopted our "digital" TIGERPAT pattern and is defining the word bureaucracy. After working two years on the AF uniform program, they just won't listen to our professional suggestions. They are now testing a tiger stripe that uses out-dated simplistic digital artwork techniques. In a word, it's trash. We have far superior 21 century patterns today which are much like a F/A 22 Raptor. The current test pattern is just a re-furbed F4 Phantom. They could have a much better pattern if they would just listen.
Knocking heads with the Pentagon is like knocking heads with an elephant. They are so big, they don't have to care.
just lovely ! Long Live the Confederacy !
Ever notice what happens to Velcro when it is wet and full of mud and other organic materials?
"You've never been in basic training, have you?"
Yes, but buttons were never a challenge.
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