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1 posted on 12/28/2009 4:02:07 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
British and American soldiers soon could be hard to tell apart

No problem. The Brits will be the ones with the "silly walk".

2 posted on 12/28/2009 4:03:56 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Sarah Palin - For such a time as this)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Looks like some Realtree camo I had my eye on in the Cabelas catalog.


5 posted on 12/28/2009 4:16:26 AM PST by Eye of Unk (Phobos, kerdos, and doxa, said the Time Traveler. “Fear, self-interest, and honor.”)
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He added that any new uniform should do away with the fabric fastener pockets and attachments that are on his ACUs.

"[The fabric fastener] gets dusty or dirty and it doesn’t work anymore. You can’t keep your sleeves or collar down and it’s not tactical. If you have to adjust something during a mission it makes a loud noise," he said.

The ACU's are crap. They wear out too soon, look dirty, and all that velcro is a throw-back to the 90's. Buttons have always been better closures in a field uniform.

6 posted on 12/28/2009 4:20:52 AM PST by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Very effective. The platoon standing behind that soldier was not even visible.


7 posted on 12/28/2009 4:21:00 AM PST by MrDem (And this is a loyal lifelong Democrat saying this... Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
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To: Jet Jaguar
What ever happened to the digitized camo that the Marines created....


8 posted on 12/28/2009 4:29:56 AM PST by Vaquero (BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
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To: Jet Jaguar

Kind of reminds me of the old tiger strips.


10 posted on 12/28/2009 4:44:55 AM PST by pappyone (New to Freep, still working a tag line.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Needs a powder blue beret...


13 posted on 12/28/2009 5:10:41 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15)
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To: Jet Jaguar

GRAFENWÖHR... The coldest I’ve ever been, February 14, 1967. 4th Armored Division, 144th Signal Battalion.

We had the infamous.... TA-50 Gear.


14 posted on 12/28/2009 5:15:43 AM PST by Capt_Hank (btu's...kcal's...to kJ's, but my activation energy is still high.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

What??? No “Mossy Oak?”


15 posted on 12/28/2009 5:22:05 AM PST by IronJack (=)
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Well, that soldier is definately American. The only British soldier wearing that colour beret would be SAS, and they don’t generally stand around posing for photos...


16 posted on 12/28/2009 5:25:05 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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The U.S. Army is testing MultiCam alongside a version of the digital Universal Camouflage Pattern already featured on the Army Combat Uniform.

Unbelievable. The digital Camo ACU is basically 'new' and hundreds of MILLIONS was spent on its development to be a 'Universal', one size fits all (terrain) Camo. Forget the millions in distribution to soldiers. This 'new' digital Camo resulted from the Army realizing the 'Desert Camo' issued during the Gulf War didn't really look like the desert.(1)

Leave it to Army bureaucrats to waste money (head shaking). Maybe they should just order everything from Cabella's and be done with it. (but then Murtha couldn't line his pockets could he)

(1) Per documentary on the Mil Channel.

23 posted on 12/28/2009 5:52:10 AM PST by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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