Took ‘em long enough to figure out that velcro sucks. A whole new generation of milspec gear will have to be produced. In addition to buttons, they may go back to snaps and - gasp! - zippers!
Velcro gets dirt/dust/mud/etc in it and then no longer “sticks” well. So velcro pockets don’t stay shut.
Obviously no one asked an actual soldier first.
Zippers? The point is truly that velcro makes too much noise. Buttons are truly tactical in that regard.. and one gets quicker with the unbuttoning.
When the Clinton administration decided to go with black berets for the Army, the only beret company in America capable of making them was the Bancroft Cap Co. OF CABOT ARKANSAS. Others said that they couldn't reach the production goals using only American wool as required by law. During the Bush administration it was found that Bancroft was in fact using foreign wool. Bancroft went out of business.
If you are going to invest in a button company make sure it is a company run by a Democrat preferably in Chicago.
When a Rat who hates the military does anything to the military it is because there is money in it.
Both snaps and zippers MAKE NOISE!
Sometimes it’s funny how modern technology is supplanted by the truly OLD stuff.
It’s rare, but noteworthy.
If a button comes off, a soldier can just sew it back on. Just try to do that with velcro.
And I'll bet that not one square inch of any of it will be manufactured in the USA.