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Army announces new camouflage uniform pattern (again!)
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| August 1, 2014
| Chris Carroll
Posted on 08/02/2014 7:57:33 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
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To: Timber Rattler
With all the gays in the Army, they have to do something...
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posted on
08/02/2014 10:42:01 PM PDT
by
Captainpaintball
(Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation)
To: Timber Rattler; GeronL
If someone knows the EXACT pattern that is being used, can’t a computer processing filter be applied to scan for the pattern like a finger print?
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posted on
08/02/2014 10:47:12 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Elian Gonzalez sought asylum and was sent back to Cuba, send these kids back to THEIR parents.)
To: a fool in paradise
They need a uniform made of e-paper-like fabric that can be changed to random patterns!
83
posted on
08/02/2014 10:47:53 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: BBell
Yep. The good old BDU (Battle Dress Uniform). We doggies had a fancy (read: idiotic) way of rolling our sleeves up. You Marines rolled yours up in a "let's dispense with that fancy BS and just roll the damn things up" manner. I always admired the common sense of that.
In Central America and Grenada, they let us wear jungle fatigues. I LOVED the jungle fatigues. I could hide a Volkswagen in those cargo pockets.
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posted on
08/02/2014 10:50:28 PM PDT
by
60Gunner
(Fight with your head high, or grovel with your head low.)
To: lulu16
Every woman I know is a sucker for Navy whites with no back pockets on a trim guy.
While that's a good thing for dealing with one side of the "All is fair in love and war" coin, it's not very good for the other.
85
posted on
08/02/2014 10:56:38 PM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
To: Timber Rattler
86
posted on
08/02/2014 11:01:01 PM PDT
by
gura
(If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
To: Rashputin
I take after my mother, she married a Navy guy, my dad, and we always thought he looked so handsome in his chief’s uniform for inspection.
My husband and I watched a great WWII Gary Cooper movie, Task Force, with fellow TPer’s on 4/4/ 14 at a theater and I think part of winning the war was we were dressed seriously and comported ourselves with discipline and high standards and that was outwardly shown by the uniforms of the day.
Have a great Sunday.
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posted on
08/03/2014 12:11:34 AM PDT
by
lulu16
(May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
To: easternsky
We wore the olive drap drab in Vietnam 67 68Ah, yes. I remember that uniform well. Worked for me except sometimes the buttons seemed too thick! (I know what the earlier poster meant!)
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posted on
08/03/2014 2:40:52 AM PDT
by
TexasRedeye
(Eschew Obfuscation)
To: TADSLOS
“Third uniform change for the Army in less than a decade...but, hey, DoD uniform contractors gotta eat too.”
Yes, but us taxpayers get the bill for this make-work nonsense.
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posted on
08/03/2014 3:34:19 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: CodeToad
“Velcro and zippers have no place on battle uniforms.”
You’re right; I’ve always had fatigues (originally my father’s, then siblings’ that they “handed down” - I would remove any patches and such), and found them very practical for manhunt as a kid and camping as an adult. A lot of the digital stuff has shown up in flea markets lately, but I have no interest in it because of the Velcro - it wears out in ways buttons never do, and is messy when everything else is stuck on it.
The creepiest thing was a pair of digital camo maternity pants at a flea market; one of my sons was completely puzzled by that. This is what the army had been reduced to...
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posted on
08/03/2014 3:40:27 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: CodeToad
"Velcro and zippers have no place on battle uniforms." I agree on the Velcro, but zippers have their utility. Both the British Denison smock and the US M42 had heavier brass zippers that take a little patina with age making them very subdued in appearance, and when constructed properly, are relatively silent.
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posted on
08/03/2014 4:01:43 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Vendome
Exactly what I was thinking, looks a lot like the BDU’s.
92
posted on
08/03/2014 5:15:32 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: BBell
I always thought that the Navy should have a uniform that reacts with salt water. If a sailor fell overboard the salt water would cause a color change in the uniform making the sailor more visible. Can this be done?
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posted on
08/03/2014 5:17:52 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: CodeToad
Velcro is so damn noisy. Zippers are ok until they break.
Buttons: low tech. Ask the Amish. they always work
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posted on
08/03/2014 5:18:23 AM PDT
by
Yorlik803
( Church/Caboose in 2016)
To: SandRat
Well one things for certain, they won’t need many of these new uniforms since they have and will downsize the military more and more.
Words cannot describe how I despise odumbo and his ilk.
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posted on
08/03/2014 5:30:53 AM PDT
by
DaveA37
To: HiTech RedNeck
To try and make a one style fits all terrain is folly. Even Realtree ha several version. Interesting thing; the Army troops around here wear an digital pattern that is designed for this terrain. At 50 feet it is almost impossible to see in sage brush. Woody areas not so good. I wear it when I am coyote hunting.
To: kearnyirish2
Yes, but us taxpayers get the bill for this make-work nonsense. You need to get with the program and be a patriot. Besides, think of the masses of poor, underpaid overseas factory workers who make those uniforms just to survive. Don't be a monster.
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posted on
08/03/2014 5:36:41 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Timber Rattler
Check the boot laces...which is right?
To: DaveA37
The worst President in American history; Odumbo
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posted on
08/03/2014 7:53:56 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: TADSLOS
I’m a bad man.
We went from feeding these people to giving all our industry away...
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posted on
08/03/2014 7:58:37 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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