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Army Rolls Out Plan to Field New Camouflage Pattern.
Military.com via Foxnews.com ^ | June 01, 2015

Posted on 06/02/2015 6:09:35 AM PDT by US Navy Vet

The U.S. Army has laid out a plan to outfit soldiers with the service's new camouflage pattern that uniform officials maintain will perform as well as the MultiCam pattern troops wear in Afghanistan.

Col. Bob Mortlock, the head of the Army's Project Manager Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment, sat down with reporters to discuss the long-awaited roll-out of the new Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP.

Mortlock described the adoption of the new pattern as an important step for the Army.

"It's important to the Army, and the reason it is important to the Army is because it is all about force protection," he said. "In the close fight, soldiers rely on camouflage to provide concealment, and that is critically important to their mission effectiveness."

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To: MaxMax

61 posted on 06/02/2015 7:31:44 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Daffynition

that is a truly astonishing photograph


62 posted on 06/02/2015 7:33:16 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: SandRat; JoeProBono

63 posted on 06/02/2015 7:33:41 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Daffynition

available NOW..from real tree that old standby.... the camo hair dryer//

http://img-realtree.com/sites/default/files/styles/x-large/public/content/essays/75380realtreedryerprint2.jpg?itok=G6AtPBP2


64 posted on 06/02/2015 7:35:45 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Daffynition

Excellent picture!
Isn’t it a shame that Realtree camo patterns do a hell of a better job camoflaging a hunter, than anything our military issues our service men?
I agree with all here who say a universal camo uniform can not be realistically expected to provide effective broad battlefield concealment.
Different theatre, different uniform, ie: urban gray, desert sand, woodland green, artic white.

IMHO, I’m partial to USMC Marpat Woodland, and new tactical A-TAC patterns.


65 posted on 06/02/2015 7:44:02 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: MeshugeMikey
What to wear to the wedding? Problem solved.


66 posted on 06/02/2015 7:51:36 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Daffynition

for those battlefield weddings that just cant wait...


67 posted on 06/02/2015 7:54:42 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: US Navy Vet
Most likely a scam to get their suppliers more money -- out of the pockets of our troops.

A couple of months before I ended my 4-year tour, the USAF came out with a new fabric for "Class 'A'" uniforms. Which we were required to buy -- to be "in uniform".

Somewhere among my stored "stuff", there is an expensive, Hong Kong-tailored dress uniform -- worn to ONE (1) Commander's call.

Needless to say, I needed that huge expenditure like I needed a leg amputation...

68 posted on 06/02/2015 8:18:38 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: Popman
You used (but ignored) the magic word: "UNIform"...
69 posted on 06/02/2015 8:24:20 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: Popman
Maybe I'm not informed, but why do the soldiers who will never see combat action or engagement need to have camouflage uniforms ?

I asked that one about the camo they were giving the Navy. The answer was "so that they can hide from their Chief, sir!"

70 posted on 06/02/2015 8:30:52 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: smokingfrog
$102 for a uniform is too much

Yep. The Navy did the same thing. Made is get rid of our $6 utility shirt and $20 utility trousers and replace them with our "hide in the water" Navy Working Uniform that costs over $100 before we even have to pay to get insignia sewn on.

To add insult to injury, because the uniform isn't properly fire retardant, it is not authorized to wear while underway.

71 posted on 06/02/2015 8:46:14 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: PROCON
The plain old olive drab uniforms, (pre-1980), worked just fine.

I would agree the human eye is designed to pick up anything moving with a pattern on it. I can't count how many times I bumped into someone at night wearing OD green. The woodland camo stood out like crazy.

72 posted on 06/02/2015 8:46:15 AM PDT by usurper (Liberals GET OFF MY LAWN)
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To: US Navy Vet
The way things are going, be glad it's not THIS.



73 posted on 06/02/2015 9:15:31 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Daffynition

Very Cool camp but a little awkward in the mess hall.


74 posted on 06/02/2015 10:16:26 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: momtothree

“I heard she left it to you in her will. :)”
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And she’s just wicked enough to do it, too.


75 posted on 06/02/2015 10:17:36 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: US Navy Vet

again?


76 posted on 06/02/2015 7:05:32 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Sub-editors: totes unnecessary.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Mike ,that photo looks like a Houndstooth pattern!

Reminiscent of “Are You Being Served”, but more gay.


77 posted on 06/03/2015 9:46:10 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (B.L.O.A.T. : Buy Lots Of Ammo Today)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Thats what it is indeed. a hint of the famous Nuslime Houndstooth patter once favored by old yassir arafat.

Its the first offering from new Mooselim Outreach program !


78 posted on 06/03/2015 12:34:51 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Daffynition


79 posted on 06/03/2015 1:22:34 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: MaxMax

Snicker

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away George Carlin quipped about the guys in Beirut needing store fronts and car grills on their uniforms to blend into the urban environment.


80 posted on 06/03/2015 2:44:24 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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