US Army to get rid of $5 billion pixel camo

[derspiess]

Now if only the Navy would do something about those ridiculous dress uniforms...

[katmai]

Now if only the Navy would do something about those ridiculous dress uniforms...

Seconded!

[derspiess]

I mean, Navy stuff seems totally foreign to me.  My dad was in the Air Force, I have several friends who were in the Marines, and I did my little stint as an Army ROTC cadet.  So all those uniforms seem familiar to me. 

But what's the beef with Navy uni's?  Make any big tweaks and you lose all the tradition.

[lustindarkness]

Now if only the Navy would do something about those ridiculous dress uniforms...

[Tonitrus]

They are kinda silly.

[derspiess]

What would you put in place of them?

[Tonitrus]

Nothing.  I don't mind if the Navy looks silly. 

Though I rarely see the sailor outfits anymore...their newer generic service uniform (kinda looks like a bastardized Marine service uniform, just different colored trousers) seems to be more common these days.

The new Navy camo is more hilarious, but still an improvement over the previous prison uniform. 

[derspiess]

Mind you, I'd never be caught dead dressed as a sailor...

[DontSayBanana]

I'm actually talking about the changes to the dress blues they made last year.  The crackerjack honestly doesn't bother me that much.

[Siege]

Love the bullshit slant this article takes.  "Eight years after spending $5 billion on a heavily-criticized universal camouflage pattern, the Army is back at the drawing board looking for a new design that's estimated to cost another $4 billion."  Translation:  after spending the usual amount of money per year on uniforms to replace the worn-out ones, the US Army is looking to improve the design for future purposes.  The uniform design isn't estimated to cost $4 billion, but if the story is just about switching camo patterns, where is the drama and outrage?  Better for the author to lie and get the clicks.

Newsflash:  the army is always spending billions over the course of years to buy uniforms, and will for the foreseeable future.

The problem is the equipment. Everything we have in UCP pattern, bodyarmor, rucks, assault pack, camelbacks, ammo pouches, first aid kit, canteen carrier, etc, have to be made now in whatever is the new pattern.

[Razgovory]

If a good wind blows the drying camouflage off the line and into grass or bushes do they have to wait till winter before they can find it?

[grumbler]

Makes sense they're using standard uniform buying numbers, but that begs the question how much did the design and change over cost. I doubt it was nothing

Actually, it doesn't beg the question at all.

[grumbler]

The problem is the equipment. Everything we have in UCP pattern, bodyarmor, rucks, assault pack, camelbacks, ammo pouches, first aid kit, canteen carrier, etc, have to be made now in whatever is the new pattern.

Most of that is new cloth covers.  Anything actually wove would have to be replaced, natch, but that shit needs to be replaced anyway because it wears out.

[Tonitrus]

Hell, the they give my deployed guys ACU pattern flak vests and helmet covers (to go with their multicam uniforms  )...they may be intel REMFs, but damn dude.

[Admiral Yi]

Is there any functionality to the Navy bell bottoms?  I wouldn't mind seeing those go.