Illinois Democrat proposes to cut down on military camouflage duplication
Source: Washington Post
A Democrat in Congress says he will propose a measure Wednesday to cut down on duplication in the U.S. military’s camouflage uniforms — requiring the services to share one camouflage pattern, instead of the 10 in use now.
Rep. William Enyart (Ill.), a freshman, said he thought of the idea after reading a Washington Post story last month.
The Post story detailed how, before 2002, all branches of the military shared the same two patterns: a green one for the woods and a brown one for the desert. But since then, individual services have all produced their own patterns, with varying degrees of success. The Air Force, for instance, created the “Airman Battle Uniform,” but then decided it was not a good idea for airmen in Afghanistan to wear it in battle. They wear Army camouflage instead.
“Congress needs to exercise its oversight to make sure we don’t do silly things in uniform policy,” Enyart said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
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Imagine ... saving taxpayer's money by "requiring the services to share one camouflage pattern, instead of the 10."
This is like total surrender to the terrorists.
I'm glad that I retired before the change.
... had the coolest camo pattern. Tiger stripe jungle camo. (there was a summer and fall version.)
the light summer version.... very rare....
With all the uniforms that are needed for all the military, having only 10 patterns should have very little impact on the costs. I wish congress would go off and find something important to discuss.
no stinkin' camouflage!
