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Navy joins the pack and adopts Digital Camouflage
- Thread starter ChuckMK23
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And can someone explain to me why they keep making uniforms w/ synthetic material? I thought we learned our lesson from the Forrestal.
As for the DCU pattern, I can say from first hand experience, even in a normal "base" setting, they work pretty damn well. I've almost hit a Marine or two (not on purpose, I promise) because the uniform literally blended in w/ the trees. The boots and skin would break them out.
As for the DCU pattern, I can say from first hand experience, even in a normal "base" setting, they work pretty damn well. I've almost hit a Marine or two (not on purpose, I promise) because the uniform literally blended in w/ the trees. The boots and skin would break them out.
Its an optical confusion factor for your eyes that basically makes them unable to focus on the pattern at distance. Its not that you cant see it, its that the natural geometric shapes of the surrounding Nature (trees, leaves, ect) are more attractive to your eye when you scan and remain unfocused on any one thing. The old woodland pattern and the tiger pattern before it were ineffective in comparison because they used geometric patterns. Saw a demo video on it where they had us look at the screen and pick out the guys in the bush. I think we managed to spot 3 out of the 10 between me and a dozen other guys. Really impressive stuff.
i'm gonna go paint my face like a SEAL, go buy a pair, and listen to god smack on the way home.
PropStop said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wash khaki would be a working uniform, thus replaced by these (along with SWOveralls), whereas service khaki, as a service uniform, would not.
Let's hope they at least keep the greens on the books though. Call me a dork, but that's a long tradition to be throwing out even if they aren't worn much anymore.
nittany03 said:
I agree. It's a shame those have gone out of style. I'd rather wear the working greens than the khakis (assuming I have to wear something other than flight suit). Of course, I'm also a fan of the service dress khaki and the long sleeve khaki with the black tie.
Did I read that right when it said that the polish boots were for the boat, and the no-shine was for shore? Seems it should be the other way around.
Overall, I think this is a good idea. The enlisted utilities (modern, not the old dungarees) seemed like they were a bad compromise between a working and service uniform (too dressy for one, not enough for the other). I'm sure they'll appreciate not having to keep their blouse tucked in and being able to strip down to a tshirt when it gets hot. I hear a lot of people give that "if I wanted to look like a Marine" argument, but that's pretty easy for an officer to say about enlisted uniforms while we're wearing our flight suits.