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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:29:05 PM EDT
[#1]
It only took 7 years and a few billion to end what never should of began.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:29:29 PM EDT
[#2]
8 years and 5 billion dollars too late.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:29:50 PM EDT
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Quoted: It only took 7 years and a few billion to end what never should of began. DAMN! Beat.  |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:31:23 PM EDT
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What, making something with thousands of sharp corners doesn't
blend in ???? Who'da thunk it ... |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:31:29 PM EDT
[#5]
Multicam BDUs next?
I might try to reenlist
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:33:54 PM EDT
[#6]
So what's replacing them?
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:37:24 PM EDT
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Quoted: So what's replacing them? Who knows. The Army issues Multicam to units rotating in to Afghanistan, but I doubt the Army will go that route for the same reason they didn't go with it to begin with [when it won the initial Army sponsored competition], the cost. If anything, they'll probably keep the ACU's in the system until they finish wasting another few years and a few billion dollars on making another of their "own" patterns. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:39:26 PM EDT
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I've got some old woodland cammies if you guys need it. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:42:54 PM EDT
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Should have stuck with Khakis and Fatigues,(make one set in desert pink), for the Mid East.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:51:51 PM EDT
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What, making something with thousands of sharp corners doesn't blend in ???? Who'da thunk it ... It's not the type of pattern, it's the stupid fucking colour they picked. CADPAT works pretty well |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:54:21 PM EDT
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Coming up with a pattern that is universally useless in every environment is not something that just happens. It takes a dedicated bureaucracy that has carefully cultivated stupidity and honed failure to a razor edge.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 3:55:55 PM EDT
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Coming up with a pattern that is universally useless in every environment is not something that just happens. It takes a dedicated bureaucracy that has carefully cultivated stupidity and honed failure to a razor edge. 
Spoken like a man who has been in the army. 
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:01:51 PM EDT
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Great! So now I'm going to have another pile of gear I can't turn in or use that's still on my clothing records sitting in my garage.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:05:25 PM EDT
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They can always wear them during PT so they can ditch the vests and belts
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:05:56 PM EDT
[#15]
Maybe I'll buy some ACU for hunting in NE Texas!
I was issued woodland camo. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:11:02 PM EDT
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Coming up with a pattern that is universally useless in every environment is not something that just happens. It takes a dedicated bureaucracy that has carefully cultivated stupidity and honed failure to a razor edge. See also: Navy camouflage. The genius that thought it would be a good idea to make sailors hard to see when they fall in the water, should be flogged, then keelhauled, flogged again, then hung from the nearest yardarm. If you want to make a sailor hard to see, make their uniforms gray! |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:13:31 PM EDT
[#17]
ACUs are great in gaggles, much like zebra camouflage.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:23:37 PM EDT
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So what's replacing them? I read this article couple of months back on Army Times, here's the link: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/03/army-camo-4-replacement-options-weighed-031012w/ |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:24:00 PM EDT
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They need to get some of Snake's metal gear nano skin shit going
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:24:15 PM EDT
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From the article:
the design was selected after the Marines had switched to an eye-catching pixel-driven pattern. "That's what this really comes down to," the editor of Soldier Systems Daily said. "'We can't allow the Marine Corps to look more cool than the Army.'"
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:27:09 PM EDT
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So what's replacing them? You have to bring your own. probably Levi's Brand. Maybe Wranglers, with cargo pockets. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:27:45 PM EDT
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Are they stilling wearing those jaunty berets?
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:28:03 PM EDT
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So what's replacing them? You have to bring your own. probably Levi's Brand. Maybe Wranglers, with cargo pockets. CARHARTS |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:28:16 PM EDT
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Need to look at nature. People overthinking it?
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:30:06 PM EDT
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See also: Navy camouflage. The genius that thought it would be a good idea to make sailors hard to see when they fall in the water, should be flogged, then keelhauled, flogged again, then hung from the nearest yardarm. If you want to make a sailor hard to see, make their uniforms gray! It was actually designed so you could hide from Chief...
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:31:20 PM EDT
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Quoted: What, making something with thousands of sharp corners doesn't blend in ???? Who'da thunk it ... Yup....digital camo sucks  |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:33:27 PM EDT
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So what's replacing them? I read this article couple of months back on Army Times, here's the link: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/03/army-camo-4-replacement-options-weighed-031012w/ haha, I remember when people were wetting themselves over the hyperstealth camo. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:36:59 PM EDT
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Coming up with a pattern that is universally useless in every environment is not something that just happens. It takes a dedicated bureaucracy that has carefully cultivated stupidity and honed failure to a razor edge. 
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:37:56 PM EDT
[#29]
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Great! So now I'm going to have another pile of gear I can't turn in or use that's still on my clothing records sitting in my garage. The EE is thataway. ––––-> |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:38:14 PM EDT
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What, making something with thousands of sharp corners doesn't blend in ???? Who'da thunk it ... Yup....digital camo sucks http://www.nh-global.com/blog/php/camouflage-aircraft.jpg Stealth Starlifter FTW !!!!!!!!! |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 4:38:46 PM EDT
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Quoted: What, making something with thousands of sharp corners doesn't blend in ???? Who'da thunk it ...  k |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:17:36 PM EDT
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What, making something with thousands of sharp corners doesn't blend in ???? Who'da thunk it ...
k yup 
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:19:28 PM EDT
[#33]
I'm quite happy that I never had to wear those damn ACU's.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:19:31 PM EDT
[#34]
i'm gonna have a real hearty laugh if the army ends up back in woodlands
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:20:47 PM EDT
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See also: Navy camouflage. The genius that thought it would be a good idea to make sailors hard to see when they fall in the water, should be flogged, then keelhauled, flogged again, then hung from the nearest yardarm. If you want to make a sailor hard to see, make their uniforms gray! It was actually designed so you could hide from Chief...
http://i49.tinypic.com/2qks5k9.jpg
Man, that's classic!
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:24:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Coming up with a pattern that is universally useless in every environment is not something that just happens. It takes a dedicated bureaucracy that has carefully cultivated stupidity and honed failure to a razor edge. See also: Navy camouflage. The genius that thought it would be a good idea to make sailors hard to see when they fall in the water, should be flogged, then keelhauled, flogged again, then hung from the nearest yardarm. If you want to make a sailor hard to see, make their uniforms gray! I thought that was pretty stupid also. Why would you want to camo a sailor? Hide from what? Anything inbound is coming for the ship, not the sailor.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:27:34 PM EDT
[#37]
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i'm gonna have a real hearty laugh if the army ends up back in woodlands I vote for the OG-107's |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:34:51 PM EDT
[#38]
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Coming up with a pattern that is universally useless in every environment is not something that just happens. It takes a dedicated bureaucracy that has carefully cultivated stupidity and honed failure to a razor edge. See also: Navy camouflage. The genius that thought it would be a good idea to make sailors hard to see when they fall in the water, should be flogged, then keelhauled, flogged again, then hung from the nearest yardarm. If you want to make a sailor hard to see, make their uniforms gray! I thought that was pretty stupid also. Why would you want to camo a sailor? Hide from what? Anything inbound is coming for the ship, not the sailor. He does his little turn on the catwalk, on the catwalk yeah the catwalk. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:36:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:37:59 PM EDT
[#40]
About time. The Army should have cut its losses on this fiasco years ago. The cost of buying the license to Multicam probably would've been a drop in the bucked compared to the shitton of money that they dumped into this. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:38:19 PM EDT
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See also: Navy camouflage. The genius that thought it would be a good idea to make sailors hard to see when they fall in the water, should be flogged, then keelhauled, flogged again, then hung from the nearest yardarm. If you want to make a sailor hard to see, make their uniforms gray! It was actually designed so you could hide from Chief...
http://i49.tinypic.com/2qks5k9.jpg
Man, that's classic! That's good stuff!
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:39:02 PM EDT
[#42]
OP should read, 'Army Done With UCP'
UCP is the camo pattern ACU is the uniform style |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:39:25 PM EDT
[#43]
So when is woodland coming back?
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:42:23 PM EDT
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From the article: the design was selected after the Marines had switched to an eye-catching pixel-driven pattern. "That's what this really comes down to," the editor of Soldier Systems Daily said. "'We can't allow the Marine Corps to look more cool than the Army.'"
 It's not just that we look cooler, it's because we are.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:46:43 PM EDT
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What, making something with thousands of sharp corners doesn't blend in ???? Who'da thunk it ...
k yup http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/1canada/9007le8.jpg http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/1canada/cadpat3man800x600rt1.jpg http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/1canada/fb07pa2412vg5.jpg http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/thecanuck11/1canada/servernp8.jpg Hell, in that last pic with the four guys at the berm, you could have pretty much just issued them khaki uniforms and they would have blended in just fine. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:47:07 PM EDT
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This guy used it pretty well, but that's about it.
ETA: Damn you fast bastards.
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:47:41 PM EDT
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i'm gonna have a real hearty laugh if the army ends up back in woodlands Mark my words, it will happen, but it will be slightly changed so somebody can save face. Hell, they will probably keep the velcro, because we all know that's the most quiet way of getting something out of your pocket. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:51:19 PM EDT
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Yesterday some Army cat walked up to one of my students and announced that he'd done a test of our camouflage, and that UCP worked much better.
I call shenanigans. |
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Posted: 6/25/2012 5:58:50 PM EDT
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this is the ADS entry for the new pattern:
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Posted: 6/25/2012 6:15:24 PM EDT
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After several delays, the Army has chosen four finalists in their Army Camouflage Improvement Effort. The Army conducted an exhaustive down select using a picture-in-picture technique with 900 Soldiers viewing the patterns in 45 environments. There was a candidate pool of around 20 families of patterns each sharing common pattern geometries but with individual colorways for Woodland, Desert, and Transitional environments with a possible fourth pattern for Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment. This optional OCIE pattern would blend in with the other patterns so that separate sets of PPE would not have to be purchased to match each pattern. Some developers satisfied this requirement with their Transitional pattern. The finalists are: ADS Inc as Prime, partnered with Guy Cramer Brookwood Companies Crye Precision Kryptek http://soldiersystems.net/2012/01/10/army-announces-camouflage-improvement-effort-finalists/ They are using Navy AOR-2 and Marpat as a baseline.  |
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