New Uniform Pattern

[LSThiker]

The Army has "selected" their new pattern:

http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140523/NEWS04/305230076/Army-selects-new-camo-pattern

[JoeTomasone]

That's gonna look ugly with ultramarine blue nametapes on it.   

[Panache]

The Army has decided on a new camo to replace the unpopular Universal Camouflage Pattern on your ACUs— and the selection is very similar to MultiCam.

"very similar to MultiCam" = "our lawyers say it's different enough for copyright and royalty purposes."

[HGjunkie]

http://www.hyperstealth.com/scorpion/

Better pictures.

[MIKE]

The Army has decided on a new camo to replace the unpopular Universal Camouflage Pattern on your ACUs— and the selection is very similar to MultiCam.

"very similar to MultiCam" = "our lawyers say it's different enough for copyright and royalty purposes."

Pretty much.  Scorpion was designed by Crye under contract, the Army holds the rights to the pattern.

[a2capt]

That would make it .. ARPAT

Here we go again. More waste.

[Brad]

"Simpsons did it!"

Well, the British rather: (soldier on left)

And it was produced by the same company!!

[Panache]

So much for that entire Congressional mandate that all the armed forces settle on one common camo pattern, eh?

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

Wait until people in CAP start pushing for it...with yukky ultramarine insignia.

[Panache]

Wait until people in CAP start pushing for it...with yukky ultramarine insignia.

This calls for a photoshop!

[Pulsar]

yay...not...

[Гугл переводчик]

So much for that entire Congressional mandate that all the armed forces settle on one common camo pattern, eh?

They have until 2017, and they are gunna milk what they can out of the time left

[Shuman 14]

So much for that entire Congressional mandate that all the armed forces settle on one common camo pattern, eh?

And this may be that pattern. The Army may just be the first Service to roll it out. 

I know... shut up Shuman. 

[a2capt]

..it's not over until the fat lady signs the order, and the rounds of appeals are rung out.

[antdetroitwallyball]

So much for that entire Congressional mandate that all the armed forces settle on one common camo pattern, eh?

They have until 2017, and they are gunna milk what they can out of the time left

I'd love to see someone try to tell the Coast Guard that they now have to where a uniform of any form of camoflage as their main utility uniform. It literally makes no sense. The only camo uniforms worn by the CG are worn by the handfull of coasties (literally less than a few hundred) who work overseas in southwest Asia.

There will be a lot of exceptions to this so-called congressional mandate, and I'm very very confident the CG will be one of those exceptions. As it is, the CG already sources it uniforms from a single, relatively small company called Fox Appearal. Even back when the army, air force, and marine corp all wore the same woodland BDU's, the CG was still wearing pretty much the same uniform as it wears now. I could see, perhaps, a push to make two uniforms, one for the Naval services (CG and Navy) and one for the land services..................but not one uniform for all.

Desert Camoflage for those who work on the water, and literally have NO AUTHORIZATION to conduct their mandated missions on land makes no sense.

[Shuman 14]

The question is... Is there a difference in a "working" uniform and a "combat" uniform in the collective minds of Congress?

I concur, in theater, where the need to confirm friend or foe by mark-1 eyeball dictates that all Services should be in one camo pattern uniform.

BUT

In garrison, not so much. On board a ship, even less so.

[a2capt]

Blink fast while looking.

[lordmonar]

The question is... Is there a difference in a "working" uniform and a "combat" uniform in the collective minds of Congress?

The question is.....Is there a mind that be collective in congress?   

[abdsp51]

More wasteful spending...

[Гугл переводчик]

So much for that entire Congressional mandate that all the armed forces settle on one common camo pattern, eh?

They have until 2017, and they are gunna milk what they can out of the time left

Desert Camoflage for those who work on the water, and literally have NO AUTHORIZATION to conduct their mandated missions on land makes no sense.

I believe they are going for pattern, rather than a specific variant. Case and point, there is a woodland, desert, and snow variants of MARPAT and i believe they will do the same for this new pattern