$5 Billion for new Army uniforms that need to be replaced (with new uniforms)

http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-hero-project/articles/2013/10/14/the-army-s-5-billion-new-uniform-already-being-replaced.html

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.

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In 2004, the Army decided to scrap the two traditional camouflage uniforms that had long been used by the military—one meant for woodland environments, another for the desert—and claimed to have come up with a universal pattern that could be worn anywhere and blend in with any environment. The $5 billion dollar experiment with the universal pattern is over as the Army is phasing out the uniform after less than a decade of use. But many soldiers and observers are wondering why it took this long and cost this much to replace an item that performed poorly from the start during a period when the money could have been spent on other critical needs, like potentially life saving improvements to military vehicles and body armor.

There is an extensive article... see the link at the top - Eric

Trees are green.

Sand is beige or brown or white.
It's not green.

Only a military mind would have ever thought you could camo everything with one uniform.
What a waste of taxpayer money.

Seems like a helluva thing to experiment on.

Not to mention blue cammies for sailors on ships....Just what I would want to be wearing if I fell over the side at sea....



While I was in the Navy my last active duty command involved lots of operations with Marines and Army units. We primarily operated off small boats and beaches but we were issued forest green cammies. When I took a team to Desert Storm we were issued desert cammies but had to turn them in when we got back and it was back to greens. Made no sense to me since the desert cammies were then sent to DRMO for disposal. Meanwhile we continued operating in beach environments wearing GREEN...

Brilliant. I love it.